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1NAME 1NAME
2 rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter 2 rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter
3 3
4SYNOPSIS 4SYNOPSIS
5 * Put your scripts into /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl-ext/, they will be 5 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:
6 loaded automatically.
7
8 * Scripts are evaluated in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment,
9 and thus must be encoded as UTF-8.
10 6
11 sub on_sel_grab { 7 sub on_sel_grab {
12 warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection; 8 warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
13 () 9 ()
14 } 10 }
15 11
16 1 12 # start a rxvt using it:
13
14 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test
17 15
18DESCRIPTION 16DESCRIPTION
19 On startup, rxvt will scan /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl-ext/ for files and 17 Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified
20 will load them. Everytime a terminal object gets created, the directory 18 via the "perl" resource are loaded and associated with it.
21 specified by the "perl-lib" resource will be additionally scanned. 19
20 Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
21 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.
22 22
23 Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where scripts 23 Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where scripts
24 will be shared for all terminals. 24 will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.
25 25
26 Hooks in scripts specified by "perl-lib" will only be called for the 26PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS
27 terminals created with that specific option value. 27 This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You
28 can find them in /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/.
28 29
30 You can activate them like this:
31
32 rxvt -pe <extensionname>
33
34 Or by adding them to the resource for extensions loaded by default:
35
36 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,automove-background,selection-autotransform
37
38 selection (enabled by default)
39 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more
40 intelligent when the user extends selections (double-click and
41 further clicks). Right now, it tries to select words, urls and
42 complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too, if
43 your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell".
44
45 A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further
46 clicks will enlarge the selection.
47
48 The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and
49 displaying them in increasing order of length. You can add your own
50 regexes by specifying resources of the form:
51
52 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
53 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
54 ...
55
56 The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex
57 must contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will
58 be used for the match. For example, the followign adds a regex that
59 matches everything between two vertical bars:
60
61 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|
62
63 Another example: Programs I use often output "absolute path: " at
64 the beginning of a line when they process multiple files. The
65 following pattern matches the filename (note, there is a single
66 space at the very end):
67
68 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ^(/[^:]+):\
69
70 You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
71 interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.
72
73 This extension also offers following bindable keyboard commands:
74
75 rot13
76 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
77
78 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
79
80 option-popup (enabled by default)
81 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
82 options at runtime.
83
84 selection-popup (enabled by default)
85 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
86 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
87 unescaping, perl evaluation, web-browser starting etc.), depending
88 on content.
89
90 Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code
91 reference onto "@{ $term-"{selection_popup_hook} }>, that is called
92 whenever the popup is displayed.
93
94 It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. The
95 selection is in $_, which can be used to decide wether to add
96 something or not. It should either return nothing or a string and a
97 code reference. The string will be used as button text and the code
98 reference will be called when the button gets activated and should
99 transform $_.
100
101 The following will add an entry "a to b" that transforms all "a"s in
102 the selection to "b"s, but only if the selection currently contains
103 any "a"s:
104
105 push @{ $self->{term}{selection_popup_hook} }, sub {
106 /a/ ? ("a to be" => sub { s/a/b/g }
107 : ()
108 };
109
110 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
111 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
112 by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). While in search mode, normal terminal
113 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of
114 the screen.
115
116 Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues
117 incremental search. "BackSpace" removes a character from the regex,
118 "Up" and "Down" search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer,
119 "End" jumps to the bottom. "Escape" leaves search mode and returns
120 to the point where search was started, while "Enter" or "Return"
121 stay at the current position and additionally stores the first match
122 in the current line into the primary selection.
123
124 readline (enabled by default)
125 A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier.
126 At the moment, it reacts to clicking with the left mouse button by
127 trying to move the text cursor to this position. It does so by
128 generating as many cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as
129 required (the this only works for programs that correctly support
130 wide characters).
131
132 To avoid too many false positives, this is only done when:
133
134 - the tty is in ICANON state.
135 - the text cursor is visible.
136 - the primary screen is currently being displayed.
137 - the mouse is on the same (multi-row-) line as the text cursor.
138
139 The normal selection mechanism isn't disabled, so quick successive
140 clicks might interfere with selection creation in harmless ways.
141
142 selection-autotransform
143 This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
144 whenever a selection is made.
145
146 It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single "s///"
147 operator) that modify $_ as resources:
148
149 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
150 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
151 ...
152
153 For example, the following will transform selections of the form
154 "filename:number", often seen in compiler messages, into "vi
155 +$filename $word":
156
157 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/
158
159 And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands
160 you can paste directly into your (vi :) editor:
161
162 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
163
164 Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor
165 :)
166
167 To expand the example above to typical perl error messages ("XXX at
168 FILENAME line YYY."), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:
169
170 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+[,.])
171 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)[,.]$/:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
172
173 The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part
174 of every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line
175 transforms the message into vi commands to load the file.
176
177 tabbed
178 This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional
179 terminals, that is, it implements what is commonly refered to as
180 "tabbed terminal". The topmost line displays a "[NEW]" button,
181 which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one button per
182 tab.
183
184 Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing Shift-Left and
185 Shift-Right will switch to the tab left or right of the current one,
186 while Shift-Down creates a new tab.
187
188 mark-urls
189 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
190 and make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified
191 in the resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be
192 started with the URL as first argument.
193
194 xim-onthespot
195 This (experimental) perl extension implements OnTheSpot editing. It
196 does not work perfectly, and some input methods don't seem to work
197 well with OnTheSpot editing in general, but it seems to work at
198 leats for SCIM and kinput2.
199
200 You enable it by specifying this extension and a preedit style of
201 "OnTheSpot", i.e.:
202
203 rxvt -pt OnTheSpot -pe xim-onthespot
204
205 automove-background
206 This is basically a one-line extension that dynamically changes the
207 background pixmap offset to the window position, in effect creating
208 the same effect as pseudo transparency with a custom pixmap. No
209 scaling is supported in this mode. Exmaple:
210
211 rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
212
213 block-graphics-to-ascii
214 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
215 terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
216 U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
217
218 digital-clock
219 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
220
221 example-refresh-hooks
222 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
223 the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
224 your own overlays or changes.
225
226 selection-pastebin
227 This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection
228 as textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The
229 implementation is not currently secure for use in a multiuser
230 environment as it writes to /tmp directly.).
231
232 It listens to the "selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin" keyboard
233 command, i.e.
234
235 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin
236
237 Pressing this combination runs a command with "%" replaced by the
238 name of the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:
239
240 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.
241
242 And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people
243 around here :)
244
245 The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the
246 selection, so the same content should lead to the same filename.
247
248 After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text
249 given in the "selection-pastebin-url" resource (again, the % is the
250 placeholder for the filename):
251
252 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%
253
254API DOCUMENTATION
29 General API Considerations 255 General API Considerations
30 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical 256 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
31 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you 257 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
32 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or 258 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
33 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and must not be accessed or 259 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
34 modified). 260 modified).
35 261
36 When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are 262 When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
37 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and 263 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
38 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the 264 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
39 terminal is destroyed. 265 terminal is destroyed.
40 266
267 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
268 some hints on what they mean:
269
270 $text
271 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
272 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
273 discussion of this format.
274
275 $string
276 A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
277 unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
278 specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
279
280 $octets
281 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
282 locale-specific way.
283
284 Extension Objects
285 Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
286 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
287 to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
288 think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
289 that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
290 internal use.
291
292 Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
293 the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
294
295 It has the following methods and data members:
296
297 $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
298 Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
299 the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
300
301 $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
302 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
303 for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
304 you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
305
306 $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
307 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
308
41 Hooks 309 Hooks
42 The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be 310 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
43 called whenever the relevant event happens. 311 be called whenever the relevant event happens.
44 312
45 All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event 313 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
46 counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is 314 the in the "Extension Objects" section.
315
316 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If any of the called
317 hooks returns true, then the event counts as being *consumed*, and the
47 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ 318 relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.
48 code.
49 319
50 When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()"). 320 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
51 321
52 on_init $term 322 on_init $term
53 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before 323 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
54 windows are created or the command gets run. 324 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
325 to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
326 characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
327 and change resources and options, though. For many purposes the
328 "on_start" hook is a better place.
329
330 on_start $term
331 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
332 before trying to map (display) the toplevel and returning to the
333 mainloop.
334
335 on_destroy $term
336 Called whenever something tries to destroy terminal, when the
337 terminal is still fully functional (not for long, though).
55 338
56 on_reset $term 339 on_reset $term
57 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing 340 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
58 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to 341 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
59 size-related variables. 342 size-related variables.
60 343
61 on_start $term 344 on_child_start $term, $pid
62 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just 345 Called just after the child process has been "fork"ed.
63 before returning to the mainloop. 346
347 on_child_exit $term, $status
348 Called just after the child process has exited. $status is the
349 status from "waitpid".
64 350
65 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime 351 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
66 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before 352 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
67 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or 353 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
68 type of the selection will be honored. 354 type of the selection will be honored.
77 queried and changed by calling "$term->selection". 363 queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
78 364
79 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be 365 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
80 hilighted. 366 hilighted.
81 367
82 on_focus_in $term 368 on_sel_extend $term
83 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before urxvt 369 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
84 does focus in processing. 370 double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
371 operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
372 suppress the built-in processing. This can happen multiple times, as
373 long as the callback returns true, it will be called on every
374 further click by the user and is supposed to enlarge the selection
375 more and more, if possible.
85 376
86 on_focus_out $term 377 See the selection example extension.
87 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before urxvt does
88 focus out processing.
89 378
90 on_view_change $term, $offset 379 on_view_change $term, $offset
91 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program 380 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
92 scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values 381 scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
93 show this many lines of scrollback. 382 show this many lines of scrollback.
99 388
100 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines 389 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
101 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is 390 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
102 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer. 391 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
103 392
104 on_tty_activity $term *NYI* 393 on_osc_seq $term, $string
105 Called whenever the program(s) running in the urxvt window send 394 Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
106 output. 395 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
396 state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
397 interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
398 and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
399 and this might be enforced in the future.
400
401 Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
402 receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
403 messages from other users on the same system etc.).
404
405 on_add_lines $term, $string
406 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
407 argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
408 returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
409 Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
410 called for all text being output.
411
412 on_tt_write $term, $octets
413 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
414 to suppress or filter tty input.
415
416 on_line_update $term, $row
417 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
418 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
419 lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
420 reasons, not always immediately.
421
422 The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
423 spans multiple rows.
424
425 Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
426 called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
427 change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
428 them.
107 429
108 on_refresh_begin $term 430 on_refresh_begin $term
109 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay 431 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
110 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and 432 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
111 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection 433 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection
112 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence. 434 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
113 435
114 on_refresh_end $term 436 on_refresh_end $term
115 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin". 437 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
116 438
439 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
440 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
441 "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
442 resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
443
444 on_x_event $term, $event
445 Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly
446 other windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event
447 structure members are not passed.
448
449 on_focus_in $term
450 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
451 rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
452
453 on_focus_out $term
454 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
455 rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
456
457 on_configure_notify $term, $event
458 on_property_notify $term, $event
459 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
460 on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
461 on_button_press $term, $event
462 on_button_release $term, $event
463 on_motion_notify $term, $event
464 on_map_notify $term, $event
465 on_unmap_notify $term, $event
466 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
467 terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
468 rxvt-unicode.
469
470 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
471 XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
472 are the (real, not screen-based) row and column under the mouse
473 cursor.
474
475 "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
476 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
477
478 subwindow.
479
480 on_client_message $term, $event
481 on_wm_protocols $term, $event
482 on_wm_delete_window $term, $event
483 Called when various types of ClientMessage events are received (all
484 with format=32, WM_PROTOCOLS or WM_PROTOCOLS:WM_DELETE_WINDOW).
485
486 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
487 $urxvt::LIBDIR
488 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
489 perl modules and scripts are stored.
490
491 $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
492 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
493 resources.
494
495 $urxvt::RXVTNAME
496 The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
497
498 $urxvt::TERM
499 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
500 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
501
502 @urxvt::TERM_INIT
503 All coderefs in this array will be called as methods of the next
504 newly created "urxvt::term" object (during the "on_init" phase). The
505 array gets cleared before the codereferences that were in it are
506 being executed, so coderefs can push themselves onto it again if
507 they so desire.
508
509 This complements to the perl-eval commandline option, but gets
510 executed first.
511
512 @urxvt::TERM_EXT
513 Works similar to @TERM_INIT, but contains perl package/class names,
514 which get registered as normal extensions after calling the hooks in
515 @TERM_INIT but before other extensions. Gets cleared just like
516 @TERM_INIT.
517
117 Functions in the "urxvt" Package 518 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
118 urxvt::fatal $errormessage 519 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
119 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all 520 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
120 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process 521 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
121 starts up. 522 starts up.
126 function that calls this function. 527 function that calls this function.
127 528
128 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the 529 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
129 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client. 530 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
130 531
532 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
533
131 $time = urxvt::NOW 534 $time = urxvt::NOW
132 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop). 535 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
133 536
537 urxvt::CurrentTime
538 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
539 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
540 Button5Mask, AnyModifier
541 urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask, ButtonPressMask,
542 ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask, PointerMotionMask,
543 PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
544 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask,
545 ButtonMotionMask, KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask,
546 StructureNotifyMask, ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask,
547 SubstructureRedirectMask, FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask,
548 ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask
549 urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
550 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
551 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
552 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
553 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
554 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
555 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify
556 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
557
558 RENDITION
559 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
560 and similar information for each screen cell.
561
562 The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
563 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
564 they contain important information required for correct operation of
565 rxvt-unicode.
566
567 $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
568 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
569 up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
570 renditions.
571
572 $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
573 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
574
575 $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
576 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
577 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
578 it into the bitset.
579
580 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
581 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
582 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
583
584 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
585 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
586 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
587 the specified one.
588
589 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
590 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
591 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
592 initially zero.
593
594 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
595 Change the custom value.
596
597 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
598 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
599 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
600 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
601 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
602 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
603 should work.
604
134 The "urxvt::term" Class 605 The "urxvt::term" Class
606 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
607 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
608 system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
609 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
610
611 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
612 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
613 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
614 "start" hooks will be called during this call.
615
616 $term->destroy
617 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
618 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
619 (timers, io watchers) are still active.
620
621 $term->exec_async ($cmd[, @args])
622 Works like the combination of the "fork"/"exec" builtins, which
623 executes ("starts") programs in the background. This function takes
624 care of setting the user environment before exec'ing the command
625 (e.g. "PATH") and should be preferred over explicit calls to "exec"
626 or "system".
627
628 Returns the pid of the subprocess or "undef" on error.
629
630 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
631 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
632 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
633 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
634 the hash.
635
636 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
637 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
638
639 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
640 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
641 override-redirect pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar
642 scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
643 scrollWithBuffer secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs
644 transparent tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
645
135 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval]) 646 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
136 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and 647 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
137 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the 648 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
138 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef". 649 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
139 650
148 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when 659 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
149 the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat 660 the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
150 memory. 661 memory.
151 662
152 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of 663 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
153 which are supported in every build, please see the source to see the 664 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
154 actual list: 665 /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
155 666
156 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont 667 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
157 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key 668 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
158 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName 669 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
159 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles 670 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
160 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 671 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert meta8 modifier
161 modifier mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl perl_eval 672 mouseWheelScrollPage name override_redirect pastableTabs path perl_eval
162 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd 673 perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay
163 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating 674 preeditType print_pipe pty_fd reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar
164 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput 675 scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness
165 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle 676 scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle
677 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle shade term_name title
166 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords 678 transient_for transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords utmpInhibit
167 utmpInhibit visualBell 679 visualBell
680
681 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
682 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
683 or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
684 the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
685 "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
686
687 This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
688 there is only one resource database per display, and later
689 invocations might return the wrong resources.
690
691 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
692 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
693 the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
694
695 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
696 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
697 output by the terminal application will use this style.
698
699 ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
700 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
701 optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
702 that).
168 703
169 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col]) 704 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
170 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col]) 705 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
171 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col]) 706 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
172 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end 707 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
173 positions, and optionally set them to new values. 708 positions, and optionally set them to new values.
174 709
710 $term->selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])
711 Tries to make a selection as set by "selection_beg" and
712 "selection_end". If $rectangular is true (default: false), a
713 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to
714 make a selection.
715
175 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime) 716 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
176 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, 717 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for
177 as set by the next method). 718 example, as set by the next method). No visual feedback will be
719 given. This function is mostly useful from within "on_sel_grab"
720 hooks.
178 721
179 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext]) 722 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
180 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by 723 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
181 $newtext. 724 $newtext.
182 725
183 $term->scr_overlay ($x, $y, $text) 726 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
184 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for 727 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
185 details. 728 details.
186 729
187 $term->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $width, $height) 730 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
188 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given 731 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
189 width/height. A border will be put around the box. If either $x or 732 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
733 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
734
735 If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
736 around the box.
737
190 $y is negative, then this is counted from the right/bottom side, 738 If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
191 respectively. 739 right/bottom side, respectively.
192 740
193 $term->scr_overlay_off 741 This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
194 Switch the overlay off again. 742 visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
195 743
196 $term->scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y, $char, $rend = OVERLAY_RSTYLE) 744 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
197 Put a single character (specified numerically) at the given overlay
198 position.
199 745
200 $term->scr_overlay_set ($x, $y, $text) 746 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
201 Write a string at the given position into the overlay. 747 Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
748 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
749 rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
202 750
751 $overlay->hide
752 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
753
754 $overlay->show
755 If hidden, display the overlay again.
756
757 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
758 Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
759 The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
760 event, currently).
761
203 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth $string 762 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
204 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly 763 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
205 accounts for wide and combining characters. 764 accounts for wide and combining characters.
206 765
207 $octets = $term->locale_encode $string 766 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
208 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale 767 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
209 encoding. 768 encoding.
210 769
211 $string = $term->locale_decode $octets 770 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
212 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string. 771 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
772
773 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
774 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
775 (default: "RS_RVid"), which *MUST NOT* contain font styles. Useful
776 in refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
777
778 $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
779 $rstyle2]])
780 Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
781 whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
782 defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
783 and underlines it instead. Both styles *MUST NOT* contain font
784 styles.
785
786 $term->scr_bell
787 Ring the bell!
788
789 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
790 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
791 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
792 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
793 returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
794 locale-dependent encoding.
795
796 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
797 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
798 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
799
800 $term->scr_change_screen ($screen)
801 Switch to given screen - 0 primary, 1 secondary.
802
803 $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
804 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
805 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
806 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
213 807
214 $term->tt_write ($octets) 808 $term->tt_write ($octets)
215 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input). 809 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
216 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convetr you strings 810 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
217 first to the locale-specific encoding using "$term->locale_encode". 811 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
812 "$term->locale_encode".
813
814 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
815 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
816 Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
817 See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
818 restore the previous value.
819
820 $fd = $term->pty_fd
821 Returns the master file descriptor for the pty in use, or -1 if no
822 pty is used.
823
824 $windowid = $term->parent
825 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
826
827 $windowid = $term->vt
828 Return the window id of the terminal window.
829
830 $term->vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)
831 Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you
832 want to receive pointer events all the times:
833
834 $term->vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);
835
836 $window_width = $term->width
837 $window_height = $term->height
838 $font_width = $term->fwidth
839 $font_height = $term->fheight
840 $font_ascent = $term->fbase
841 $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
842 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
843 $has_focus = $term->focus
844 $is_mapped = $term->mapped
845 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
846 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
847 $topmost_scrollback_row = $term->top_row
848 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
849
850 $x_display = $term->display_id
851 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
852
853 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
854 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
855
856 $env = $term->env
857 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
858 hashref similar to "\%ENV".
859
860 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
861 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
862 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
863 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
864 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
865 applicable.
866
867 $screen = $term->current_screen
868 Returns the currently displayed screen (0 primary, 1 secondary).
869
870 $cursor_is_hidden = $term->hidden_cursor
871 Returns wether the cursor is currently hidden or not.
872
873 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
874 Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value
875 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values
876 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
877
878 $term->want_refresh
879 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
880 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
881 If they differ, it redraws the differences.
882
883 Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
884
885 $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
886 Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
887 the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
888 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
889 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
890 line is requested.
891
892 If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
893 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
894 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
895 automatically be updated.
896
897 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
898 more than one cell when displayed are padded with $urxvt::NOCHAR
899 (chr 65535) characters. Characters with combining characters and
900 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
901 be replaced with characters in the private use area.
902
903 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
904 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
905 characters.
906
907 The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
908 be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
909
910 $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
911 Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
912 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
913 styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
914
915 When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
916
917 See the section on RENDITION, above.
918
919 $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
920 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
921 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
922 line is joined with the following one.
923
924 $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
925 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
926 (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
927 in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
928 continuation of the previous row(s)).
929
930 $line = $term->line ($row_number)
931 Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
932 about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
933 the following methods:
934
935 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
936 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
937 "ROW_t"
938
939 $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
940 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
941 similar to "ROW_r"
942
943 $length = $line->l
944 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
945
946 $rownum = $line->beg
947 $rownum = $line->end
948 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
949 respectively.
950
951 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
952 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
953 the logical line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and
954 returns corresponding offsets outside the string.
955
956 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
957 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
958
959 $text = $term->special_encode $string
960 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
961 rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
962 See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
963
964 $string = $term->special_decode $text
965 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
966 "$term->ROW_t" for details.
967
968 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
969 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
970
971 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
972 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
973 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
974
975 $term->allow_events_async
976 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
977
978 $term->allow_events_sync
979 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
980
981 $term->allow_events_replay
982 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
983 the most recent grab.
984
985 $term->ungrab
986 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
987 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
988 case as the session.
989
990 $atom = $term->XInternAtom ($atom_name[, $only_if_exists])
991 $atom_name = $term->XGetAtomName ($atom)
992 @atoms = $term->XListProperties ($window)
993 ($type,$format,$octets) = $term->XGetWindowProperty ($window, $property)
994 $term->XChangeWindowProperty ($window, $property, $type, $format,
995 $octets)
996 $term->XDeleteProperty ($window, $property)
997 $window = $term->DefaultRootWindow
998 $term->XReparentWindow ($window, $parent, [$x, $y])
999 $term->XMapWindow ($window)
1000 $term->XUnmapWindow ($window)
1001 $term->XMoveResizeWindow ($window, $x, $y, $width, $height)
1002 ($x, $y, $child_window) = $term->XTranslateCoordinates ($src, $dst, $x,
1003 $y)
1004 $term->XChangeInput ($window, $add_events[, $del_events])
1005 Various X or X-related functions. The $term object only serves as
1006 the source of the display, otherwise those functions map
1007 more-or-less directory onto the X functions of the same name.
1008
1009 The "urxvt::popup" Class
1010 $popup->add_title ($title)
1011 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1012
1013 $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
1014 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
1015 $sepchr.
1016
1017 $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
1018 Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
1019 selected.
1020
1021 $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
1022 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1023 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
1024 first argument.
1025
1026 $popup->show
1027 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
218 1028
219 The "urxvt::timer" Class 1029 The "urxvt::timer" Class
220 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a 1030 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
221 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example: 1031 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
222 1032
223 # create a digital clock display in upper right corner 1033 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
224 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer 1034 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
225 ->new 1035 ->new
226 ->start (urxvt::NOW) 1036 ->interval (1)
227 ->cb (sub { 1037 ->cb (sub {
228 my ($timer) = @_;
229 my $time = $timer->at;
230 $timer->start ($time + 1);
231 $self->scr_overlay (-1, 0, 1038 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
232 POSIX::strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime $time); 1039 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
233 }); 1040 });
234 1041
235 $timer = new urxvt::timer 1042 $timer = new urxvt::timer
236 Create a new timer object in stopped state. 1043 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1044 immediately.
237 1045
238 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... }) 1046 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
239 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers. 1047 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
240 1048
241 $tstamp = $timer->at 1049 $tstamp = $timer->at
242 Return the time this watcher will fire next. 1050 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
243 1051
244 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp) 1052 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
245 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp. 1053 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
246 1054
1055 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
1056 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
1057 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
1058 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1059
247 $timer = $timer->start 1060 $timer = $timer->start
248 Start the timer. 1061 Start the timer.
249 1062
250 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp) 1063 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
251 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer. 1064 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
1065
1066 $timer = $timer->after ($delay)
1067 Like "start", but sets the expiry timer to c<urxvt::NOW + $delay>.
252 1068
253 $timer = $timer->stop 1069 $timer = $timer->stop
254 Stop the timer. 1070 Stop the timer.
255 1071
256 The "urxvt::iow" Class 1072 The "urxvt::iow" Class
258 1074
259 $term->{socket} = ... 1075 $term->{socket} = ...
260 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow 1076 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
261 ->new 1077 ->new
262 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket}) 1078 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
263 ->events (1) # wait for read data 1079 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
264 ->start 1080 ->start
265 ->cb (sub { 1081 ->cb (sub {
266 my ($iow, $revents) = @_; 1082 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
267 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check 1083 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
268 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192 1084 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
278 1094
279 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd) 1095 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
280 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch. 1096 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
281 1097
282 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask) 1098 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
283 Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value 1) enables watching for 1099 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
284 read data, Bit #1 (value 2) enables watching for write data. 1100 "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
1101 together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
285 1102
286 $iow = $iow->start 1103 $iow = $iow->start
287 Start watching for requested events on the given handle. 1104 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
288 1105
289 $iow = $iow->stop 1106 $iow = $iow->stop
290 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle. 1107 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1108
1109 The "urxvt::iw" Class
1110 This class implements idle watchers, that get called automatically when
1111 the process is idle. They should return as fast as possible, after doing
1112 some useful work.
1113
1114 $iw = new urxvt::iw
1115 Create a new idle watcher object in stopped state.
1116
1117 $iw = $iw->cb (sub { my ($iw) = @_; ... })
1118 Set the callback to be called when the watcher triggers.
1119
1120 $timer = $timer->start
1121 Start the watcher.
1122
1123 $timer = $timer->stop
1124 Stop the watcher.
1125
1126 The "urxvt::pw" Class
1127 This class implements process watchers. They create an event whenever a
1128 process exits, after which they stop automatically.
1129
1130 my $pid = fork;
1131 ...
1132 $term->{pw} = urxvt::pw
1133 ->new
1134 ->start ($pid)
1135 ->cb (sub {
1136 my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_;
1137 ...
1138 });
1139
1140 $pw = new urxvt::pw
1141 Create a new process watcher in stopped state.
1142
1143 $pw = $pw->cb (sub { my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_; ... })
1144 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1145
1146 $pw = $timer->start ($pid)
1147 Tells the wqtcher to start watching for process $pid.
1148
1149 $pw = $pw->stop
1150 Stop the watcher.
291 1151
292ENVIRONMENT 1152ENVIRONMENT
293 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY 1153 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
294 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher 1154 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
295 numbers indicate more verbose output. 1155 numbers indicate more verbose output.
296 1156
297 0 - only fatal messages 1157 == 0 - fatal messages
298 3 - script loading and management 1158 >= 3 - script loading and management
299 10 - all events received 1159 >=10 - all called hooks
1160 >=11 - hook reutrn values
300 1161
301AUTHOR 1162AUTHOR
302 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 1163 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
303 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode 1164 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
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