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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 root 1.21 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
104 root 1.12 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 1.1 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
305     urxvt::fatal $errormessage
306     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
307     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
308     starts up.
309    
310     urxvt::warn $string
311     Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
312     newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
313     function that calls this function.
314    
315     Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
316     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
317    
318 root 1.20 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
319    
320 root 1.16 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
321     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
322     as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
323     urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
324    
325 root 1.1 $time = urxvt::NOW
326     Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
327    
328 root 1.13 urxvt::CurrentTime
329     urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
330     Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
331     Button5Mask, AnyModifier
332 root 1.14 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
333 root 1.13
334 root 1.6 RENDITION
335     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
336     and similar information for each screen cell.
337    
338     The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
339     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
340     they contain important information required for correct operation of
341     rxvt-unicode.
342    
343     $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
344     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
345     up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
346     renditions.
347    
348     $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
349     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
350    
351     $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
352     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
353     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
354     it into the bitset.
355    
356     $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
357     $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
358     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
359    
360 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
361     $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
362 root 1.6 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
363     the specified one.
364    
365 root 1.19 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
366 root 1.6 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
367     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
368     initially zero.
369    
370 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
371 root 1.6 Change the custom value.
372    
373 root 1.14 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
374     The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
375     "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
376 root 1.19 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
377     condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
378     is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
379     should work.
380 root 1.14
381 root 1.1 The "urxvt::term" Class
382 root 1.20 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
383     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
384     system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
385 root 1.21 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
386 root 1.20
387 root 1.21 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
388 root 1.20 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
389     initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
390     "start" hooks will be called during this call.
391    
392 root 1.12 $term->destroy
393     Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
394 root 1.19 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
395     (timers, io watchers) are still active.
396 root 1.12
397 root 1.13 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
398     Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
399     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
400     hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
401     the hash.
402    
403     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
404     the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
405    
406     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
407     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
408     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
409     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
410     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
411     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
412    
413 root 1.1 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
414     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
415     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
416     "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
417    
418     The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
419     encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
420     value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
421    
422     Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
423     specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
424     "color+5". (will likely change).
425    
426     Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
427     the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
428     memory.
429    
430     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
431 root 1.13 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
432     /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
433 root 1.1
434     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
435     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
436     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
437     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
438 root 1.2 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
439 root 1.10 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
440 root 1.1 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
441     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
442     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
443     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
444     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
445     utmpInhibit visualBell
446    
447 root 1.17 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
448     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
449     the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
450    
451 root 1.12 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
452     Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
453     output by the terminal application will use this style.
454 root 1.11
455     ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
456     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
457     optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
458     that).
459    
460 root 1.1 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
461     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
462     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
463     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
464     positions, and optionally set them to new values.
465    
466     $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
467     Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example,
468     as set by the next method).
469    
470     $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
471     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
472     $newtext.
473    
474 root 1.17 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
475     Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
476     details.
477 root 1.6
478     $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
479 root 1.1 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
480 root 1.6 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
481     "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
482    
483     If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
484     around the box.
485    
486     If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
487     right/bottom side, respectively.
488    
489     This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
490     visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
491 root 1.1
492 root 1.7 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
493 root 1.6
494 root 1.7 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
495     Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
496     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
497     rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
498    
499     $overlay->hide
500     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
501    
502     $overlay->show
503     If hidden, display the overlay again.
504 root 1.1
505 root 1.13 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
506     Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
507     The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
508     event, currently).
509    
510 root 1.12 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
511 root 1.1 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
512     accounts for wide and combining characters.
513    
514 root 1.12 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
515 root 1.1 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
516     encoding.
517    
518 root 1.12 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
519 root 1.1 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
520    
521 root 1.17 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
522     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
523     (default: "RS_RVid"). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects
524     similar to the selection.
525    
526     $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
527     $rstyle2]])
528     Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
529     whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
530     defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
531     and underlines it instead.
532    
533     $term->scr_bell
534     Ring the bell!
535    
536 root 1.12 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
537     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
538     application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
539     sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
540     returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
541     locale-dependent encoding.
542    
543     Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
544     be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
545     inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
546    
547     $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
548     Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
549     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
550     sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
551    
552 root 1.1 $term->tt_write ($octets)
553     Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
554 root 1.4 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
555     strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
556     "$term->locale_encode".
557    
558 root 1.17 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
559     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
560     Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
561     See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
562     restore the previous value.
563    
564 root 1.12 $windowid = $term->parent
565     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
566    
567     $windowid = $term->vt
568     Return the window id of the terminal window.
569    
570 root 1.11 $window_width = $term->width
571     $window_height = $term->height
572     $font_width = $term->fwidth
573     $font_height = $term->fheight
574     $font_ascent = $term->fbase
575     $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
576     $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
577     $has_focus = $term->focus
578     $is_mapped = $term->mapped
579     $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
580     $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
581     $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
582     Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
583 root 1.4
584 root 1.20 $x_display = $term->display_id
585     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
586    
587 root 1.17 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
588     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
589    
590 root 1.20 $env = $term->env
591     Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
592     hashref similar to "\%ENV".
593 root 1.17
594 root 1.13 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
595     $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
596     $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
597     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
598     (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
599     applicable.
600    
601 root 1.4 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
602     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
603     is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
604     scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
605    
606     $term->want_refresh
607     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
608     will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
609     If they differ, it redraws the differences.
610    
611     Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
612    
613     $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
614     Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
615     the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
616     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
617 root 1.7 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
618     line is requested.
619 root 1.4
620     If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
621     line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
622 root 1.6 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
623 root 1.4 automatically be updated.
624    
625     $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
626     more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
627     characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
628     other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
629     be replaced with characters in the private use area.
630    
631     You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
632     that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
633     characters.
634    
635     The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
636     be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
637    
638     $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
639     Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
640     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
641     styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
642    
643     When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
644    
645 root 1.6 See the section on RENDITION, above.
646 root 1.4
647     $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
648     Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
649 root 1.7 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
650     line is joined with the following one.
651    
652     $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
653     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
654     (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
655     in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
656     continuation of the previous row(s)).
657    
658     $line = $term->line ($row_number)
659     Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
660     about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
661     the following methods:
662    
663 root 1.12 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
664     Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
665     "ROW_t"
666    
667     $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
668     Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
669     similar to "ROW_r"
670 root 1.7
671     $length = $line->l
672     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
673    
674     $rownum = $line->beg
675     $rownum = $line->end
676     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
677     respectively.
678    
679     $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
680     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
681     the logical line.
682    
683     ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
684     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
685 root 1.4
686 root 1.15 $text = $term->special_encode $string
687 root 1.4 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
688     rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
689     See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
690    
691     $string = $term->special_decode $text
692     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
693     "$term->ROW_t" for details.
694    
695 root 1.15 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
696 root 1.16 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
697 root 1.15
698     $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
699     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
700     synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
701    
702     $term->allow_events_async
703     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
704    
705     $term->allow_events_sync
706     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
707    
708     $term->allow_events_replay
709     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
710     the most recent grab.
711    
712     $term->ungrab
713     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
714     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
715     case as the session.
716    
717 root 1.13 The "urxvt::popup" Class
718 root 1.19 $popup->add_title ($title)
719     Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
720    
721     $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
722     Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
723     $sepchr.
724    
725     $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
726     Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
727     selected.
728    
729     $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
730     Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
731     whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
732     first argument.
733    
734     $popup->show
735     Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
736    
737 root 1.1 The "urxvt::timer" Class
738 root 1.21 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
739     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
740 root 1.1
741 root 1.21 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
742     $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
743     ->new
744     ->interval (1)
745     ->cb (sub {
746     $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
747     sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
748     });
749    
750     $timer = new urxvt::timer
751     Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
752     immediately.
753    
754     $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
755     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
756    
757     $tstamp = $timer->at
758     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
759    
760     $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
761     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
762    
763     $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
764     Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
765     stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
766     timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
767 root 1.6
768 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start
769     Start the timer.
770 root 1.1
771 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
772     Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
773 root 1.1
774 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->stop
775     Stop the timer.
776 root 1.1
777     The "urxvt::iow" Class
778 root 1.21 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
779 root 1.1
780 root 1.21 $term->{socket} = ...
781     $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
782     ->new
783     ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
784     ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
785     ->start
786     ->cb (sub {
787     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
788     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
789     sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
790     or end-of-file;
791     });
792    
793     $iow = new urxvt::iow
794     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
795    
796     $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
797     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
798     $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
799    
800     $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
801     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
802    
803     $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
804     Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
805     "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
806     together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
807 root 1.1
808 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->start
809     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
810 root 1.1
811 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->stop
812     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
813 root 1.1
814     ENVIRONMENT
815     URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
816 root 1.21 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
817     numbers indicate more verbose output.
818 root 1.1
819 root 1.21 == 0 - fatal messages
820     >= 3 - script loading and management
821     >=10 - all events received
822 root 1.1
823     AUTHOR
824 root 1.21 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
825     http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
826 root 1.1