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17 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
20 <li><a href="#prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></li>
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24 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#rendition">RENDITION</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iw_class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__pw_class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</a></li>
37 </ul>
38
39 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
40 <ul>
41
42 <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
43 </ul>
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45 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
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51 </p>
52 <hr />
53 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
54 <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
55 <p>
56 </p>
57 <hr />
58 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
59 <pre>
60 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
61 <pre>
62 sub on_sel_grab {
63 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
64 ()
65 }</pre>
66 <pre>
67 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
68 <pre>
69 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
70 <p>
71 </p>
72 <hr />
73 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
74 <p>Every time a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
75 the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
76 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
77 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
78 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
79 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
80 <p>
81 </p>
82 <hr />
83 <h1><a name="prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></h1>
84 <p>This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You can
85 find them in <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</em>.</p>
86 <p>You can activate them like this:</p>
87 <pre>
88 rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;</pre>
89 <p>Or by adding them to the resource for extensions loaded by default:</p>
90 <pre>
91 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,automove-background,selection-autotransform</pre>
92 <dl>
93 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong>
94
95 <dd>
96 <p>(More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
97 when the user extends selections (double-click and further clicks). Right
98 now, it tries to select words, urls and complete shell-quoted
99 arguments, which is very convenient, too, if your <em>ls</em> supports
100 <code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.</p>
101 </dd>
102 <dd>
103 <p>A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further clicks
104 will enlarge the selection.</p>
105 </dd>
106 <dd>
107 <p>The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and displaying
108 them in increasing order of length. You can add your own regexes by
109 specifying resources of the form:</p>
110 </dd>
111 <dd>
112 <pre>
113 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
114 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
115 ...</pre>
116 </dd>
117 <dd>
118 <p>The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
119 contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will be used for
120 the match. For example, the following adds a regex that matches everything
121 between two vertical bars:</p>
122 </dd>
123 <dd>
124 <pre>
125 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|</pre>
126 </dd>
127 <dd>
128 <p>Another example: Programs I use often output ``absolute path: '' at the
129 beginning of a line when they process multiple files. The following
130 pattern matches the filename (note, there is a single space at the very
131 end):</p>
132 </dd>
133 <dd>
134 <pre>
135 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ^(/[^:]+):\</pre>
136 </dd>
137 <dd>
138 <p>You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
139 interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.</p>
140 </dd>
141 <dd>
142 <p>This extension also offers following bindable keyboard commands:</p>
143 </dd>
144 <dl>
145 <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong>
146
147 <dd>
148 <p>Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:</p>
149 </dd>
150 <dd>
151 <pre>
152 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
153 </dd>
154 </li>
155 </dl>
156 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong>
157
158 <dd>
159 <p>Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
160 runtime.</p>
161 </dd>
162 <dd>
163 <p>Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code reference
164 onto <code>@{ $term-</code>{option_popup_hook} }&gt;, which gets called whenever the
165 popup is being displayed.</p>
166 </dd>
167 <dd>
168 <p>It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. It should
169 either return nothing or a string, the initial boolean value and a code
170 reference. The string will be used as button text and the code reference
171 will be called when the toggle changes, with the new boolean value as
172 first argument.</p>
173 </dd>
174 <dd>
175 <p>The following will add an entry <code>myoption</code> that changes
176 <code>$self-</code>{myoption}&gt;:</p>
177 </dd>
178 <dd>
179 <pre>
180 push @{ $self-&gt;{term}{option_popup_hook} }, sub {
181 (&quot;my option&quot; =&gt; $myoption, sub { $self-&gt;{myoption} = $_[0] })
182 };</pre>
183 </dd>
184 </li>
185 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong>
186
187 <dd>
188 <p>Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
189 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
190 evaluation, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.</p>
191 </dd>
192 <dd>
193 <p>Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code reference
194 onto <code>@{ $term-</code>{selection_popup_hook} }&gt;, which gets called whenever the
195 popup is being displayed.</p>
196 </dd>
197 <dd>
198 <p>It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. The selection
199 is in <code>$_</code>, which can be used to decide whether to add something or not.
200 It should either return nothing or a string and a code reference. The
201 string will be used as button text and the code reference will be called
202 when the button gets activated and should transform <code>$_</code>.</p>
203 </dd>
204 <dd>
205 <p>The following will add an entry <code>a to b</code> that transforms all <code>a</code>s in
206 the selection to <code>b</code>s, but only if the selection currently contains any
207 <code>a</code>s:</p>
208 </dd>
209 <dd>
210 <pre>
211 push @{ $self-&gt;{term}{selection_popup_hook} }, sub {
212 /a/ ? (&quot;a to be&quot; =&gt; sub { s/a/b/g }
213 : ()
214 };</pre>
215 </dd>
216 </li>
217 <dt><strong><a name="item_searchable_2dscrollback_3chotkey_3e__28enabled_by_">searchable-scrollback&lt;hotkey&gt; (enabled by default)</a></strong>
218
219 <dd>
220 <p>Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
221 by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). While in search mode, normal terminal
222 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
223 screen.</p>
224 </dd>
225 <dd>
226 <p>Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
227 search. <code>BackSpace</code> removes a character from the regex, <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code>
228 search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, <code>End</code> jumps to the
229 bottom. <code>Escape</code> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
230 was started, while <code>Enter</code> or <code>Return</code> stay at the current position and
231 additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
232 selection.</p>
233 </dd>
234 <dd>
235 <p>The regex defaults to ``(?i)'', resulting in a case-insensitive search. To
236 get a case-sensitive search you can delete this prefix using <code>BackSpace</code>
237 or simply use an uppercase character which removes the ``(?i)'' prefix.</p>
238 </dd>
239 <dd>
240 <p>See <em>perlre</em> for more info about perl regular expression syntax.</p>
241 </dd>
242 </li>
243 <dt><strong><a name="item_readline">readline (enabled by default)</a></strong>
244
245 <dd>
246 <p>A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier. At
247 the moment, it reacts to clicking shift-left mouse button by trying to
248 move the text cursor to this position. It does so by generating as many
249 cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as required (the this only works
250 for programs that correctly support wide characters).</p>
251 </dd>
252 <dd>
253 <p>To avoid too many false positives, this is only done when:</p>
254 </dd>
255 <dl>
256 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_the_tty_is_in_icanon_state_2e">- the tty is in ICANON state.</a></strong>
257
258 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_the_text_cursor_is_visible_2e">- the text cursor is visible.</a></strong>
259
260 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_the_primary_screen_is_currently_being_displaye">- the primary screen is currently being displayed.</a></strong>
261
262 <dt><strong><a name="item_same">- the mouse is on the same (multi-row-) line as the text cursor.</a></strong>
263
264 </dl>
265 <p>The normal selection mechanism isn't disabled, so quick successive clicks
266 might interfere with selection creation in harmless ways.</p>
267 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dautotransform">selection-autotransform</a></strong>
268
269 <dd>
270 <p>This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
271 whenever a selection is made.</p>
272 </dd>
273 <dd>
274 <p>It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single <code>s///</code>
275 operator) that modify <code>$_</code> as resources:</p>
276 </dd>
277 <dd>
278 <pre>
279 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
280 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
281 ...</pre>
282 </dd>
283 <dd>
284 <p>For example, the following will transform selections of the form
285 <code>filename:number</code>, often seen in compiler messages, into <code>vi +$filename
286 $word</code>:</p>
287 </dd>
288 <dd>
289 <pre>
290 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/</pre>
291 </dd>
292 <dd>
293 <p>And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
294 paste directly into your (vi :) editor:</p>
295 </dd>
296 <dd>
297 <pre>
298 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
299 </dd>
300 <dd>
301 <p>Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)</p>
302 </dd>
303 <dd>
304 <p>To expand the example above to typical perl error messages (``XXX at
305 FILENAME line YYY.''), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:</p>
306 </dd>
307 <dd>
308 <pre>
309 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+[,.])
310 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)[,.]$/:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
311 </dd>
312 <dd>
313 <p>The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part of
314 every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line transforms
315 the message into vi commands to load the file.</p>
316 </dd>
317 </li>
318 <dt><strong><a name="item_tabbed">tabbed</a></strong>
319
320 <dd>
321 <p>This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional terminals, that
322 is, it implements what is commonly referred to as ``tabbed terminal''. The topmost line
323 displays a ``[NEW]'' button, which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one
324 button per tab.</p>
325 </dd>
326 <dd>
327 <p>Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing <strong>Shift-Left</strong> and
328 <strong>Shift-Right</strong> will switch to the tab left or right of the current one,
329 while <strong>Shift-Down</strong> creates a new tab.</p>
330 </dd>
331 <dd>
332 <p>The tabbar itself can be configured similarly to a normal terminal, but
333 with a resource class of <code>URxvt.tabbed</code>. In addition, it supports the
334 following four resources (shown with defaults):</p>
335 </dd>
336 <dd>
337 <pre>
338 URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: &lt;colour-index, default 3&gt;
339 URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: &lt;colour-index, default 0&gt;
340 URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg: &lt;colour-index, default 0&gt;
341 URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg: &lt;colour-index, default 1&gt;</pre>
342 </dd>
343 <dd>
344 <p>See <em>COLOR AND GRAPHICS</em> in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage for valid
345 indices.</p>
346 </dd>
347 </li>
348 <dt><strong><a name="item_matcher">matcher</a></strong>
349
350 <dd>
351 <p>Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline text
352 matching a certain pattern and make it clickable. When clicked with the
353 mouse button specified in the <code>matcher.button</code> resource (default 2, or
354 middle), the program specified in the <code>matcher.launcher</code> resource
355 (default, the <code>urlLauncher</code> resource, <code>sensible-browser</code>) will be started
356 with the matched text as first argument. The default configuration is
357 suitable for matching URLs and launching a web browser, like the
358 former ``mark-urls'' extension.</p>
359 </dd>
360 <dd>
361 <p>The default pattern to match URLs can be overridden with the
362 <code>matcher.pattern.0</code> resource, and additional patterns can be specified
363 with numbered patterns, in a manner similar to the ``selection'' extension.
364 The launcher can also be overridden on a per-pattern basis.</p>
365 </dd>
366 <dd>
367 <p>Example configuration:</p>
368 </dd>
369 <dd>
370 <pre>
371 URxvt.perl-ext: default,matcher
372 URxvt.urlLauncher: sensible-browser
373 URxvt.keysym.C-Delete: perl:matcher
374 URxvt.matcher.button: 1
375 URxvt.matcher.pattern.1: \\bwww\\.[\\w-]+\\.[\\w./?&amp;@#-]*[\\w/-]
376 URxvt.matcher.pattern.2: \\B(/\\S+?):(\\d+)(?=:|$)
377 URxvt.matcher.launcher.2: gvim +$2 $1</pre>
378 </dd>
379 </li>
380 <dt><strong><a name="item_xim_2donthespot">xim-onthespot</a></strong>
381
382 <dd>
383 <p>This (experimental) perl extension implements OnTheSpot editing. It does
384 not work perfectly, and some input methods don't seem to work well with
385 OnTheSpot editing in general, but it seems to work at leats for SCIM and
386 kinput2.</p>
387 </dd>
388 <dd>
389 <p>You enable it by specifying this extension and a preedit style of
390 <code>OnTheSpot</code>, i.e.:</p>
391 </dd>
392 <dd>
393 <pre>
394 rxvt -pt OnTheSpot -pe xim-onthespot</pre>
395 </dd>
396 </li>
397 <dt><strong><a name="item_kuake_3chotkey_3e">kuake&lt;hotkey&gt;</a></strong>
398
399 <dd>
400 <p>A very primitive quake-console-like extension. It was inspired by a
401 description of how the programs <code>kuake</code> and <code>yakuake</code> work: Whenever the
402 user presses a global accelerator key (by default <code>F10</code>), the terminal
403 will show or hide itself. Another press of the accelerator key will hide
404 or show it again.</p>
405 </dd>
406 <dd>
407 <p>Initially, the window will not be shown when using this extension.</p>
408 </dd>
409 <dd>
410 <p>This is useful if you need a single terminal thats not using any desktop
411 space most of the time but is quickly available at the press of a key.</p>
412 </dd>
413 <dd>
414 <p>The accelerator key is grabbed regardless of any modifiers, so this
415 extension will actually grab a physical key just for this function.</p>
416 </dd>
417 <dd>
418 <p>If you want a quake-like animation, tell your window manager to do so
419 (fvwm can do it).</p>
420 </dd>
421 </li>
422 <dt><strong><a name="item_automove_2dbackground">automove-background</a></strong>
423
424 <dd>
425 <p>This is basically a very small extension that dynamically changes the
426 background pixmap offset to the window position, in effect creating the
427 same effect as pseudo transparency with a custom pixmap. No scaling is
428 supported in this mode. Example:</p>
429 </dd>
430 <dd>
431 <pre>
432 rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background</pre>
433 </dd>
434 <dd>
435 <p><a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Background_Rotation/Extensions">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Background_Rotation/Extensions</a>
436 shows how this extension can be used to implement an automatically blurred
437 transparent background.</p>
438 </dd>
439 </li>
440 <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong>
441
442 <dd>
443 <p>A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal
444 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
445 similar-looking ascii character.</p>
446 </dd>
447 </li>
448 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong>
449
450 <dd>
451 <p>Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.</p>
452 </dd>
453 </li>
454 <dt><strong><a name="item_remote_2dclipboard">remote-clipboard</a></strong>
455
456 <dd>
457 <p>Somewhat of a misnomer, this extension adds two menu entries to the
458 selection popup that allows one ti run external commands to store the
459 selection somewhere and fetch it again.</p>
460 </dd>
461 <dd>
462 <p>We use it to implement a ``distributed selection mechanism'', which just
463 means that one command uploads the file to a remote server, and another
464 reads it.</p>
465 </dd>
466 <dd>
467 <p>The commands can be set using the <code>URxvt.remote-selection.store</code> and
468 <code>URxvt.remote-selection.fetch</code> resources. The first should read the
469 selection to store from STDIN (always in UTF-8), the second should provide
470 the selection data on STDOUT (also in UTF-8).</p>
471 </dd>
472 <dd>
473 <p>The defaults (which are likely useless to you) use rsh and cat:</p>
474 </dd>
475 <dd>
476 <pre>
477 URxvt.remote-selection.store: rsh ruth 'cat &gt;/tmp/distributed-selection'
478 URxvt.remote-selection.fetch: rsh ruth 'cat /tmp/distributed-selection'</pre>
479 </dd>
480 </li>
481 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dpastebin">selection-pastebin</a></strong>
482
483 <dd>
484 <p>This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection as
485 textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The implementation is
486 not currently secure for use in a multiuser environment as it writes to
487 <em>/tmp</em> directly.).</p>
488 </dd>
489 <dd>
490 <p>It listens to the <code>selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</code> keyboard command,
491 i.e.</p>
492 </dd>
493 <dd>
494 <pre>
495 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</pre>
496 </dd>
497 <dd>
498 <p>Pressing this combination runs a command with <code>%</code> replaced by the name of
499 the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:</p>
500 </dd>
501 <dd>
502 <pre>
503 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.</pre>
504 </dd>
505 <dd>
506 <p>And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people around
507 here :)</p>
508 </dd>
509 <dd>
510 <p>The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the selection, so
511 the same content should lead to the same filename.</p>
512 </dd>
513 <dd>
514 <p>After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text given
515 in the <code>selection-pastebin-url</code> resource (again, the % is the placeholder
516 for the filename):</p>
517 </dd>
518 <dd>
519 <pre>
520 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%">http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%</a></pre>
521 </dd>
522 <dd>
523 <p><em>Note to xrdb users:</em> xrdb uses the C preprocessor, which might interpret
524 the double <code>/</code> characters as comment start. Use <code>\057\057</code> instead,
525 which works regardless of wether xrdb is used to parse the resource file
526 or not.</p>
527 </dd>
528 </li>
529 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong>
530
531 <dd>
532 <p>Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
533 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
534 overlays or changes.</p>
535 </dd>
536 </li>
537 </dl>
538 <p>
539 </p>
540 <hr />
541 <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
542 <p>
543 </p>
544 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
545 <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
546 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
547 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
548 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
549 modified).</p>
550 <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
551 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
552 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
553 terminal is destroyed.</p>
554 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
555 hints on what they mean:</p>
556 <dl>
557 <dt><strong><a name="item__text">$text</a></strong>
558
559 <dd>
560 <p>Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
561 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.</p>
562 </dd>
563 </li>
564 <dt><strong><a name="item__string">$string</a></strong>
565
566 <dd>
567 <p>A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
568 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
569 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.</p>
570 </dd>
571 </li>
572 <dt><strong><a name="item__octets">$octets</a></strong>
573
574 <dd>
575 <p>Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
576 locale-specific way.</p>
577 </dd>
578 </li>
579 </dl>
580 <p>
581 </p>
582 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
583 <p>Every perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
584 for each terminal, and each terminal has its own set of extenion objects,
585 which are passed as the first parameter to hooks. So extensions can use
586 their <code>$self</code> object without having to think about clashes with other
587 extensions or other terminals, with the exception of methods and members
588 that begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for
589 internal use.</p>
590 <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
591 <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
592 <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
593 <dl>
594 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt_term">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong>
595
596 <dd>
597 <p>Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
598 extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.</p>
599 </dd>
600 </li>
601 <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong>
602
603 <dd>
604 <p>Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
605 this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
606 to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.</p>
607 </dd>
608 </li>
609 <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong>
610
611 <dd>
612 <p>Dynamically disable the given hooks.</p>
613 </dd>
614 </li>
615 </dl>
616 <p>
617 </p>
618 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
619 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
620 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
621 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension object as described in
622 the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
623 <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If any of the called
624 hooks returns true, then the event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the
625 relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
626 <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
627 <dl>
628 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong>
629
630 <dd>
631 <p>Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
632 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
633 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
634 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources
635 and options, though. For many purposes the <code>on_start</code> hook is a better
636 place.</p>
637 </dd>
638 </li>
639 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong>
640
641 <dd>
642 <p>Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
643 trying to map (display) the toplevel and returning to the main loop.</p>
644 </dd>
645 </li>
646 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_destroy__24term">on_destroy $term</a></strong>
647
648 <dd>
649 <p>Called whenever something tries to destroy terminal, when the terminal is
650 still fully functional (not for long, though).</p>
651 </dd>
652 </li>
653 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong>
654
655 <dd>
656 <p>Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
657 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
658 variables.</p>
659 </dd>
660 </li>
661 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_child_start__24term_2c__24pid">on_child_start $term, $pid</a></strong>
662
663 <dd>
664 <p>Called just after the child process has been <code>fork</code>ed.</p>
665 </dd>
666 </li>
667 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_child_exit__24term_2c__24status">on_child_exit $term, $status</a></strong>
668
669 <dd>
670 <p>Called just after the child process has exited. <code>$status</code> is the status
671 from <code>waitpid</code>.</p>
672 </dd>
673 </li>
674 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong>
675
676 <dd>
677 <p>Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
678 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
679 selection will be honored.</p>
680 </dd>
681 <dd>
682 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
683 have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
684 </dd>
685 </li>
686 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong>
687
688 <dd>
689 <p>Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
690 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
691 by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.</p>
692 </dd>
693 <dd>
694 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be highlighted.</p>
695 </dd>
696 </li>
697 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong>
698
699 <dd>
700 <p>Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
701 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
702 should extend the selection itself and return true to suppress the built-in
703 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
704 returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
705 supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.</p>
706 </dd>
707 <dd>
708 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
709 </dd>
710 </li>
711 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong>
712
713 <dd>
714 <p>Called whenever the view offset changes, i.e. the user or program
715 scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
716 show this many lines of scrollback.</p>
717 </dd>
718 </li>
719 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong>
720
721 <dd>
722 <p>Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
723 buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
724 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.</p>
725 </dd>
726 <dd>
727 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
728 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
729 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
730 </dd>
731 </li>
732 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24op_2c__24args">on_osc_seq $term, $op, $args</a></strong>
733
734 <dd>
735 <p>Called on every OSC sequence and can be used to suppress it or modify its
736 behaviour. The default should be to return an empty list. A true value
737 suppresses execution of the request completely. Make sure you don't get
738 confused by recursive invocations when you output an osc sequence within
739 this callback.</p>
740 </dd>
741 <dd>
742 <p><code>on_osc_seq_perl</code> should be used for new behaviour.</p>
743 </dd>
744 </li>
745 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq_perl__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq_perl $term, $string</a></strong>
746
747 <dd>
748 <p>Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
749 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
750 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
751 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
752 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
753 future.</p>
754 </dd>
755 <dd>
756 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
757 as its source can not easily be controlled (e-mail content, messages from
758 other users on the same system etc.).</p>
759 </dd>
760 </li>
761 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong>
762
763 <dd>
764 <p>Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
765 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
766 and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
767 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
768 output.</p>
769 </dd>
770 </li>
771 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong>
772
773 <dd>
774 <p>Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
775 suppress or filter tty input.</p>
776 </dd>
777 </li>
778 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong>
779
780 <dd>
781 <p>Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
782 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
783 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
784 not always immediately.</p>
785 </dd>
786 <dd>
787 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
788 multiple rows.</p>
789 </dd>
790 <dd>
791 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
792 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
793 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
794 </dd>
795 </li>
796 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong>
797
798 <dd>
799 <p>Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
800 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
801 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
802 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.</p>
803 </dd>
804 </li>
805 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong>
806
807 <dd>
808 <p>Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.</p>
809 </dd>
810 </li>
811 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_user_command__24term_2c__24string">on_user_command $term, $string</a></strong>
812
813 <dd>
814 <p>Called whenever a user-configured event is being activated (e.g. via
815 a <code>perl:string</code> action bound to a key, see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
816 resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).</p>
817 </dd>
818 <dd>
819 <p>The event is simply the action string. This interface is assumed to change
820 slightly in the future.</p>
821 </dd>
822 </li>
823 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_resize_all_windows__24tern_2c__24new_width_2c__">on_resize_all_windows $tern, $new_width, $new_height</a></strong>
824
825 <dd>
826 <p>Called just after the new window size has been calculated, but before
827 windows are actually being resized or hints are being set. If this hook
828 returns TRUE, setting of the window hints is being skipped.</p>
829 </dd>
830 </li>
831 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_x_event__24term_2c__24event">on_x_event $term, $event</a></strong>
832
833 <dd>
834 <p>Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly other
835 windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event structure
836 members are not passed.</p>
837 </dd>
838 </li>
839 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_root_event__24term_2c__24event">on_root_event $term, $event</a></strong>
840
841 <dd>
842 <p>Like <code>on_x_event</code>, but is called for events on the root window.</p>
843 </dd>
844 </li>
845 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong>
846
847 <dd>
848 <p>Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
849 does focus in processing.</p>
850 </dd>
851 </li>
852 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong>
853
854 <dd>
855 <p>Called whenever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
856 focus out processing.</p>
857 </dd>
858 </li>
859 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_configure_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_configure_notify $term, $event</a></strong>
860
861 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_property_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_property_notify $term, $event</a></strong>
862
863 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym_2c__">on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</a></strong>
864
865 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong>
866
867 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong>
868
869 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong>
870
871 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong>
872
873 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong>
874
875 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong>
876
877 <dd>
878 <p>Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
879 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.</p>
880 </dd>
881 <dd>
882 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
883 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the
884 (real, not screen-based) row and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
885 </dd>
886 <dd>
887 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
888 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
889 </dd>
890 <dd>
891 <p>subwindow.</p>
892 </dd>
893 </li>
894 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_client_message__24term_2c__24event">on_client_message $term, $event</a></strong>
895
896 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_wm_protocols__24term_2c__24event">on_wm_protocols $term, $event</a></strong>
897
898 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_wm_delete_window__24term_2c__24event">on_wm_delete_window $term, $event</a></strong>
899
900 <dd>
901 <p>Called when various types of ClientMessage events are received (all with
902 format=32, WM_PROTOCOLS or WM_PROTOCOLS:WM_DELETE_WINDOW).</p>
903 </dd>
904 </li>
905 </dl>
906 <p>
907 </p>
908 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
909 <dl>
910 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__libdir">$urxvt::LIBDIR</a></strong>
911
912 <dd>
913 <p>The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
914 modules and scripts are stored.</p>
915 </dd>
916 </li>
917 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__resclass_">$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</a></strong>
918
919 <dd>
920 <p>The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.</p>
921 </dd>
922 </li>
923 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__rxvtname">$urxvt::RXVTNAME</a></strong>
924
925 <dd>
926 <p>The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.</p>
927 </dd>
928 </li>
929 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__term">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong>
930
931 <dd>
932 <p>The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
933 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.</p>
934 </dd>
935 </li>
936 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__term_init">@urxvt::TERM_INIT</a></strong>
937
938 <dd>
939 <p>All code references in this array will be called as methods of the next newly
940 created <code>urxvt::term</code> object (during the <code>on_init</code> phase). The array
941 gets cleared before the code references that were in it are being executed,
942 so references can push themselves onto it again if they so desire.</p>
943 </dd>
944 <dd>
945 <p>This complements to the perl-eval command line option, but gets executed
946 first.</p>
947 </dd>
948 </li>
949 <dt><strong><a name="item__urxvt__term_ext">@urxvt::TERM_EXT</a></strong>
950
951 <dd>
952 <p>Works similar to <code>@TERM_INIT</code>, but contains perl package/class names, which
953 get registered as normal extensions after calling the hooks in <code>@TERM_INIT</code>
954 but before other extensions. Gets cleared just like <code>@TERM_INIT</code>.</p>
955 </dd>
956 </li>
957 </dl>
958 <p>
959 </p>
960 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
961 <dl>
962 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong>
963
964 <dd>
965 <p>Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
966 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
967 starts up.</p>
968 </dd>
969 </li>
970 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong>
971
972 <dd>
973 <p>Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
974 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
975 that calls this function.</p>
976 </dd>
977 <dd>
978 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
979 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
980 </dd>
981 <dd>
982 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
983 </dd>
984 </li>
985 <dt><strong><a name="item__terms">@terms = urxvt::termlist</a></strong>
986
987 <dd>
988 <p>Returns all urxvt::term objects that exist in this process, regardless of
989 whether they are started, being destroyed etc., so be careful. Only term
990 objects that have perl extensions attached will be returned (because there
991 is no urxvt::term objet associated with others).</p>
992 </dd>
993 </li>
994 <dt><strong><a name="item__time">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong>
995
996 <dd>
997 <p>Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).</p>
998 </dd>
999 </li>
1000 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong>
1001
1002 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
1003 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
1004 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong>
1005
1006 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3anoeventmask_2c_keypressmask_2c_keyrelea">urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask,
1007 ButtonPressMask, ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
1008 PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
1009 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask, ButtonMotionMask,
1010 KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask,
1011 ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask,
1012 FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask</a></strong>
1013
1014 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3akeypress_2c_keyrelease_2c_buttonpress_2">urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
1015 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
1016 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
1017 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
1018 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
1019 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
1020 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify</a></strong>
1021
1022 <dd>
1023 <p>Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.</p>
1024 </dd>
1025 </li>
1026 </dl>
1027 <p>
1028 </p>
1029 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
1030 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
1031 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
1032 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
1033 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
1034 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
1035 rxvt-unicode.</p>
1036 <dl>
1037 <dt><strong><a name="item__rend">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong>
1038
1039 <dd>
1040 <p>Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
1041 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.</p>
1042 </dd>
1043 </li>
1044 <dt><strong>$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</strong>
1045
1046 <dd>
1047 <p>Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.</p>
1048 </dd>
1049 </li>
1050 <dt><strong><a name="item__rendbit">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong>
1051
1052 <dd>
1053 <p>Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
1054 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
1055 the bitset.</p>
1056 </dd>
1057 </li>
1058 <dt><strong><a name="item__foreground">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong>
1059
1060 <dt><strong><a name="item__background">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong>
1061
1062 <dd>
1063 <p>Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.</p>
1064 </dd>
1065 </li>
1066 <dt><strong>$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</strong>
1067
1068 <dt><strong>$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</strong>
1069
1070 <dt><strong>$rend = urxvt::SET_COLOR $rend, $new_fg, $new_bg</strong>
1071
1072 <dd>
1073 <p>Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
1074 specified one.</p>
1075 </dd>
1076 </li>
1077 <dt><strong><a name="item__value">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong>
1078
1079 <dd>
1080 <p>Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
1081 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
1082 zero.</p>
1083 </dd>
1084 </li>
1085 <dt><strong>$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</strong>
1086
1087 <dd>
1088 <p>Change the custom value.</p>
1089 </dd>
1090 </li>
1091 </dl>
1092 <p>
1093 </p>
1094 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
1095 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
1096 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
1097 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
1098 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
1099 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
1100 work.</p>
1101 <p>
1102 </p>
1103 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
1104 <dl>
1105 <dt><strong><a name="item__term">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong>
1106
1107 <dd>
1108 <p>Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
1109 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
1110 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.</p>
1111 </dd>
1112 <dd>
1113 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
1114 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
1115 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
1116 <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called before this call returns, and are free to
1117 refer to global data (which is race free).</p>
1118 </dd>
1119 </li>
1120 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong>
1121
1122 <dd>
1123 <p>Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
1124 etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
1125 watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.</p>
1126 </dd>
1127 </li>
1128 <dt><strong><a name="item_exec_async">$term-&gt;exec_async ($cmd[, @args])</a></strong>
1129
1130 <dd>
1131 <p>Works like the combination of the <code>fork</code>/<code>exec</code> builtins, which executes
1132 (``starts'') programs in the background. This function takes care of setting
1133 the user environment before exec'ing the command (e.g. <code>PATH</code>) and should
1134 be preferred over explicit calls to <code>exec</code> or <code>system</code>.</p>
1135 </dd>
1136 <dd>
1137 <p>Returns the pid of the subprocess or <code>undef</code> on error.</p>
1138 </dd>
1139 </li>
1140 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong>
1141
1142 <dd>
1143 <p>Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
1144 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
1145 <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.</p>
1146 </dd>
1147 <dd>
1148 <p>Here is a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
1149 source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
1150 </dd>
1151 <dd>
1152 <pre>
1153 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
1154 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
1155 override-redirect pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar
1156 scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
1157 scrollWithBuffer secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs
1158 transparent tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
1159 </dd>
1160 </li>
1161 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong>
1162
1163 <dd>
1164 <p>Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
1165 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
1166 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.</p>
1167 </dd>
1168 <dd>
1169 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
1170 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
1171 to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
1172 </dd>
1173 <dd>
1174 <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
1175 as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
1176 likely change).</p>
1177 </dd>
1178 <dd>
1179 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
1180 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
1181 </dd>
1182 <dd>
1183 <p>Here is a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
1184 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
1185 to see the actual list:</p>
1186 </dd>
1187 <dd>
1188 <pre>
1189 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
1190 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
1191 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
1192 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
1193 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert meta8 modifier
1194 mouseWheelScrollPage name override_redirect pastableTabs path perl_eval
1195 perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay
1196 preeditType print_pipe pty_fd reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar
1197 scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness
1198 scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle
1199 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle shade term_name title
1200 transient_for transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords utmpInhibit
1201 visualBell</pre>
1202 </dd>
1203 </li>
1204 <dt><strong><a name="item_x_resource">$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</a></strong>
1205
1206 <dd>
1207 <p>Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
1208 class name, i.e. <a href="#item_x_resource"><code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
1209 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
1210 resource with that pattern exists.</p>
1211 </dd>
1212 <dd>
1213 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
1214 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
1215 the wrong resources.</p>
1216 </dd>
1217 </li>
1218 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong>
1219
1220 <dd>
1221 <p>Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
1222 <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.</p>
1223 </dd>
1224 </li>
1225 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong>
1226
1227 <dd>
1228 <p>Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
1229 the terminal application will use this style.</p>
1230 </dd>
1231 </li>
1232 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong>
1233
1234 <dd>
1235 <p>Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
1236 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).</p>
1237 </dd>
1238 </li>
1239 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong>
1240
1241 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong>
1242
1243 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong>
1244
1245 <dd>
1246 <p>Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
1247 and optionally set them to new values.</p>
1248 </dd>
1249 </li>
1250 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</a></strong>
1251
1252 <dd>
1253 <p>Tries to make a selection as set by <a href="#item_selection_beg"><code>selection_beg</code></a> and
1254 <a href="#item_selection_end"><code>selection_end</code></a>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
1255 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
1256 a selection.</p>
1257 </dd>
1258 </li>
1259 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong>
1260
1261 <dd>
1262 <p>Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
1263 set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
1264 is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.</p>
1265 </dd>
1266 </li>
1267 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong>
1268
1269 <dd>
1270 <p>Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.</p>
1271 </dd>
1272 </li>
1273 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong>
1274
1275 <dd>
1276 <p>Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.</p>
1277 </dd>
1278 </li>
1279 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong>
1280
1281 <dd>
1282 <p>Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
1283 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
1284 (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).</p>
1285 </dd>
1286 <dd>
1287 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
1288 around the box.</p>
1289 </dd>
1290 <dd>
1291 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
1292 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
1293 </dd>
1294 <dd>
1295 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
1296 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
1297 </dd>
1298 <dd>
1299 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
1300 </dd>
1301 <dl>
1302 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong>
1303
1304 <dd>
1305 <p>Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
1306 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
1307 at a specific position inside the overlay.</p>
1308 </dd>
1309 </li>
1310 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong>
1311
1312 <dd>
1313 <p>If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.</p>
1314 </dd>
1315 </li>
1316 <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong>
1317
1318 <dd>
1319 <p>If hidden, display the overlay again.</p>
1320 </dd>
1321 </li>
1322 </dl>
1323 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong>
1324
1325 <dd>
1326 <p>Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
1327 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
1328 currently).</p>
1329 </dd>
1330 </li>
1331 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong>
1332
1333 <dd>
1334 <p>Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
1335 accounts for wide and combining characters.</p>
1336 </dd>
1337 </li>
1338 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong>
1339
1340 <dd>
1341 <p>Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.</p>
1342 </dd>
1343 </li>
1344 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong>
1345
1346 <dd>
1347 <p>Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.</p>
1348 </dd>
1349 </li>
1350 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong>
1351
1352 <dd>
1353 <p>XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
1354 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
1355 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.</p>
1356 </dd>
1357 </li>
1358 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong>
1359
1360 <dd>
1361 <p>Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
1362 whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
1363 to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
1364 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.</p>
1365 </dd>
1366 </li>
1367 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong>
1368
1369 <dd>
1370 <p>Ring the bell!</p>
1371 </dd>
1372 </li>
1373 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong>
1374
1375 <dd>
1376 <p>Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
1377 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
1378 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
1379 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.</p>
1380 </dd>
1381 <dd>
1382 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
1383 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
1384 <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
1385 </dd>
1386 </li>
1387 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_change_screen">$term-&gt;scr_change_screen ($screen)</a></strong>
1388
1389 <dd>
1390 <p>Switch to given screen - 0 primary, 1 secondary.</p>
1391 </dd>
1392 </li>
1393 <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong>
1394
1395 <dd>
1396 <p>Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
1397 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
1398 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.</p>
1399 </dd>
1400 </li>
1401 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong>
1402
1403 <dd>
1404 <p>Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
1405 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
1406 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.</p>
1407 </dd>
1408 </li>
1409 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong>
1410
1411 <dd>
1412 <p>Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
1413 be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
1414 description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
1415 the previous value.</p>
1416 </dd>
1417 </li>
1418 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_fd">$fd = $term-&gt;pty_fd</a></strong>
1419
1420 <dd>
1421 <p>Returns the master file descriptor for the pty in use, or <code>-1</code> if no pty
1422 is used.</p>
1423 </dd>
1424 </li>
1425 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong>
1426
1427 <dd>
1428 <p>Return the window id of the toplevel window.</p>
1429 </dd>
1430 </li>
1431 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong>
1432
1433 <dd>
1434 <p>Return the window id of the terminal window.</p>
1435 </dd>
1436 </li>
1437 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt_emask_add">$term-&gt;vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)</a></strong>
1438
1439 <dd>
1440 <p>Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you want
1441 to receive pointer events all the times:</p>
1442 </dd>
1443 <dd>
1444 <pre>
1445 $term-&gt;vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);</pre>
1446 </dd>
1447 </li>
1448 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus_in">$term-&gt;focus_in</a></strong>
1449
1450 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus_out">$term-&gt;focus_out</a></strong>
1451
1452 <dt><strong><a name="item_key_press">$term-&gt;key_press ($state, $keycode[, $time])</a></strong>
1453
1454 <dt><strong><a name="item_key_release">$term-&gt;key_release ($state, $keycode[, $time])</a></strong>
1455
1456 <dd>
1457 <p>Deliver various fake events to to terminal.</p>
1458 </dd>
1459 </li>
1460 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong>
1461
1462 <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong>
1463
1464 <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong>
1465
1466 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong>
1467
1468 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong>
1469
1470 <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong>
1471
1472 <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong>
1473
1474 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong>
1475
1476 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong>
1477
1478 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong>
1479
1480 <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong>
1481
1482 <dt><strong><a name="item_top_row">$topmost_scrollback_row = $term-&gt;top_row</a></strong>
1483
1484 <dd>
1485 <p>Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.</p>
1486 </dd>
1487 </li>
1488 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong>
1489
1490 <dd>
1491 <p>Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.</p>
1492 </dd>
1493 </li>
1494 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong>
1495
1496 <dd>
1497 <p>Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.</p>
1498 </dd>
1499 </li>
1500 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong>
1501
1502 <dd>
1503 <p>Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1504 similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.</p>
1505 </dd>
1506 </li>
1507 <dt><strong><a name="item_envv">@envv = $term-&gt;envv</a></strong>
1508
1509 <dd>
1510 <p>Returns the environment as array of strings of the form <code>VAR=VALUE</code>.</p>
1511 </dd>
1512 </li>
1513 <dt><strong><a name="item_argv">@argv = $term-&gt;argv</a></strong>
1514
1515 <dd>
1516 <p>Return the argument vector as this terminal, similar to @ARGV, but
1517 includes the program name as first element.</p>
1518 </dd>
1519 </li>
1520 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong>
1521
1522 <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong>
1523
1524 <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong>
1525
1526 <dd>
1527 <p>Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
1528 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.</p>
1529 </dd>
1530 </li>
1531 <dt><strong><a name="item_current_screen">$screen = $term-&gt;current_screen</a></strong>
1532
1533 <dd>
1534 <p>Returns the currently displayed screen (0 primary, 1 secondary).</p>
1535 </dd>
1536 </li>
1537 <dt><strong><a name="item_hidden_cursor">$cursor_is_hidden = $term-&gt;hidden_cursor</a></strong>
1538
1539 <dd>
1540 <p>Returns whether the cursor is currently hidden or not.</p>
1541 </dd>
1542 </li>
1543 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong>
1544
1545 <dd>
1546 <p>Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value is
1547 <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values scroll
1548 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.</p>
1549 </dd>
1550 </li>
1551 <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong>
1552
1553 <dd>
1554 <p>Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1555 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1556 differ, it redraws the differences.</p>
1557 </dd>
1558 <dd>
1559 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1560 </dd>
1561 </li>
1562 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong>
1563
1564 <dd>
1565 <p>Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1566 is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1567 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1568 line <code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1569 is requested.</p>
1570 </dd>
1571 <dd>
1572 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1573 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1574 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1575 automatically be updated.</p>
1576 </dd>
1577 <dd>
1578 <p><a href="#item__text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1579 than one cell when displayed are padded with <code>$urxvt::NOCHAR</code> (chr 65535)
1580 characters. Characters with combining characters and other characters that
1581 do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with characters
1582 in the private use area.</p>
1583 </dd>
1584 <dd>
1585 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1586 that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1587 characters.</p>
1588 </dd>
1589 <dd>
1590 <p>The methods <a href="#item_special_encode"><code>$term-&gt;special_encode</code></a> and <a href="#item_special_decode"><code>$term-&gt;special_decode</code></a>
1591 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1592 </dd>
1593 </li>
1594 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong>
1595
1596 <dd>
1597 <p>Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1598 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1599 styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.</p>
1600 </dd>
1601 <dd>
1602 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1603 </dd>
1604 <dd>
1605 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1606 </dd>
1607 </li>
1608 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong>
1609
1610 <dd>
1611 <p>Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1612 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
1613 line is joined with the following one.</p>
1614 </dd>
1615 </li>
1616 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong>
1617
1618 <dd>
1619 <p>Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
1620 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1621 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1622 previous row(s)).</p>
1623 </dd>
1624 </li>
1625 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong>
1626
1627 <dd>
1628 <p>Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1629 about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1630 following methods:</p>
1631 </dd>
1632 <dl>
1633 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong>
1634
1635 <dd>
1636 <p>Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a></p>
1637 </dd>
1638 </li>
1639 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong>
1640
1641 <dd>
1642 <p>Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a></p>
1643 </dd>
1644 </li>
1645 <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong>
1646
1647 <dd>
1648 <p>Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.</p>
1649 </dd>
1650 </li>
1651 <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong>
1652
1653 <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong>
1654
1655 <dd>
1656 <p>Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.</p>
1657 </dd>
1658 </li>
1659 <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong>
1660
1661 <dd>
1662 <p>Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1663 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1664 offsets outside the string.</p>
1665 </dd>
1666 </li>
1667 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong>
1668
1669 <dd>
1670 <p>Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.</p>
1671 </dd>
1672 </li>
1673 </dl>
1674 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong>
1675
1676 <dd>
1677 <p>Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1678 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1679 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.</p>
1680 </dd>
1681 </li>
1682 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong>
1683
1684 <dd>
1685 <p>Converts rxvt-unicodes text representation into a perl string. See
1686 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.</p>
1687 </dd>
1688 </li>
1689 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window = $term-&gt;vt])</a></strong>
1690
1691 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab_button">$term-&gt;ungrab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window = $term-&gt;vt])</a></strong>
1692
1693 <dd>
1694 <p>Register/unregister a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton
1695 manpage.</p>
1696 </dd>
1697 </li>
1698 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong>
1699
1700 <dd>
1701 <p>Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1702 synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestamp.</p>
1703 </dd>
1704 </li>
1705 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong>
1706
1707 <dd>
1708 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.</p>
1709 </dd>
1710 </li>
1711 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong>
1712
1713 <dd>
1714 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.</p>
1715 </dd>
1716 </li>
1717 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong>
1718
1719 <dd>
1720 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1721 recent grab.</p>
1722 </dd>
1723 </li>
1724 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong>
1725
1726 <dd>
1727 <p>Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1728 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1729 the session.</p>
1730 </dd>
1731 </li>
1732 <dt><strong><a name="item_xinternatom">$atom = $term-&gt;XInternAtom ($atom_name[, $only_if_exists])</a></strong>
1733
1734 <dt><strong><a name="item_xgetatomname">$atom_name = $term-&gt;XGetAtomName ($atom)</a></strong>
1735
1736 <dt><strong><a name="item_xlistproperties">@atoms = $term-&gt;XListProperties ($window)</a></strong>
1737
1738 <dt><strong><a name="item_xgetwindowproperty">($type,$format,$octets) = $term-&gt;XGetWindowProperty ($window, $property)</a></strong>
1739
1740 <dt><strong><a name="item_xchangewindowproperty">$term-&gt;XChangeWindowProperty ($window, $property, $type, $format, $octets)</a></strong>
1741
1742 <dt><strong><a name="item_xdeleteproperty">$term-&gt;XDeleteProperty ($window, $property)</a></strong>
1743
1744 <dt><strong><a name="item_defaultrootwindow">$window = $term-&gt;DefaultRootWindow</a></strong>
1745
1746 <dt><strong><a name="item_xreparentwindow">$term-&gt;XReparentWindow ($window, $parent, [$x, $y])</a></strong>
1747
1748 <dt><strong><a name="item_xmapwindow">$term-&gt;XMapWindow ($window)</a></strong>
1749
1750 <dt><strong><a name="item_xunmapwindow">$term-&gt;XUnmapWindow ($window)</a></strong>
1751
1752 <dt><strong><a name="item_xmoveresizewindow">$term-&gt;XMoveResizeWindow ($window, $x, $y, $width, $height)</a></strong>
1753
1754 <dt><strong><a name="item_xtranslatecoordinates">($x, $y, $child_window) = $term-&gt;XTranslateCoordinates ($src, $dst, $x, $y)</a></strong>
1755
1756 <dt><strong><a name="item_xchangeinput">$term-&gt;XChangeInput ($window, $add_events[, $del_events])</a></strong>
1757
1758 <dd>
1759 <p>Various X or X-related functions. The <a href="#item__term"><code>$term</code></a> object only serves as
1760 the source of the display, otherwise those functions map more-or-less
1761 directory onto the X functions of the same name.</p>
1762 </dd>
1763 </li>
1764 </dl>
1765 <p>
1766 </p>
1767 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1768 <dl>
1769 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_title">$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</a></strong>
1770
1771 <dd>
1772 <p>Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.</p>
1773 </dd>
1774 </li>
1775 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_separator">$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</a></strong>
1776
1777 <dd>
1778 <p>Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.</p>
1779 </dd>
1780 </li>
1781 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_button">$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</a></strong>
1782
1783 <dd>
1784 <p>Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1785 selected.</p>
1786 </dd>
1787 </li>
1788 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_toggle">$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $initial_value, $cb)</a></strong>
1789
1790 <dd>
1791 <p>Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. The callback gets called
1792 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its new value as its
1793 first argument.</p>
1794 </dd>
1795 </li>
1796 <dt><strong>$popup-&gt;show</strong>
1797
1798 <dd>
1799 <p>Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).</p>
1800 </dd>
1801 </li>
1802 </dl>
1803 <p>
1804 </p>
1805 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1806 <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1807 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1808 <pre>
1809 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1810 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1811 -&gt;new
1812 -&gt;interval (1)
1813 -&gt;cb (sub {
1814 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1815 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1816 });</pre>
1817 <dl>
1818 <dt><strong><a name="item__timer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong>
1819
1820 <dd>
1821 <p>Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1822 immediately.</p>
1823 </dd>
1824 </li>
1825 <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong>
1826
1827 <dd>
1828 <p>Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.</p>
1829 </dd>
1830 </li>
1831 <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong>
1832
1833 <dd>
1834 <p>Return the time this watcher will fire next.</p>
1835 </dd>
1836 </li>
1837 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong>
1838
1839 <dd>
1840 <p>Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.</p>
1841 </dd>
1842 </li>
1843 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong>
1844
1845 <dd>
1846 <p>Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1847 stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1848 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.</p>
1849 </dd>
1850 </li>
1851 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong>
1852
1853 <dd>
1854 <p>Start the timer.</p>
1855 </dd>
1856 </li>
1857 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong>
1858
1859 <dd>
1860 <p>Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.</p>
1861 </dd>
1862 </li>
1863 <dt><strong><a name="item_after">$timer = $timer-&gt;after ($delay)</a></strong>
1864
1865 <dd>
1866 <p>Like <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a>, but sets the expiry timer to c&lt;urxvt::NOW + $delay&gt;.</p>
1867 </dd>
1868 </li>
1869 <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong>
1870
1871 <dd>
1872 <p>Stop the timer.</p>
1873 </dd>
1874 </li>
1875 </dl>
1876 <p>
1877 </p>
1878 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1879 <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1880 <pre>
1881 $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1882 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1883 -&gt;new
1884 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1885 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1886 -&gt;start
1887 -&gt;cb (sub {
1888 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1889 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1890 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1891 or end-of-file;
1892 });</pre>
1893 <dl>
1894 <dt><strong><a name="item__iow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong>
1895
1896 <dd>
1897 <p>Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.</p>
1898 </dd>
1899 </li>
1900 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong>
1901
1902 <dd>
1903 <p>Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1904 is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.</p>
1905 </dd>
1906 </li>
1907 <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong>
1908
1909 <dd>
1910 <p>Set the file descriptor (not handle) to watch.</p>
1911 </dd>
1912 </li>
1913 <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong>
1914
1915 <dd>
1916 <p>Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1917 <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1918 together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.</p>
1919 </dd>
1920 </li>
1921 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong>
1922
1923 <dd>
1924 <p>Start watching for requested events on the given handle.</p>
1925 </dd>
1926 </li>
1927 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong>
1928
1929 <dd>
1930 <p>Stop watching for events on the given file handle.</p>
1931 </dd>
1932 </li>
1933 </dl>
1934 <p>
1935 </p>
1936 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iw_class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</a></h2>
1937 <p>This class implements idle watchers, that get called automatically when
1938 the process is idle. They should return as fast as possible, after doing
1939 some useful work.</p>
1940 <dl>
1941 <dt><strong><a name="item__iw">$iw = new urxvt::iw</a></strong>
1942
1943 <dd>
1944 <p>Create a new idle watcher object in stopped state.</p>
1945 </dd>
1946 </li>
1947 <dt><strong>$iw = $iw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iw) = @_; ... })</strong>
1948
1949 <dd>
1950 <p>Set the callback to be called when the watcher triggers.</p>
1951 </dd>
1952 </li>
1953 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start</strong>
1954
1955 <dd>
1956 <p>Start the watcher.</p>
1957 </dd>
1958 </li>
1959 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</strong>
1960
1961 <dd>
1962 <p>Stop the watcher.</p>
1963 </dd>
1964 </li>
1965 </dl>
1966 <p>
1967 </p>
1968 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__pw_class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</a></h2>
1969 <p>This class implements process watchers. They create an event whenever a
1970 process exits, after which they stop automatically.</p>
1971 <pre>
1972 my $pid = fork;
1973 ...
1974 $term-&gt;{pw} = urxvt::pw
1975 -&gt;new
1976 -&gt;start ($pid)
1977 -&gt;cb (sub {
1978 my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_;
1979 ...
1980 });</pre>
1981 <dl>
1982 <dt><strong><a name="item__pw">$pw = new urxvt::pw</a></strong>
1983
1984 <dd>
1985 <p>Create a new process watcher in stopped state.</p>
1986 </dd>
1987 </li>
1988 <dt><strong>$pw = $pw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_; ... })</strong>
1989
1990 <dd>
1991 <p>Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.</p>
1992 </dd>
1993 </li>
1994 <dt><strong>$pw = $timer-&gt;start ($pid)</strong>
1995
1996 <dd>
1997 <p>Tells the watcher to start watching for process <code>$pid</code>.</p>
1998 </dd>
1999 </li>
2000 <dt><strong>$pw = $pw-&gt;stop</strong>
2001
2002 <dd>
2003 <p>Stop the watcher.</p>
2004 </dd>
2005 </li>
2006 </dl>
2007 <p>
2008 </p>
2009 <hr />
2010 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
2011 <p>
2012 </p>
2013 <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
2014 <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
2015 numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
2016 <dl>
2017 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong>
2018
2019 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong>
2020
2021 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_called_hooks">&gt;=10 - all called hooks</a></strong>
2022
2023 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d11__2d_hook_return_values">&gt;=11 - hook return values</a></strong>
2024
2025 </dl>
2026 <p>
2027 </p>
2028 <hr />
2029 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
2030 <pre>
2031 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
2032 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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