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131 .IX Title "rxvt 3"
132 .TH rxvt 3 "2006-01-02" "6.2" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 rxvtperl \- rxvt\-unicode's embedded perl interpreter
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 * Put your scripts into \fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl\-ext/\fR, they will be loaded automatically.
138 .PP
139 * Scripts are evaluated in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
140 thus must be encoded as \s-1UTF\-8\s0.
141 .PP
142 .Vb 4
143 \& sub on_sel_grab {
144 \& warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
145 \& ()
146 \& }
147 .Ve
148 .PP
149 .Vb 1
150 \& 1
151 .Ve
152 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
153 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
154 Everytime a terminal object gets created, scripts specified via the
155 \&\f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource are associated with it.
156 .PP
157 Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in @@RXVT_NAME@@d, where
158 scripts will be shared (But not enabled) for all terminals.
159 .Sh "General \s-1API\s0 Considerations"
160 .IX Subsection "General API Considerations"
161 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
162 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
163 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as \f(CW\*(C`_ptr\*(C'\fR or
164 \&\f(CW\*(C`_hook\*(C'\fR) are reserved for internal uses and must not be accessed or
165 modified).
166 .PP
167 When objects are destroyed on the \*(C+ side, the perl object hashes are
168 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
169 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
170 terminal is destroyed.
171 .Sh "Hooks"
172 .IX Subsection "Hooks"
173 The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be called
174 whenever the relevant event happens.
175 .PP
176 All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event
177 counts as being \fIconsumed\fR, and the invocation of other hooks is skipped,
178 and the relevant action might not be carried out by the \*(C+ code.
179 .PP
180 When in doubt, return a false value (preferably \f(CW\*(C`()\*(C'\fR).
181 .ie n .IP "on_init $term" 4
182 .el .IP "on_init \f(CW$term\fR" 4
183 .IX Item "on_init $term"
184 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
185 windows are created or the command gets run.
186 .ie n .IP "on_reset $term" 4
187 .el .IP "on_reset \f(CW$term\fR" 4
188 .IX Item "on_reset $term"
189 Called after the screen is \*(L"reset\*(R" for any reason, such as resizing or
190 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
191 variables.
192 .ie n .IP "on_start $term" 4
193 .el .IP "on_start \f(CW$term\fR" 4
194 .IX Item "on_start $term"
195 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
196 returning to the mainloop.
197 .ie n .IP "on_sel_make $term\fR, \f(CW$eventtime" 4
198 .el .IP "on_sel_make \f(CW$term\fR, \f(CW$eventtime\fR" 4
199 .IX Item "on_sel_make $term, $eventtime"
200 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
201 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
202 selection will be honored.
203 .Sp
204 Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
205 have to make a selection yourself by calling \f(CW\*(C`$term\->selection_grab\*(C'\fR.
206 .ie n .IP "on_sel_grab $term\fR, \f(CW$eventtime" 4
207 .el .IP "on_sel_grab \f(CW$term\fR, \f(CW$eventtime\fR" 4
208 .IX Item "on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime"
209 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
210 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
211 by calling \f(CW\*(C`$term\->selection\*(C'\fR.
212 .Sp
213 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.
214 .ie n .IP "on_focus_in $term" 4
215 .el .IP "on_focus_in \f(CW$term\fR" 4
216 .IX Item "on_focus_in $term"
217 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before urxvt does
218 focus in processing.
219 .ie n .IP "on_focus_out $term" 4
220 .el .IP "on_focus_out \f(CW$term\fR" 4
221 .IX Item "on_focus_out $term"
222 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before urxvt does focus
223 out processing.
224 .ie n .IP "on_view_change $term\fR, \f(CW$offset" 4
225 .el .IP "on_view_change \f(CW$term\fR, \f(CW$offset\fR" 4
226 .IX Item "on_view_change $term, $offset"
227 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
228 scrolls. Offset \f(CW0\fR means display the normal terminal, positive values
229 show this many lines of scrollback.
230 .ie n .IP "on_scroll_back $term\fR, \f(CW$lines\fR, \f(CW$saved" 4
231 .el .IP "on_scroll_back \f(CW$term\fR, \f(CW$lines\fR, \f(CW$saved\fR" 4
232 .IX Item "on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved"
233 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
234 buffer. \f(CW$lines\fR is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
235 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
236 .Sp
237 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines \- 1,
238 \&\f(CW$nrow\fR \- 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). \f(CW$saved\fR is the total
239 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
240 .ie n .IP "on_tty_activity $term *NYI*" 4
241 .el .IP "on_tty_activity \f(CW$term\fR *NYI*" 4
242 .IX Item "on_tty_activity $term *NYI*"
243 Called whenever the program(s) running in the urxvt window send output.
244 .ie n .IP "on_refresh_begin $term" 4
245 .el .IP "on_refresh_begin \f(CW$term\fR" 4
246 .IX Item "on_refresh_begin $term"
247 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
248 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
249 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
250 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
251 .ie n .IP "on_refresh_end $term" 4
252 .el .IP "on_refresh_end \f(CW$term\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "on_refresh_end $term"
254 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See \f(CW\*(C`on_refresh_begin\*(C'\fR.
255 .ie n .Sh "Functions in the ""urxvt"" Package"
256 .el .Sh "Functions in the \f(CWurxvt\fP Package"
257 .IX Subsection "Functions in the urxvt Package"
258 .ie n .IP "urxvt::fatal $errormessage" 4
259 .el .IP "urxvt::fatal \f(CW$errormessage\fR" 4
260 .IX Item "urxvt::fatal $errormessage"
261 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
262 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
263 starts up.
264 .ie n .IP "urxvt::warn $string" 4
265 .el .IP "urxvt::warn \f(CW$string\fR" 4
266 .IX Item "urxvt::warn $string"
267 Calls \f(CW\*(C`rxvt_warn\*(C'\fR with the given string which should not include a
268 newline. The module also overwrites the \f(CW\*(C`warn\*(C'\fR builtin with a function
269 that calls this function.
270 .Sp
271 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
272 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
273 .IP "$time = urxvt::NOW" 4
274 .IX Item "$time = urxvt::NOW"
275 Returns the \*(L"current time\*(R" (as per the event loop).
276 .ie n .Sh "The ""urxvt::term"" Class"
277 .el .Sh "The \f(CWurxvt::term\fP Class"
278 .IX Subsection "The urxvt::term Class"
279 .ie n .IP "$value = $term\fR\->resource ($name[, \f(CW$newval])" 4
280 .el .IP "$value = \f(CW$term\fR\->resource ($name[, \f(CW$newval\fR])" 4
281 .IX Item "$value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])"
282 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
283 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the \f(CW\*(C`init\*(C'\fR
284 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR.
285 .Sp
286 The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
287 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
288 to be converted from the used encoding to text.
289 .Sp
290 Resource names are as defined in \fIsrc/rsinc.h\fR. Colours can be specified
291 as resource names of the form \f(CW\*(C`color+<index>\*(C'\fR, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`color+5\*(C'\fR. (will
292 likely change).
293 .Sp
294 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
295 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.
296 .Sp
297 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
298 are supported in every build, please see the source to see the actual
299 list:
300 .Sp
301 .Vb 12
302 \& answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
303 \& borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
304 \& display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
305 \& imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
306 \& italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
307 \& mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext
308 \& perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
309 \& reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
310 \& scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
311 \& scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
312 \& shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
313 \& utmpInhibit visualBell
314 .Ve
315 .ie n .IP "($row, $col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_mark ([$row, \f(CW$col])" 4
316 .el .IP "($row, \f(CW$col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_mark ([$row, \f(CW$col\fR])" 4
317 .IX Item "($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])"
318 .PD 0
319 .ie n .IP "($row, $col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_beg ([$row, \f(CW$col])" 4
320 .el .IP "($row, \f(CW$col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_beg ([$row, \f(CW$col\fR])" 4
321 .IX Item "($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])"
322 .ie n .IP "($row, $col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_end ([$row, \f(CW$col])" 4
323 .el .IP "($row, \f(CW$col\fR) = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_end ([$row, \f(CW$col\fR])" 4
324 .IX Item "($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])"
325 .PD
326 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
327 and optionally set them to new values.
328 .ie n .IP "$success = $term\->selection_grab ($eventtime)" 4
329 .el .IP "$success = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection_grab ($eventtime)" 4
330 .IX Item "$success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)"
331 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, as set
332 by the next method).
333 .ie n .IP "$oldtext = $term\->selection ([$newtext])" 4
334 .el .IP "$oldtext = \f(CW$term\fR\->selection ([$newtext])" 4
335 .IX Item "$oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])"
336 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by \f(CW$newtext\fR.
337 .ie n .IP "$term\->scr_overlay ($x, $y\fR, \f(CW$text)" 4
338 .el .IP "$term\->scr_overlay ($x, \f(CW$y\fR, \f(CW$text\fR)" 4
339 .IX Item "$term->scr_overlay ($x, $y, $text)"
340 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
341 .ie n .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y\fR, \f(CW$width\fR, \f(CW$height)" 4
342 .el .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_new ($x, \f(CW$y\fR, \f(CW$width\fR, \f(CW$height\fR)" 4
343 .IX Item "$term->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $width, $height)"
344 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
345 width/height. A border will be put around the box. If either \f(CW$x\fR or
346 \&\f(CW$y\fR is negative, then this is counted from the right/bottom side,
347 respectively.
348 .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_off" 4
349 .IX Item "$term->scr_overlay_off"
350 Switch the overlay off again.
351 .ie n .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y\fR, \f(CW$char\fR, \f(CW$rend = \s-1OVERLAY_RSTYLE\s0)" 4
352 .el .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_set_char ($x, \f(CW$y\fR, \f(CW$char\fR, \f(CW$rend\fR = \s-1OVERLAY_RSTYLE\s0)" 4
353 .IX Item "$term->scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y, $char, $rend = OVERLAY_RSTYLE)"
354 Put a single character (specified numerically) at the given overlay
355 position.
356 .ie n .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_set ($x, $y\fR, \f(CW$text)" 4
357 .el .IP "$term\->scr_overlay_set ($x, \f(CW$y\fR, \f(CW$text\fR)" 4
358 .IX Item "$term->scr_overlay_set ($x, $y, $text)"
359 Write a string at the given position into the overlay.
360 .ie n .IP "$cellwidth = $term\fR\->strwidth \f(CW$string" 4
361 .el .IP "$cellwidth = \f(CW$term\fR\->strwidth \f(CW$string\fR" 4
362 .IX Item "$cellwidth = $term->strwidth $string"
363 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
364 accounts for wide and combining characters.
365 .ie n .IP "$octets = $term\fR\->locale_encode \f(CW$string" 4
366 .el .IP "$octets = \f(CW$term\fR\->locale_encode \f(CW$string\fR" 4
367 .IX Item "$octets = $term->locale_encode $string"
368 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
369 .ie n .IP "$string = $term\fR\->locale_decode \f(CW$octets" 4
370 .el .IP "$string = \f(CW$term\fR\->locale_decode \f(CW$octets\fR" 4
371 .IX Item "$string = $term->locale_decode $octets"
372 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
373 .IP "$term\->tt_write ($octets)" 4
374 .IX Item "$term->tt_write ($octets)"
375 Write the octets given in \f(CW$data\fR to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
376 pass characters instead of octets, you should convetr you strings first to
377 the locale-specific encoding using \f(CW\*(C`$term\->locale_encode\*(C'\fR.
378 .ie n .Sh "The ""urxvt::timer"" Class"
379 .el .Sh "The \f(CWurxvt::timer\fP Class"
380 .IX Subsection "The urxvt::timer Class"
381 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
382 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
383 .PP
384 .Vb 11
385 \& # create a digital clock display in upper right corner
386 \& $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
387 \& ->new
388 \& ->start (urxvt::NOW)
389 \& ->cb (sub {
390 \& my ($timer) = @_;
391 \& my $time = $timer->at;
392 \& $timer->start ($time + 1);
393 \& $self->scr_overlay (-1, 0,
394 \& POSIX::strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime $time);
395 \& });
396 .Ve
397 .IP "$timer = new urxvt::timer" 4
398 .IX Item "$timer = new urxvt::timer"
399 Create a new timer object in stopped state.
400 .ie n .IP "$timer = $timer\fR\->cb (sub { my ($timer) = \f(CW@_; ... })" 4
401 .el .IP "$timer = \f(CW$timer\fR\->cb (sub { my ($timer) = \f(CW@_\fR; ... })" 4
402 .IX Item "$timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })"
403 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
404 .ie n .IP "$tstamp = $timer\->at" 4
405 .el .IP "$tstamp = \f(CW$timer\fR\->at" 4
406 .IX Item "$tstamp = $timer->at"
407 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
408 .ie n .IP "$timer = $timer\->set ($tstamp)" 4
409 .el .IP "$timer = \f(CW$timer\fR\->set ($tstamp)" 4
410 .IX Item "$timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)"
411 Set the time the event is generated to \f(CW$tstamp\fR.
412 .ie n .IP "$timer = $timer\->start" 4
413 .el .IP "$timer = \f(CW$timer\fR\->start" 4
414 .IX Item "$timer = $timer->start"
415 Start the timer.
416 .ie n .IP "$timer = $timer\->start ($tstamp)" 4
417 .el .IP "$timer = \f(CW$timer\fR\->start ($tstamp)" 4
418 .IX Item "$timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)"
419 Set the event trigger time to \f(CW$tstamp\fR and start the timer.
420 .ie n .IP "$timer = $timer\->stop" 4
421 .el .IP "$timer = \f(CW$timer\fR\->stop" 4
422 .IX Item "$timer = $timer->stop"
423 Stop the timer.
424 .ie n .Sh "The ""urxvt::iow"" Class"
425 .el .Sh "The \f(CWurxvt::iow\fP Class"
426 .IX Subsection "The urxvt::iow Class"
427 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
428 .PP
429 .Vb 12
430 \& $term->{socket} = ...
431 \& $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
432 \& ->new
433 \& ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
434 \& ->events (1) # wait for read data
435 \& ->start
436 \& ->cb (sub {
437 \& my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
438 \& # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
439 \& sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
440 \& or end-of-file;
441 \& });
442 .Ve
443 .IP "$iow = new urxvt::iow" 4
444 .IX Item "$iow = new urxvt::iow"
445 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
446 .ie n .IP "$iow = $iow\fR\->cb (sub { my ($iow, \f(CW$reventmask\fR) = \f(CW@_; ... })" 4
447 .el .IP "$iow = \f(CW$iow\fR\->cb (sub { my ($iow, \f(CW$reventmask\fR) = \f(CW@_\fR; ... })" 4
448 .IX Item "$iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })"
449 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. \f(CW$reventmask\fR
450 is a bitset as described in the \f(CW\*(C`events\*(C'\fR method.
451 .ie n .IP "$iow = $iow\->fd ($fd)" 4
452 .el .IP "$iow = \f(CW$iow\fR\->fd ($fd)" 4
453 .IX Item "$iow = $iow->fd ($fd)"
454 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
455 .ie n .IP "$iow = $iow\->events ($eventmask)" 4
456 .el .IP "$iow = \f(CW$iow\fR\->events ($eventmask)" 4
457 .IX Item "$iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)"
458 Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value \f(CW1\fR) enables watching for read
459 data, Bit #1 (value \f(CW2\fR) enables watching for write data.
460 .ie n .IP "$iow = $iow\->start" 4
461 .el .IP "$iow = \f(CW$iow\fR\->start" 4
462 .IX Item "$iow = $iow->start"
463 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
464 .ie n .IP "$iow = $iow\->stop" 4
465 .el .IP "$iow = \f(CW$iow\fR\->stop" 4
466 .IX Item "$iow = $iow->stop"
467 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
468 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
469 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
470 .Sh "\s-1URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY\s0"
471 .IX Subsection "URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY"
472 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
473 numbers indicate more verbose output.
474 .IP "0 \- only fatal messages" 4
475 .IX Item "0 - only fatal messages"
476 .PD 0
477 .IP "3 \- script loading and management" 4
478 .IX Item "3 - script loading and management"
479 .IP "10 \- all events received" 4
480 .IX Item "10 - all events received"
481 .PD
482 .SH "AUTHOR"
483 .IX Header "AUTHOR"
484 .Vb 2
485 \& Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
486 \& http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
487 .Ve