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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 root 1.22 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
73     and make them clickable. When clicked, the program specified in the
74     resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be started.
75 root 1.12
76     block-graphics-to-ascii
77     A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
78     terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
79     U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
80    
81 root 1.6 example-refresh-hooks
82 root 1.4 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
83     the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
84     your own overlays or changes.
85    
86 root 1.18 API DOCUMENTATION
87 root 1.1 General API Considerations
88     All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
89     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
90     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
91 root 1.7 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
92 root 1.1 modified).
93    
94     When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
95     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
96     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
97     terminal is destroyed.
98    
99 root 1.12 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
100     some hints on what they mean:
101    
102     $text
103     Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
104 root 1.21 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
105 root 1.12 discussion of this format.
106    
107     $string
108     A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
109     unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
110     specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
111    
112     $octets
113     Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
114     locale-specific way.
115    
116 root 1.17 Extension Objects
117     Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
118     for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
119     to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
120     think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
121     that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
122     internal use.
123    
124     Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
125     the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
126    
127     It has the following methods and data members:
128    
129     $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
130     Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
131     the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
132    
133     $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
134     Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
135     for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
136     you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
137    
138     $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
139     Dynamically disable the given hooks.
140    
141 root 1.1 Hooks
142 root 1.12 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
143     be called whenever the relevant event happens.
144 root 1.1
145 root 1.17 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
146     the in the "Extension Objects" section.
147 root 1.7
148 root 1.17 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
149     event counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is
150 root 1.1 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++
151     code.
152    
153 root 1.17 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
154 root 1.1
155     on_init $term
156     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
157 root 1.12 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
158     to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
159     characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
160     and change resources, though.
161 root 1.1
162     on_reset $term
163     Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
164     or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
165     size-related variables.
166    
167     on_start $term
168     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
169     before returning to the mainloop.
170    
171     on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
172     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
173     the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
174     type of the selection will be honored.
175    
176     Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which
177     case you have to make a selection yourself by calling
178     "$term->selection_grab".
179    
180     on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
181     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the
182     selection is requested from the server. The selection text can be
183     queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
184    
185     Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
186     hilighted.
187    
188 root 1.7 on_sel_extend $term
189     Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
190     double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
191     operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
192     suppress the built-in processing.
193    
194     See the selection example extension.
195    
196 root 1.1 on_view_change $term, $offset
197     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
198     scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
199     show this many lines of scrollback.
200    
201     on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
202     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the
203     scrollback buffer. $lines is the number of lines scrolled out and
204     may be larger than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
205    
206     It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
207     - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
208     the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
209    
210 root 1.9 on_osc_seq $term, $string
211     Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
212     operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
213     state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
214     interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
215     and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
216     and this might be enforced in the future.
217    
218     Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
219     receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
220     messages from other users on the same system etc.).
221    
222 root 1.12 on_add_lines $term, $string
223     Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
224     argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
225     returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
226     Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
227     called for all text being output.
228    
229 root 1.17 on_tt_write $term, $octets
230     Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
231     to suppress or filter tty input.
232    
233 root 1.12 on_line_update $term, $row
234     Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
235     screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
236     lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
237     reasons, not always immediately.
238    
239     The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
240     spans multiple rows.
241    
242     Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
243     called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
244     change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
245     them.
246    
247 root 1.1 on_refresh_begin $term
248     Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
249     or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
250     restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection
251     display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
252    
253     on_refresh_end $term
254     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
255    
256 root 1.3 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
257     Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
258     "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
259     resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
260    
261 root 1.13 on_focus_in $term
262     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
263     rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
264    
265     on_focus_out $term
266     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
267     rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
268    
269 root 1.17 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
270     on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
271 root 1.12 on_button_press $term, $event
272     on_button_release $term, $event
273     on_motion_notify $term, $event
274 root 1.13 on_map_notify $term, $event
275     on_unmap_notify $term, $event
276 root 1.12 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
277     terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
278     rxvt-unicode.
279    
280     The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
281     XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
282     are the row and column under the mouse cursor.
283    
284     "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
285     output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
286    
287     subwindow.
288    
289 root 1.7 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
290 root 1.19 $urxvt::LIBDIR
291     The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
292     perl modules and scripts are stored.
293    
294     $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
295     The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
296     resources.
297    
298     $urxvt::RXVTNAME
299     The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
300    
301 root 1.7 $urxvt::TERM
302 root 1.12 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
303     object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
304 root 1.7
305 root 1.1 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
306     urxvt::fatal $errormessage
307     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
308     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
309     starts up.
310    
311     urxvt::warn $string
312     Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
313     newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
314     function that calls this function.
315    
316     Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
317     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
318    
319 root 1.20 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
320    
321 root 1.16 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
322     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
323     as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
324     urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
325    
326 root 1.1 $time = urxvt::NOW
327     Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
328    
329 root 1.13 urxvt::CurrentTime
330     urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
331     Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
332     Button5Mask, AnyModifier
333 root 1.14 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
334 root 1.13
335 root 1.6 RENDITION
336     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
337     and similar information for each screen cell.
338    
339     The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
340     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
341     they contain important information required for correct operation of
342     rxvt-unicode.
343    
344     $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
345     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
346     up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
347     renditions.
348    
349     $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
350     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
351    
352     $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
353     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
354     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
355     it into the bitset.
356    
357     $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
358     $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
359     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
360    
361 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
362     $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
363 root 1.6 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
364     the specified one.
365    
366 root 1.19 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
367 root 1.6 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
368     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
369     initially zero.
370    
371 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
372 root 1.6 Change the custom value.
373    
374 root 1.14 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
375     The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
376     "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
377 root 1.19 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
378     condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
379     is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
380     should work.
381 root 1.14
382 root 1.1 The "urxvt::term" Class
383 root 1.20 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
384     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
385     system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
386 root 1.21 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
387 root 1.20
388 root 1.21 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
389 root 1.20 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
390     initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
391     "start" hooks will be called during this call.
392    
393 root 1.12 $term->destroy
394     Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
395 root 1.19 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
396     (timers, io watchers) are still active.
397 root 1.12
398 root 1.13 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
399     Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
400     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
401     hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
402     the hash.
403    
404     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
405     the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
406    
407     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
408     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
409     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
410     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
411     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
412     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
413    
414 root 1.1 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
415     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
416     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
417     "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
418    
419     The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
420     encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
421     value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
422    
423     Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
424     specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
425     "color+5". (will likely change).
426    
427     Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
428     the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
429     memory.
430    
431     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
432 root 1.13 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
433     /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
434 root 1.1
435     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
436     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
437     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
438     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
439 root 1.2 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
440 root 1.10 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
441 root 1.1 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
442     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
443     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
444     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
445     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
446     utmpInhibit visualBell
447    
448 root 1.22 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
449     Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
450     or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
451     the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
452     "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
453    
454     This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
455     there is only one resource database per display, and later
456     invocations might return the wrong resources.
457    
458 root 1.17 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
459     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
460     the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
461    
462 root 1.12 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
463     Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
464     output by the terminal application will use this style.
465 root 1.11
466     ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
467     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
468     optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
469     that).
470    
471 root 1.1 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
472     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
473     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
474     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
475     positions, and optionally set them to new values.
476    
477     $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
478     Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example,
479     as set by the next method).
480    
481     $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
482     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
483     $newtext.
484    
485 root 1.17 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
486     Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
487     details.
488 root 1.6
489     $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
490 root 1.1 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
491 root 1.6 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
492     "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
493    
494     If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
495     around the box.
496    
497     If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
498     right/bottom side, respectively.
499    
500     This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
501     visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
502 root 1.1
503 root 1.7 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
504 root 1.6
505 root 1.7 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
506     Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
507     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
508     rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
509    
510     $overlay->hide
511     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
512    
513     $overlay->show
514     If hidden, display the overlay again.
515 root 1.1
516 root 1.13 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
517     Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
518     The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
519     event, currently).
520    
521 root 1.12 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
522 root 1.1 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
523     accounts for wide and combining characters.
524    
525 root 1.12 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
526 root 1.1 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
527     encoding.
528    
529 root 1.12 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
530 root 1.1 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
531    
532 root 1.17 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
533     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
534     (default: "RS_RVid"). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects
535     similar to the selection.
536    
537     $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
538     $rstyle2]])
539     Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
540     whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
541     defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
542     and underlines it instead.
543    
544     $term->scr_bell
545     Ring the bell!
546    
547 root 1.12 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
548     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
549     application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
550     sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
551     returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
552     locale-dependent encoding.
553    
554     Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
555     be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
556     inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
557    
558     $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
559     Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
560     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
561     sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
562    
563 root 1.1 $term->tt_write ($octets)
564     Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
565 root 1.4 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
566     strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
567     "$term->locale_encode".
568    
569 root 1.17 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
570     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
571     Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
572     See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
573     restore the previous value.
574    
575 root 1.12 $windowid = $term->parent
576     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
577    
578     $windowid = $term->vt
579     Return the window id of the terminal window.
580    
581 root 1.11 $window_width = $term->width
582     $window_height = $term->height
583     $font_width = $term->fwidth
584     $font_height = $term->fheight
585     $font_ascent = $term->fbase
586     $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
587     $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
588     $has_focus = $term->focus
589     $is_mapped = $term->mapped
590     $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
591     $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
592     $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
593     Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
594 root 1.4
595 root 1.20 $x_display = $term->display_id
596     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
597    
598 root 1.17 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
599     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
600    
601 root 1.20 $env = $term->env
602     Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
603     hashref similar to "\%ENV".
604 root 1.17
605 root 1.13 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
606     $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
607     $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
608     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
609     (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
610     applicable.
611    
612 root 1.4 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
613     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
614     is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
615     scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
616    
617     $term->want_refresh
618     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
619     will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
620     If they differ, it redraws the differences.
621    
622     Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
623    
624     $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
625     Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
626     the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
627     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
628 root 1.7 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
629     line is requested.
630 root 1.4
631     If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
632     line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
633 root 1.6 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
634 root 1.4 automatically be updated.
635    
636     $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
637     more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
638     characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
639     other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
640     be replaced with characters in the private use area.
641    
642     You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
643     that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
644     characters.
645    
646     The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
647     be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
648    
649     $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
650     Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
651     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
652     styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
653    
654     When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
655    
656 root 1.6 See the section on RENDITION, above.
657 root 1.4
658     $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
659     Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
660 root 1.7 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
661     line is joined with the following one.
662    
663     $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
664     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
665     (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
666     in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
667     continuation of the previous row(s)).
668    
669     $line = $term->line ($row_number)
670     Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
671     about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
672     the following methods:
673    
674 root 1.12 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
675     Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
676     "ROW_t"
677    
678     $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
679     Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
680     similar to "ROW_r"
681 root 1.7
682     $length = $line->l
683     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
684    
685     $rownum = $line->beg
686     $rownum = $line->end
687     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
688     respectively.
689    
690     $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
691     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
692     the logical line.
693    
694     ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
695     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
696 root 1.4
697 root 1.15 $text = $term->special_encode $string
698 root 1.4 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
699     rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
700     See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
701    
702     $string = $term->special_decode $text
703     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
704     "$term->ROW_t" for details.
705    
706 root 1.15 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
707 root 1.16 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
708 root 1.15
709     $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
710     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
711     synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
712    
713     $term->allow_events_async
714     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
715    
716     $term->allow_events_sync
717     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
718    
719     $term->allow_events_replay
720     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
721     the most recent grab.
722    
723     $term->ungrab
724     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
725     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
726     case as the session.
727    
728 root 1.13 The "urxvt::popup" Class
729 root 1.19 $popup->add_title ($title)
730     Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
731    
732     $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
733     Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
734     $sepchr.
735    
736     $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
737     Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
738     selected.
739    
740     $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
741     Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
742     whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
743     first argument.
744    
745     $popup->show
746     Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
747    
748 root 1.1 The "urxvt::timer" Class
749 root 1.21 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
750     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
751 root 1.1
752 root 1.21 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
753     $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
754     ->new
755     ->interval (1)
756     ->cb (sub {
757     $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
758     sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
759     });
760    
761     $timer = new urxvt::timer
762     Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
763     immediately.
764    
765     $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
766     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
767    
768     $tstamp = $timer->at
769     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
770    
771     $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
772     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
773    
774     $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
775     Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
776     stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
777     timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
778 root 1.6
779 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start
780     Start the timer.
781 root 1.1
782 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
783     Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
784 root 1.1
785 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->stop
786     Stop the timer.
787 root 1.1
788     The "urxvt::iow" Class
789 root 1.21 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
790 root 1.1
791 root 1.21 $term->{socket} = ...
792     $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
793     ->new
794     ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
795     ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
796     ->start
797     ->cb (sub {
798     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
799     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
800     sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
801     or end-of-file;
802     });
803    
804     $iow = new urxvt::iow
805     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
806    
807     $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
808     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
809     $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
810    
811     $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
812     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
813    
814     $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
815     Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
816     "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
817     together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
818 root 1.1
819 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->start
820     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
821 root 1.1
822 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->stop
823     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
824 root 1.1
825     ENVIRONMENT
826     URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
827 root 1.21 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
828     numbers indicate more verbose output.
829 root 1.1
830 root 1.21 == 0 - fatal messages
831     >= 3 - script loading and management
832     >=10 - all events received
833 root 1.1
834     AUTHOR
835 root 1.21 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
836     http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
837 root 1.1