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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 root 1.23 intelligent when the user extends selections (double-click and
37     further clicks). Right now, it tries to select words, urls and
38     complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too, if
39     your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell".
40    
41     A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further
42     clicks will enlarge the selection.
43 root 1.7
44 root 1.18 It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:
45 root 1.4
46     rot13
47     Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
48    
49     URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
50    
51 root 1.14 option-popup (enabled by default)
52 root 1.15 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
53 root 1.14 options at runtime.
54    
55 root 1.15 selection-popup (enabled by default)
56     Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
57 root 1.18 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
58     unescaping, perl evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on
59     content.
60 root 1.15
61 root 1.17 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
62     Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
63 root 1.23 by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). While in search mode, normal terminal
64     input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of
65     the screen.
66    
67     Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues
68     incremental search. "BackSpace" removes a character from the regex,
69     "Up" and "Down" search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer,
70     "End" jumps to the bottom. "Escape" leaves search mode and returns
71     to the point where search was started, while "Enter" or "Return"
72     stay at the current position and additionally stores the first match
73     in the current line into the primary selection.
74 root 1.17
75 root 1.4 digital-clock
76 root 1.6 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
77    
78 root 1.12 mark-urls
79 root 1.22 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
80 root 1.23 and make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified
81     in the resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be
82     started with the URL as first argument.
83 root 1.12
84     block-graphics-to-ascii
85     A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
86     terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
87     U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
88    
89 root 1.6 example-refresh-hooks
90 root 1.4 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
91     the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
92     your own overlays or changes.
93    
94 root 1.18 API DOCUMENTATION
95 root 1.1 General API Considerations
96     All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
97     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
98     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
99 root 1.7 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
100 root 1.1 modified).
101    
102     When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
103     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
104     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
105     terminal is destroyed.
106    
107 root 1.12 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
108     some hints on what they mean:
109    
110     $text
111     Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
112 root 1.21 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
113 root 1.12 discussion of this format.
114    
115     $string
116     A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
117     unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
118     specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
119    
120     $octets
121     Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
122     locale-specific way.
123    
124 root 1.17 Extension Objects
125     Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
126     for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
127     to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
128     think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
129     that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
130     internal use.
131    
132     Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
133     the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
134    
135     It has the following methods and data members:
136    
137     $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
138     Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
139     the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
140    
141     $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
142     Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
143     for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
144     you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
145    
146     $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
147     Dynamically disable the given hooks.
148    
149 root 1.1 Hooks
150 root 1.12 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
151     be called whenever the relevant event happens.
152 root 1.1
153 root 1.17 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
154     the in the "Extension Objects" section.
155 root 1.7
156 root 1.17 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
157     event counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is
158 root 1.1 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++
159     code.
160    
161 root 1.17 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
162 root 1.1
163     on_init $term
164     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
165 root 1.12 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
166     to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
167     characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
168     and change resources, though.
169 root 1.1
170     on_reset $term
171     Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
172     or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
173     size-related variables.
174    
175     on_start $term
176     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
177     before returning to the mainloop.
178    
179     on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
180     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
181     the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
182     type of the selection will be honored.
183    
184     Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which
185     case you have to make a selection yourself by calling
186     "$term->selection_grab".
187    
188     on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
189     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the
190     selection is requested from the server. The selection text can be
191     queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
192    
193     Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
194     hilighted.
195    
196 root 1.7 on_sel_extend $term
197     Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
198     double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
199     operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
200 root 1.23 suppress the built-in processing. This can happen multiple times, as
201     long as the callback returns true, it will be called on every
202     further click by the user and is supposed to enlarge the selection
203     more and more, if possible.
204 root 1.7
205     See the selection example extension.
206    
207 root 1.1 on_view_change $term, $offset
208     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
209     scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
210     show this many lines of scrollback.
211    
212     on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
213     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the
214     scrollback buffer. $lines is the number of lines scrolled out and
215     may be larger than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
216    
217     It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
218     - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
219     the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
220    
221 root 1.9 on_osc_seq $term, $string
222     Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
223     operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
224     state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
225     interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
226     and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
227     and this might be enforced in the future.
228    
229     Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
230     receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
231     messages from other users on the same system etc.).
232    
233 root 1.12 on_add_lines $term, $string
234     Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
235     argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
236     returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
237     Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
238     called for all text being output.
239    
240 root 1.17 on_tt_write $term, $octets
241     Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
242     to suppress or filter tty input.
243    
244 root 1.12 on_line_update $term, $row
245     Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
246     screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
247     lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
248     reasons, not always immediately.
249    
250     The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
251     spans multiple rows.
252    
253     Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
254     called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
255     change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
256     them.
257    
258 root 1.1 on_refresh_begin $term
259     Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
260     or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
261     restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection
262     display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
263    
264     on_refresh_end $term
265     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
266    
267 root 1.3 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
268     Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
269     "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
270     resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
271    
272 root 1.13 on_focus_in $term
273     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
274     rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
275    
276     on_focus_out $term
277     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
278     rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
279    
280 root 1.17 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
281     on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
282 root 1.12 on_button_press $term, $event
283     on_button_release $term, $event
284     on_motion_notify $term, $event
285 root 1.13 on_map_notify $term, $event
286     on_unmap_notify $term, $event
287 root 1.12 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
288     terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
289     rxvt-unicode.
290    
291     The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
292     XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
293     are the row and column under the mouse cursor.
294    
295     "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
296     output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
297    
298     subwindow.
299    
300 root 1.7 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
301 root 1.19 $urxvt::LIBDIR
302     The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
303     perl modules and scripts are stored.
304    
305     $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
306     The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
307     resources.
308    
309     $urxvt::RXVTNAME
310     The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
311    
312 root 1.7 $urxvt::TERM
313 root 1.12 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
314     object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
315 root 1.7
316 root 1.1 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
317     urxvt::fatal $errormessage
318     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
319     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
320     starts up.
321    
322     urxvt::warn $string
323     Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
324     newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
325     function that calls this function.
326    
327     Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
328     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
329    
330 root 1.20 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
331    
332 root 1.16 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
333     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
334     as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
335     urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
336    
337 root 1.1 $time = urxvt::NOW
338     Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
339    
340 root 1.13 urxvt::CurrentTime
341     urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
342     Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
343     Button5Mask, AnyModifier
344 root 1.14 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
345 root 1.13
346 root 1.6 RENDITION
347     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
348     and similar information for each screen cell.
349    
350     The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
351     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
352     they contain important information required for correct operation of
353     rxvt-unicode.
354    
355     $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
356     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
357     up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
358     renditions.
359    
360     $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
361     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
362    
363     $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
364     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
365     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
366     it into the bitset.
367    
368     $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
369     $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
370     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
371    
372 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
373     $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
374 root 1.6 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
375     the specified one.
376    
377 root 1.19 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
378 root 1.6 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
379     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
380     initially zero.
381    
382 root 1.19 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
383 root 1.6 Change the custom value.
384    
385 root 1.14 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
386     The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
387     "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
388 root 1.19 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
389     condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
390     is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
391     should work.
392 root 1.14
393 root 1.1 The "urxvt::term" Class
394 root 1.20 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
395     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
396     system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
397 root 1.21 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
398 root 1.20
399 root 1.21 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
400 root 1.20 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
401     initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
402     "start" hooks will be called during this call.
403    
404 root 1.12 $term->destroy
405     Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
406 root 1.19 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
407     (timers, io watchers) are still active.
408 root 1.12
409 root 1.13 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
410     Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
411     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
412     hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
413     the hash.
414    
415     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
416     the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
417    
418     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
419     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
420     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
421     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
422     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
423     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
424    
425 root 1.1 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
426     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
427     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
428     "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
429    
430     The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
431     encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
432     value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
433    
434     Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
435     specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
436     "color+5". (will likely change).
437    
438     Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
439     the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
440     memory.
441    
442     Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
443 root 1.13 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
444     /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
445 root 1.1
446     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
447     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
448     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
449     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
450 root 1.2 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
451 root 1.10 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
452 root 1.1 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
453     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
454     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
455     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
456     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
457     utmpInhibit visualBell
458    
459 root 1.22 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
460     Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
461     or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
462     the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
463     "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
464    
465     This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
466     there is only one resource database per display, and later
467     invocations might return the wrong resources.
468    
469 root 1.17 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
470     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
471     the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
472    
473 root 1.12 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
474     Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
475     output by the terminal application will use this style.
476 root 1.11
477     ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
478     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
479     optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
480     that).
481    
482 root 1.1 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
483     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
484     ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
485     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
486     positions, and optionally set them to new values.
487    
488 root 1.23 $term->selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])
489     Tries to make a selection as set by "selection_beg" and
490     "selection_end". If $rectangular is true (default: false), a
491     rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to
492     make a selection.
493    
494 root 1.1 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
495 root 1.23 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for
496     example, as set by the next method). No visual feedback will be
497     given. This function is mostly useful from within "on_sel_grab"
498     hooks.
499 root 1.1
500     $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
501     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
502     $newtext.
503    
504 root 1.17 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
505     Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
506     details.
507 root 1.6
508     $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
509 root 1.1 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
510 root 1.6 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
511     "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
512    
513     If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
514     around the box.
515    
516     If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
517     right/bottom side, respectively.
518    
519     This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
520     visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
521 root 1.1
522 root 1.7 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
523 root 1.6
524 root 1.7 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
525     Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
526     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
527     rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
528    
529     $overlay->hide
530     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
531    
532     $overlay->show
533     If hidden, display the overlay again.
534 root 1.1
535 root 1.13 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
536     Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
537     The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
538     event, currently).
539    
540 root 1.12 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
541 root 1.1 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
542     accounts for wide and combining characters.
543    
544 root 1.12 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
545 root 1.1 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
546     encoding.
547    
548 root 1.12 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
549 root 1.1 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
550    
551 root 1.17 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
552     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
553 root 1.23 (default: "RS_RVid"), which *MUST NOT* contain font styles. Useful
554     in refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
555 root 1.17
556     $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
557     $rstyle2]])
558     Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
559     whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
560     defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
561 root 1.23 and underlines it instead. Both styles *MUST NOT* contain font
562     styles.
563 root 1.17
564     $term->scr_bell
565     Ring the bell!
566    
567 root 1.12 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
568     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
569     application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
570     sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
571     returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
572     locale-dependent encoding.
573    
574     Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
575     be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
576     inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
577    
578     $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
579     Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
580     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
581     sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
582    
583 root 1.1 $term->tt_write ($octets)
584     Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
585 root 1.4 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
586     strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
587     "$term->locale_encode".
588    
589 root 1.17 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
590     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
591     Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
592     See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
593     restore the previous value.
594    
595 root 1.12 $windowid = $term->parent
596     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
597    
598     $windowid = $term->vt
599     Return the window id of the terminal window.
600    
601 root 1.11 $window_width = $term->width
602     $window_height = $term->height
603     $font_width = $term->fwidth
604     $font_height = $term->fheight
605     $font_ascent = $term->fbase
606     $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
607     $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
608     $has_focus = $term->focus
609     $is_mapped = $term->mapped
610     $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
611     $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
612     $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
613     Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
614 root 1.4
615 root 1.20 $x_display = $term->display_id
616     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
617    
618 root 1.17 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
619     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
620    
621 root 1.20 $env = $term->env
622     Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
623     hashref similar to "\%ENV".
624 root 1.17
625 root 1.13 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
626     $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
627     $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
628     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
629     (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
630     applicable.
631    
632 root 1.4 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
633     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
634     is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
635     scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
636    
637     $term->want_refresh
638     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
639     will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
640     If they differ, it redraws the differences.
641    
642     Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
643    
644     $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
645     Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
646     the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
647     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
648 root 1.7 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
649     line is requested.
650 root 1.4
651     If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
652     line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
653 root 1.6 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
654 root 1.4 automatically be updated.
655    
656     $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
657     more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
658     characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
659     other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
660     be replaced with characters in the private use area.
661    
662     You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
663     that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
664     characters.
665    
666     The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
667     be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
668    
669     $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
670     Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
671     Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
672     styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
673    
674     When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
675    
676 root 1.6 See the section on RENDITION, above.
677 root 1.4
678     $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
679     Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
680 root 1.7 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
681     line is joined with the following one.
682    
683     $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
684     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
685     (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
686     in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
687     continuation of the previous row(s)).
688    
689     $line = $term->line ($row_number)
690     Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
691     about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
692     the following methods:
693    
694 root 1.12 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
695     Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
696     "ROW_t"
697    
698     $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
699     Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
700     similar to "ROW_r"
701 root 1.7
702     $length = $line->l
703     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
704    
705     $rownum = $line->beg
706     $rownum = $line->end
707     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
708     respectively.
709    
710     $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
711     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
712 root 1.23 the logical line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and
713     returns corresponding offsets outside the string.
714 root 1.7
715     ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
716     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
717 root 1.4
718 root 1.15 $text = $term->special_encode $string
719 root 1.4 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
720     rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
721     See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
722    
723     $string = $term->special_decode $text
724     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
725     "$term->ROW_t" for details.
726    
727 root 1.15 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
728 root 1.16 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
729 root 1.15
730     $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
731     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
732     synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
733    
734     $term->allow_events_async
735     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
736    
737     $term->allow_events_sync
738     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
739    
740     $term->allow_events_replay
741     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
742     the most recent grab.
743    
744     $term->ungrab
745     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
746     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
747     case as the session.
748    
749 root 1.13 The "urxvt::popup" Class
750 root 1.19 $popup->add_title ($title)
751     Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
752    
753     $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
754     Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
755     $sepchr.
756    
757     $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
758     Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
759     selected.
760    
761     $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
762     Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
763     whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
764     first argument.
765    
766     $popup->show
767     Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
768    
769 root 1.1 The "urxvt::timer" Class
770 root 1.21 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
771     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
772 root 1.1
773 root 1.21 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
774     $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
775     ->new
776     ->interval (1)
777     ->cb (sub {
778     $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
779     sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
780     });
781    
782     $timer = new urxvt::timer
783     Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
784     immediately.
785    
786     $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
787     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
788    
789     $tstamp = $timer->at
790     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
791    
792     $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
793     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
794    
795     $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
796     Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
797     stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
798     timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
799 root 1.6
800 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start
801     Start the timer.
802 root 1.1
803 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
804     Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
805 root 1.1
806 root 1.21 $timer = $timer->stop
807     Stop the timer.
808 root 1.1
809     The "urxvt::iow" Class
810 root 1.21 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
811 root 1.1
812 root 1.21 $term->{socket} = ...
813     $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
814     ->new
815     ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
816     ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
817     ->start
818     ->cb (sub {
819     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
820     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
821     sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
822     or end-of-file;
823     });
824    
825     $iow = new urxvt::iow
826     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
827    
828     $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
829     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
830     $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
831    
832     $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
833     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
834    
835     $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
836     Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
837     "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
838     together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
839 root 1.1
840 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->start
841     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
842 root 1.1
843 root 1.21 $iow = $iow->stop
844     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
845 root 1.1
846     ENVIRONMENT
847     URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
848 root 1.21 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
849     numbers indicate more verbose output.
850 root 1.1
851 root 1.21 == 0 - fatal messages
852     >= 3 - script loading and management
853 root 1.23 >=10 - all called hooks
854     >=11 - hook reutrn values
855 root 1.1
856     AUTHOR
857 root 1.21 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
858     http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
859 root 1.1