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1 root 1.1 NAME
2     rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter
3    
4     SYNOPSIS
5 root 1.3 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:
6 root 1.1
7     sub on_sel_grab {
8     warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
9     ()
10     }
11    
12 root 1.3 # start a rxvt using it:
13    
14     rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test
15 root 1.1
16     DESCRIPTION
17 root 1.13 Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified
18     via the "perl" resource are loaded and associated with it.
19 root 1.3
20     Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
21     thus must be encoded as UTF-8.
22 root 1.1
23     Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where scripts
24 root 1.5 will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.
25 root 1.1
26 root 1.18 PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS
27     This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You
28 root 1.4 can find them in /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/.
29    
30     You can activate them like this:
31    
32     rxvt -pe <extensionname>
33    
34 root 1.14 selection (enabled by default)
35 root 1.18 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more
36     intelligent when the user extends selections (double-click). Right
37     now, it tries to select urls and complete shell-quoted arguments,
38     which is very convenient, too, if your ls supports
39     "--quoting-style=shell".
40 root 1.7
41 root 1.18 It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:
42 root 1.4
43     rot13
44     Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
45    
46     URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
47    
48 root 1.14 option-popup (enabled by default)
49 root 1.15 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
50 root 1.14 options at runtime.
51    
52 root 1.15 selection-popup (enabled by default)
53     Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
54 root 1.18 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
55     unescaping, perl evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on
56     content.
57 root 1.15
58 root 1.17 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
59     Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
60     by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). When in search mode, normal terminal
61     input/output is suspended.
62    
63     "/" starts an incremental regex search, "n" searches further, "p" or
64     "N" jump to the previous match, "G" jumps to the bottom and clears
65     the history, "enter" leaves search mode at the current position and
66     "escape" returns to the original position.
67    
68 root 1.4 digital-clock
69 root 1.6 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
70    
71 root 1.12 mark-urls
72     Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline
73     urls.
74    
75     block-graphics-to-ascii
76     A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
77     terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
78     U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
79    
80 root 1.6 example-refresh-hooks
81 root 1.4 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
82     the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
83     your own overlays or changes.
84    
85 root 1.18 API DOCUMENTATION
86 root 1.1 General API Considerations
87     All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
88     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
89     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
90 root 1.7 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
91 root 1.1 modified).
92    
93     When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
94     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
95     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
96     terminal is destroyed.
97    
98 root 1.12 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
99     some hints on what they mean:
100    
101     $text
102     Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
103     character always represents one screen cell. See row_t for a
104     discussion of this format.
105    
106     $string
107     A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
108     unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
109     specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
110    
111     $octets
112     Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
113     locale-specific way.
114    
115 root 1.17 Extension Objects
116     Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
117     for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
118     to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
119     think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
120     that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
121     internal use.
122    
123     Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
124     the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
125    
126     It has the following methods and data members:
127    
128     $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
129     Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
130     the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
131    
132     $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
133     Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
134     for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
135     you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
136    
137     $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
138     Dynamically disable the given hooks.
139    
140 root 1.1 Hooks
141 root 1.12 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
142     be called whenever the relevant event happens.
143 root 1.1
144 root 1.17 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
145     the in the "Extension Objects" section.
146 root 1.7
147 root 1.17 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
148     event counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is
149 root 1.1 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++
150     code.
151    
152 root 1.17 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
153 root 1.1
154     on_init $term
155     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
156 root 1.12 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
157     to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
158     characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
159     and change resources, though.
160 root 1.1
161     on_reset $term
162     Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
163     or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
164     size-related variables.
165    
166     on_start $term
167     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
168     before returning to the mainloop.
169    
170     on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
171     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
172     the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
173     type of the selection will be honored.
174    
175     Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which
176     case you have to make a selection yourself by calling
177     "$term->selection_grab".
178    
179     on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
180     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the
181     selection is requested from the server. The selection text can be
182     queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
183    
184     Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
185     hilighted.
186    
187 root 1.7 on_sel_extend $term
188     Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
189     double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
190     operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
191     suppress the built-in processing.
192    
193     See the selection example extension.
194    
195 root 1.1 on_view_change $term, $offset
196     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
197     scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
198     show this many lines of scrollback.
199    
200     on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
201     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the
202     scrollback buffer. $lines is the number of lines scrolled out and
203     may be larger than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
204    
205     It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
206     - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
207     the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
208    
209 root 1.9 on_osc_seq $term, $string
210     Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
211     operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
212     state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
213     interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
214     and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
215     and this might be enforced in the future.
216    
217     Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
218     receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
219     messages from other users on the same system etc.).
220    
221 root 1.12 on_add_lines $term, $string
222     Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
223     argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
224     returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
225     Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
226     called for all text being output.
227    
228 root 1.17 on_tt_write $term, $octets
229     Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
230     to suppress or filter tty input.
231    
232 root 1.12 on_line_update $term, $row
233     Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
234     screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
235     lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
236     reasons, not always immediately.
237    
238     The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
239     spans multiple rows.
240    
241     Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
242     called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
243     change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
244     them.
245    
246 root 1.1 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
250     display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
251    
252     on_refresh_end $term
253     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
254    
255 root 1.3 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
256     Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
257     "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
258     resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
259    
260 root 1.13 on_focus_in $term
261     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
262     rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
263    
264     on_focus_out $term
265     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
266     rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
267    
268 root 1.17 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
269     on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
270 root 1.12 on_button_press $term, $event
271     on_button_release $term, $event
272     on_motion_notify $term, $event
273 root 1.13 on_map_notify $term, $event
274     on_unmap_notify $term, $event
275 root 1.12 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
276     terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
277     rxvt-unicode.
278    
279     The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
280     XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
281     are the row and column under the mouse cursor.
282    
283     "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
284     output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
285    
286     subwindow.
287    
288 root 1.7 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
289 root 1.19 $urxvt::LIBDIR
290     The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
291     perl modules and scripts are stored.
292    
293     $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
294     The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
295     resources.
296    
297     $urxvt::RXVTNAME
298     The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
299    
300 root 1.7 $urxvt::TERM
301 root 1.12 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
302     object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
303 root 1.7
304 root 1.19 *
305    
306 root 1.1 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
307 root 1.12 $term = new urxvt [arg...]
308     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
309     "system $binfile, arg...". Croaks (and probably outputs an error
310     message) if the new instance couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if
311     the new instance didn't initialise perl, and the terminal object
312     otherwise. The "init" and "start" hooks will be called during the
313     call.
314    
315 root 1.1 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
316     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
317     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
318     starts up.
319    
320     urxvt::warn $string
321     Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
322     newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
323     function that calls this function.
324    
325     Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
326     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
327    
328 root 1.16 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
329     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
330     as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
331     urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
332    
333 root 1.1 $time = urxvt::NOW
334     Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
335    
336 root 1.13 urxvt::CurrentTime
337     urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
338     Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
339     Button5Mask, AnyModifier
340 root 1.14 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
341 root 1.13
342 root 1.6 RENDITION
343     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
344     and similar information for each screen cell.
345    
346     The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
347     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
348     they contain important information required for correct operation of
349     rxvt-unicode.
350    
351     $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
352     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
353     up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
354     renditions.
355    
356     $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
357     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
358    
359     $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
360     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
361     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
362     it into the bitset.
363    
364     $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
365     $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
366     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
367    
368 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
369     $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
370 root 1.6 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
371     the specified one.
372    
373 root 1.19 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
374 root 1.6 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
375     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
376     initially zero.
377    
378 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
379 root 1.6 Change the custom value.
380    
381 root 1.14 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
382     The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
383     "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
384 root 1.19 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
385     condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
386     is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
387     should work.
388 root 1.14
389 root 1.1 The "urxvt::term" Class
390 root 1.12 $term->destroy
391     Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
392 root 1.19 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
393     (timers, io watchers) are still active.
394 root 1.12
395 root 1.13 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
396     Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
397     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
398     hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
399     the hash.
400    
401     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
402     the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
403    
404     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
405     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
406     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
407     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
408     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
409     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
410    
411 root 1.1 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
412     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
413     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
414     "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
415    
416     The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
417     encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
418     value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
419    
420     Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
421     specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
422     "color+5". (will likely change).
423    
424     Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
425     the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
426     memory.
427    
428     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
429 root 1.13 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
430     /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
431 root 1.1
432     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
433     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
434     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
435     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
436 root 1.2 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
437 root 1.10 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
438 root 1.1 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
439     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
440     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
441     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
442     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
443     utmpInhibit visualBell
444    
445 root 1.17 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
446     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
447     the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
448    
449 root 1.12 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
450     Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
451     output by the terminal application will use this style.
452 root 1.11
453     ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
454     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
455     optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
456     that).
457    
458 root 1.1 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
459     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
460     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
461     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
462     positions, and optionally set them to new values.
463    
464     $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
465     Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example,
466     as set by the next method).
467    
468     $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
469     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
470     $newtext.
471    
472 root 1.17 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
473     Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
474     details.
475 root 1.6
476     $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
477 root 1.1 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
478 root 1.6 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
479     "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
480    
481     If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
482     around the box.
483    
484     If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
485     right/bottom side, respectively.
486    
487     This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
488     visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
489 root 1.1
490 root 1.7 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
491 root 1.6
492 root 1.7 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
493     Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
494     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
495     rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
496    
497     $overlay->hide
498     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
499    
500     $overlay->show
501     If hidden, display the overlay again.
502 root 1.1
503 root 1.13 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
504     Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
505     The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
506     event, currently).
507    
508 root 1.12 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
509 root 1.1 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
510     accounts for wide and combining characters.
511    
512 root 1.12 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
513 root 1.1 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
514     encoding.
515    
516 root 1.12 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
517 root 1.1 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
518    
519 root 1.17 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
520     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
521     (default: "RS_RVid"). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects
522     similar to the selection.
523    
524     $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
525     $rstyle2]])
526     Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
527     whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
528     defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
529     and underlines it instead.
530    
531     $term->scr_bell
532     Ring the bell!
533    
534 root 1.12 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
535     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
536     application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
537     sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
538     returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
539     locale-dependent encoding.
540    
541     Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
542     be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
543     inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
544    
545     $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
546     Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
547     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
548     sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
549    
550 root 1.1 $term->tt_write ($octets)
551     Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
552 root 1.4 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
553     strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
554     "$term->locale_encode".
555    
556 root 1.17 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
557     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
558     Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
559     See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
560     restore the previous value.
561    
562 root 1.12 $windowid = $term->parent
563     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
564    
565     $windowid = $term->vt
566     Return the window id of the terminal window.
567    
568 root 1.11 $window_width = $term->width
569     $window_height = $term->height
570     $font_width = $term->fwidth
571     $font_height = $term->fheight
572     $font_ascent = $term->fbase
573     $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
574     $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
575     $has_focus = $term->focus
576     $is_mapped = $term->mapped
577     $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
578     $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
579     $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
580     Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
581 root 1.4
582 root 1.17 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
583     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
584    
585     $x_display = $term->display_id
586     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
587    
588 root 1.13 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
589     $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
590     $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
591     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
592     (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
593     applicable.
594    
595 root 1.4 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
596     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
597     is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
598     scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
599    
600     $term->want_refresh
601     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
602     will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
603     If they differ, it redraws the differences.
604    
605     Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
606    
607     $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
608     Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
609     the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
610     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
611 root 1.7 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
612     line is requested.
613 root 1.4
614     If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
615     line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
616 root 1.6 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
617 root 1.4 automatically be updated.
618    
619     $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
620     more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
621     characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
622     other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
623     be replaced with characters in the private use area.
624    
625     You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
626     that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
627     characters.
628    
629     The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
630     be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
631    
632     $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
633     Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
634     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
635     styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
636    
637     When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
638    
639 root 1.6 See the section on RENDITION, above.
640 root 1.4
641     $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
642     Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
643 root 1.7 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
644     line is joined with the following one.
645    
646     $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
647     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
648     (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
649     in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
650     continuation of the previous row(s)).
651    
652     $line = $term->line ($row_number)
653     Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
654     about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
655     the following methods:
656    
657 root 1.12 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
658     Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
659     "ROW_t"
660    
661     $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
662     Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
663     similar to "ROW_r"
664 root 1.7
665     $length = $line->l
666     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
667    
668     $rownum = $line->beg
669     $rownum = $line->end
670     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
671     respectively.
672    
673     $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
674     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
675     the logical line.
676    
677     ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
678     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
679 root 1.4
680 root 1.15 $text = $term->special_encode $string
681 root 1.4 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
682     rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
683     See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
684    
685     $string = $term->special_decode $text
686     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
687     "$term->ROW_t" for details.
688    
689 root 1.15 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
690 root 1.16 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
691 root 1.15
692     $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
693     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
694     synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
695    
696     $term->allow_events_async
697     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
698    
699     $term->allow_events_sync
700     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
701    
702     $term->allow_events_replay
703     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
704     the most recent grab.
705    
706     $term->ungrab
707     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
708     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
709     case as the session.
710    
711 root 1.13 The "urxvt::popup" Class
712 root 1.19 $popup->add_title ($title)
713     Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
714    
715     $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
716     Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
717     $sepchr.
718    
719     $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
720     Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
721     selected.
722    
723     $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
724     Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
725     whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
726     first argument.
727    
728     $popup->show
729     Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
730    
731 root 1.1 The "urxvt::timer" Class
732 root 1.13 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as
733     a fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
734 root 1.1
735 root 1.13 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
736     $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
737     ->new
738     ->interval (1)
739     ->cb (sub {
740     $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
741     sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
742     });
743    
744     $timer = new urxvt::timer
745     Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to
746     fire immediately.
747    
748     $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
749     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
750    
751     $tstamp = $timer->at
752     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
753    
754     $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
755     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
756    
757     $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
758     Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
759     stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
760     timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
761 root 1.6
762 root 1.13 $timer = $timer->start
763     Start the timer.
764 root 1.1
765 root 1.13 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
766     Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
767 root 1.1
768 root 1.13 $timer = $timer->stop
769     Stop the timer.
770 root 1.1
771     The "urxvt::iow" Class
772 root 1.13 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
773 root 1.1
774 root 1.13 $term->{socket} = ...
775     $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
776     ->new
777     ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
778 root 1.17 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
779 root 1.13 ->start
780     ->cb (sub {
781     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
782     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
783     sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
784     or end-of-file;
785     });
786    
787     $iow = new urxvt::iow
788     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
789    
790     $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
791     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
792     $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
793    
794     $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
795     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
796    
797     $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
798 root 1.17 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
799     "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be
800     ORed together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
801 root 1.1
802 root 1.13 $iow = $iow->start
803     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
804 root 1.1
805 root 1.13 $iow = $iow->stop
806     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
807 root 1.1
808     ENVIRONMENT
809     URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
810 root 1.13 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension.
811     Higher numbers indicate more verbose output.
812 root 1.1
813 root 1.15 == 0 - fatal messages
814     >= 3 - script loading and management
815     >=10 - all events received
816 root 1.1
817     AUTHOR
818 root 1.13 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
819     http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
820 root 1.1