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1 NAME
2 rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter
3
4 SYNOPSIS
5 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:
6
7 sub on_sel_grab {
8 warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
9 ()
10 }
11
12 # start a rxvt using it:
13
14 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test
15
16 DESCRIPTION
17 Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified
18 via the "perl" resource are loaded and associated with it.
19
20 Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
21 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.
22
23 Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where scripts
24 will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.
25
26 PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS
27 This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You
28 can find them in /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/.
29
30 You can activate them like this:
31
32 rxvt -pe <extensionname>
33
34 selection (enabled by default)
35 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more
36 intelligent when the user extends selections (double-click). Right
37 now, it tries to select urls and complete shell-quoted arguments,
38 which is very convenient, too, if your ls supports
39 "--quoting-style=shell".
40
41 It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:
42
43 rot13
44 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
45
46 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
47
48 option-popup (enabled by default)
49 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
50 options at runtime.
51
52 selection-popup (enabled by default)
53 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
54 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
55 unescaping, perl evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on
56 content.
57
58 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
59 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
60 by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). When in search mode, normal terminal
61 input/output is suspended.
62
63 "/" starts an incremental regex search, "n" searches further, "p" or
64 "N" jump to the previous match, "G" jumps to the bottom and clears
65 the history, "enter" leaves search mode at the current position and
66 "escape" returns to the original position.
67
68 digital-clock
69 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
70
71 mark-urls
72 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
73 and make them clickable. When clicked, the program specified in the
74 resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be started.
75
76 block-graphics-to-ascii
77 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
78 terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
79 U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
80
81 example-refresh-hooks
82 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
83 the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
84 your own overlays or changes.
85
86 API DOCUMENTATION
87 General API Considerations
88 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
89 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
90 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
91 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
92 modified).
93
94 When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
95 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
96 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
97 terminal is destroyed.
98
99 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
100 some hints on what they mean:
101
102 $text
103 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
104 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
105 discussion of this format.
106
107 $string
108 A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
109 unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
110 specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
111
112 $octets
113 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
114 locale-specific way.
115
116 Extension Objects
117 Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
118 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
119 to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
120 think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
121 that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
122 internal use.
123
124 Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
125 the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
126
127 It has the following methods and data members:
128
129 $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
130 Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
131 the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
132
133 $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
134 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
135 for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
136 you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
137
138 $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
139 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
140
141 Hooks
142 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
143 be called whenever the relevant event happens.
144
145 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
146 the in the "Extension Objects" section.
147
148 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
149 event counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is
150 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++
151 code.
152
153 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
154
155 on_init $term
156 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
157 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
158 to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
159 characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
160 and change resources, though.
161
162 on_reset $term
163 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
164 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
165 size-related variables.
166
167 on_start $term
168 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
169 before returning to the mainloop.
170
171 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
172 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
173 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
174 type of the selection will be honored.
175
176 Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which
177 case you have to make a selection yourself by calling
178 "$term->selection_grab".
179
180 on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
181 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the
182 selection is requested from the server. The selection text can be
183 queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
184
185 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
186 hilighted.
187
188 on_sel_extend $term
189 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
190 double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
191 operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
192 suppress the built-in processing.
193
194 See the selection example extension.
195
196 on_view_change $term, $offset
197 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
198 scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
199 show this many lines of scrollback.
200
201 on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
202 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the
203 scrollback buffer. $lines is the number of lines scrolled out and
204 may be larger than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
205
206 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
207 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
208 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
209
210 on_osc_seq $term, $string
211 Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
212 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
213 state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
214 interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
215 and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
216 and this might be enforced in the future.
217
218 Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
219 receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
220 messages from other users on the same system etc.).
221
222 on_add_lines $term, $string
223 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
224 argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
225 returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
226 Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
227 called for all text being output.
228
229 on_tt_write $term, $octets
230 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
231 to suppress or filter tty input.
232
233 on_line_update $term, $row
234 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
235 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
236 lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
237 reasons, not always immediately.
238
239 The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
240 spans multiple rows.
241
242 Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
243 called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
244 change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
245 them.
246
247 on_refresh_begin $term
248 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
249 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
250 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection
251 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
252
253 on_refresh_end $term
254 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
255
256 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
257 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
258 "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
259 resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
260
261 on_focus_in $term
262 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
263 rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
264
265 on_focus_out $term
266 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
267 rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
268
269 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
270 on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
271 on_button_press $term, $event
272 on_button_release $term, $event
273 on_motion_notify $term, $event
274 on_map_notify $term, $event
275 on_unmap_notify $term, $event
276 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
277 terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
278 rxvt-unicode.
279
280 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
281 XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
282 are the row and column under the mouse cursor.
283
284 "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
285 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
286
287 subwindow.
288
289 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
290 $urxvt::LIBDIR
291 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
292 perl modules and scripts are stored.
293
294 $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
295 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
296 resources.
297
298 $urxvt::RXVTNAME
299 The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
300
301 $urxvt::TERM
302 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
303 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
304
305 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
306 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
307 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
308 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
309 starts up.
310
311 urxvt::warn $string
312 Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
313 newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
314 function that calls this function.
315
316 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
317 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
318
319 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
320
321 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
322 Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
323 as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
324 urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
325
326 $time = urxvt::NOW
327 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
328
329 urxvt::CurrentTime
330 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
331 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
332 Button5Mask, AnyModifier
333 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
334
335 RENDITION
336 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
337 and similar information for each screen cell.
338
339 The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
340 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
341 they contain important information required for correct operation of
342 rxvt-unicode.
343
344 $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
345 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
346 up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
347 renditions.
348
349 $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
350 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
351
352 $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
353 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
354 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
355 it into the bitset.
356
357 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
358 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
359 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
360
361 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
362 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
363 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
364 the specified one.
365
366 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
367 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
368 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
369 initially zero.
370
371 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
372 Change the custom value.
373
374 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
375 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
376 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
377 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
378 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
379 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
380 should work.
381
382 The "urxvt::term" Class
383 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
384 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
385 system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
386 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
387
388 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
389 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
390 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
391 "start" hooks will be called during this call.
392
393 $term->destroy
394 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
395 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
396 (timers, io watchers) are still active.
397
398 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
399 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
400 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
401 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
402 the hash.
403
404 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
405 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
406
407 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
408 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
409 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
410 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
411 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
412 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
413
414 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
415 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
416 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
417 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
418
419 The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
420 encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
421 value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
422
423 Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
424 specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
425 "color+5". (will likely change).
426
427 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
428 the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
429 memory.
430
431 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
432 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
433 /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
434
435 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
436 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
437 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
438 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
439 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
440 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
441 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
442 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
443 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
444 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
445 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
446 utmpInhibit visualBell
447
448 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
449 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
450 or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
451 the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
452 "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
453
454 This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
455 there is only one resource database per display, and later
456 invocations might return the wrong resources.
457
458 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
459 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
460 the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
461
462 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
463 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
464 output by the terminal application will use this style.
465
466 ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
467 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
468 optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
469 that).
470
471 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
472 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
473 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
474 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
475 positions, and optionally set them to new values.
476
477 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
478 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example,
479 as set by the next method).
480
481 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
482 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
483 $newtext.
484
485 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
486 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
487 details.
488
489 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
490 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
491 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
492 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
493
494 If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
495 around the box.
496
497 If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
498 right/bottom side, respectively.
499
500 This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
501 visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
502
503 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
504
505 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
506 Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
507 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
508 rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
509
510 $overlay->hide
511 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
512
513 $overlay->show
514 If hidden, display the overlay again.
515
516 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
517 Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
518 The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
519 event, currently).
520
521 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
522 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
523 accounts for wide and combining characters.
524
525 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
526 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
527 encoding.
528
529 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
530 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
531
532 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
533 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
534 (default: "RS_RVid"). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects
535 similar to the selection.
536
537 $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
538 $rstyle2]])
539 Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
540 whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
541 defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
542 and underlines it instead.
543
544 $term->scr_bell
545 Ring the bell!
546
547 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
548 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
549 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
550 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
551 returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
552 locale-dependent encoding.
553
554 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
555 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
556 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
557
558 $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
559 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
560 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
561 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
562
563 $term->tt_write ($octets)
564 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
565 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
566 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
567 "$term->locale_encode".
568
569 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
570 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
571 Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
572 See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
573 restore the previous value.
574
575 $windowid = $term->parent
576 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
577
578 $windowid = $term->vt
579 Return the window id of the terminal window.
580
581 $window_width = $term->width
582 $window_height = $term->height
583 $font_width = $term->fwidth
584 $font_height = $term->fheight
585 $font_ascent = $term->fbase
586 $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
587 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
588 $has_focus = $term->focus
589 $is_mapped = $term->mapped
590 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
591 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
592 $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
593 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
594
595 $x_display = $term->display_id
596 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
597
598 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
599 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
600
601 $env = $term->env
602 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
603 hashref similar to "\%ENV".
604
605 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
606 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
607 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
608 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
609 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
610 applicable.
611
612 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
613 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
614 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
615 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
616
617 $term->want_refresh
618 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
619 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
620 If they differ, it redraws the differences.
621
622 Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
623
624 $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
625 Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
626 the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
627 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
628 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
629 line is requested.
630
631 If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
632 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
633 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
634 automatically be updated.
635
636 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
637 more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
638 characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
639 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
640 be replaced with characters in the private use area.
641
642 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
643 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
644 characters.
645
646 The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
647 be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
648
649 $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
650 Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
651 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
652 styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
653
654 When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
655
656 See the section on RENDITION, above.
657
658 $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
659 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
660 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
661 line is joined with the following one.
662
663 $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
664 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
665 (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
666 in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
667 continuation of the previous row(s)).
668
669 $line = $term->line ($row_number)
670 Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
671 about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
672 the following methods:
673
674 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
675 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
676 "ROW_t"
677
678 $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
679 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
680 similar to "ROW_r"
681
682 $length = $line->l
683 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
684
685 $rownum = $line->beg
686 $rownum = $line->end
687 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
688 respectively.
689
690 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
691 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
692 the logical line.
693
694 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
695 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
696
697 $text = $term->special_encode $string
698 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
699 rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
700 See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
701
702 $string = $term->special_decode $text
703 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
704 "$term->ROW_t" for details.
705
706 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
707 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
708
709 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
710 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
711 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
712
713 $term->allow_events_async
714 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
715
716 $term->allow_events_sync
717 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
718
719 $term->allow_events_replay
720 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
721 the most recent grab.
722
723 $term->ungrab
724 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
725 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
726 case as the session.
727
728 The "urxvt::popup" Class
729 $popup->add_title ($title)
730 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
731
732 $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
733 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
734 $sepchr.
735
736 $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
737 Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
738 selected.
739
740 $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
741 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
742 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
743 first argument.
744
745 $popup->show
746 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
747
748 The "urxvt::timer" Class
749 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
750 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
751
752 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
753 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
754 ->new
755 ->interval (1)
756 ->cb (sub {
757 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
758 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
759 });
760
761 $timer = new urxvt::timer
762 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
763 immediately.
764
765 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
766 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
767
768 $tstamp = $timer->at
769 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
770
771 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
772 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
773
774 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
775 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
776 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
777 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
778
779 $timer = $timer->start
780 Start the timer.
781
782 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
783 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
784
785 $timer = $timer->stop
786 Stop the timer.
787
788 The "urxvt::iow" Class
789 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
790
791 $term->{socket} = ...
792 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
793 ->new
794 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
795 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
796 ->start
797 ->cb (sub {
798 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
799 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
800 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
801 or end-of-file;
802 });
803
804 $iow = new urxvt::iow
805 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
806
807 $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
808 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
809 $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
810
811 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
812 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
813
814 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
815 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
816 "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
817 together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
818
819 $iow = $iow->start
820 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
821
822 $iow = $iow->stop
823 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
824
825 ENVIRONMENT
826 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
827 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
828 numbers indicate more verbose output.
829
830 == 0 - fatal messages
831 >= 3 - script loading and management
832 >=10 - all events received
833
834 AUTHOR
835 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
836 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
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