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21 thus must be encoded as UTF-8. 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 (but not enabled) for all terminals. 24 will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.
25 25
26 Prepackaged Extensions 26PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS
27 This section describes the extensiosn delivered with this version. You 27 This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You
28 can find them in /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/. 28 can find them in /opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/.
29 29
30 You can activate them like this: 30 You can activate them like this:
31 31
32 rxvt -pe <extensionname> 32 rxvt -pe <extensionname>
33 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
34 selection (enabled by default) 38 selection (enabled by default)
35 Intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent 39 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more
36 when the user extends selections (double-click). Right now, it tries 40 intelligent when the user extends selections (double-click and
37 to select urls and complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very 41 further clicks). Right now, it tries to select words, urls and
42 complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too, if
38 convenient, too, if your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell". 43 your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell".
39 44
40 It also offers the following bindable event: 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:
41 74
42 rot13 75 rot13
43 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger: 76 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
44 77
45 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13 78 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
46 79
47 option-popup (enabled by default) 80 option-popup (enabled by default)
48 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) 81 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
49 options at runtime. 82 options at runtime.
50 83
84 Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code
85 reference onto "@{ $term-"{option_popup_hook} }>, which gets called
86 whenever the popup is being displayed.
87
88 It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. It
89 should either return nothing or a string, the initial boolean value
90 and a code reference. The string will be used as button text and the
91 code reference will be called when the toggle changes, with the new
92 boolean value as first argument.
93
94 The following will add an entry "myoption" that changes
95 "$self-"{myoption}>:
96
97 push @{ $self->{term}{option_popup_hook} }, sub {
98 ("my option" => $myoption, sub { $self->{myoption} = $_[0] })
99 };
100
51 selection-popup (enabled by default) 101 selection-popup (enabled by default)
52 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the 102 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
53 selection text into various other formats/action. 103 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
104 unescaping, perl evaluation, web-browser starting etc.), depending
105 on content.
106
107 Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code
108 reference onto "@{ $term-"{selection_popup_hook} }>, which gets
109 called whenever the popup is being displayed.
110
111 It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. The
112 selection is in $_, which can be used to decide wether to add
113 something or not. It should either return nothing or a string and a
114 code reference. The string will be used as button text and the code
115 reference will be called when the button gets activated and should
116 transform $_.
117
118 The following will add an entry "a to b" that transforms all "a"s in
119 the selection to "b"s, but only if the selection currently contains
120 any "a"s:
121
122 push @{ $self->{term}{selection_popup_hook} }, sub {
123 /a/ ? ("a to be" => sub { s/a/b/g }
124 : ()
125 };
126
127 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
128 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
129 by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). While in search mode, normal terminal
130 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of
131 the screen.
132
133 Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues
134 incremental search. "BackSpace" removes a character from the regex,
135 "Up" and "Down" search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer,
136 "End" jumps to the bottom. "Escape" leaves search mode and returns
137 to the point where search was started, while "Enter" or "Return"
138 stay at the current position and additionally stores the first match
139 in the current line into the primary selection.
140
141 The regex defaults to "(?i)", resulting in a case-insensitive
142 search. To get a case-sensitive search you can delete this prefix
143 using "BackSpace" or simply use an uppercase character which removes
144 the "(?i)" prefix.
145
146 See perlre for more info about perl regular expression syntax.
147
148 readline (enabled by default)
149 A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier.
150 At the moment, it reacts to clicking shift-left mouse button by
151 trying to move the text cursor to this position. It does so by
152 generating as many cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as
153 required (the this only works for programs that correctly support
154 wide characters).
155
156 To avoid too many false positives, this is only done when:
157
158 - the tty is in ICANON state.
159 - the text cursor is visible.
160 - the primary screen is currently being displayed.
161 - the mouse is on the same (multi-row-) line as the text cursor.
162
163 The normal selection mechanism isn't disabled, so quick successive
164 clicks might interfere with selection creation in harmless ways.
165
166 selection-autotransform
167 This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
168 whenever a selection is made.
169
170 It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single "s///"
171 operator) that modify $_ as resources:
172
173 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
174 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
175 ...
176
177 For example, the following will transform selections of the form
178 "filename:number", often seen in compiler messages, into "vi
179 +$filename $word":
180
181 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/
182
183 And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands
184 you can paste directly into your (vi :) editor:
185
186 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
187
188 Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor
189 :)
190
191 To expand the example above to typical perl error messages ("XXX at
192 FILENAME line YYY."), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:
193
194 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+[,.])
195 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)[,.]$/:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
196
197 The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part
198 of every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line
199 transforms the message into vi commands to load the file.
200
201 tabbed
202 This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional
203 terminals, that is, it implements what is commonly refered to as
204 "tabbed terminal". The topmost line displays a "[NEW]" button,
205 which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one button per
206 tab.
207
208 Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing Shift-Left and
209 Shift-Right will switch to the tab left or right of the current one,
210 while Shift-Down creates a new tab.
211
212 The tabbar itself can be configured similarly to a normal terminal,
213 but with a resource class of "URxvt.tabbed". In addition, it
214 supports the following four resources (shown with defaults):
215
216 URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: <colour-index, default 3>
217 URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: <colour-index, default 0>
218 URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg: <colour-index, default 0>
219 URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg: <colour-index, default 1>
220
221 See *COLOR AND GRAPHICS* in the rxvt(1) manpage for valid indices.
222
223 mark-urls
224 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
225 and make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified
226 in the resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be
227 started with the URL as first argument.
228
229 xim-onthespot
230 This (experimental) perl extension implements OnTheSpot editing. It
231 does not work perfectly, and some input methods don't seem to work
232 well with OnTheSpot editing in general, but it seems to work at
233 leats for SCIM and kinput2.
234
235 You enable it by specifying this extension and a preedit style of
236 "OnTheSpot", i.e.:
237
238 rxvt -pt OnTheSpot -pe xim-onthespot
239
240 automove-background
241 This is basically a very small extension that dynamically changes
242 the background pixmap offset to the window position, in effect
243 creating the same effect as pseudo transparency with a custom
244 pixmap. No scaling is supported in this mode. Exmaple:
245
246 rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
247
248 block-graphics-to-ascii
249 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
250 terminal by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F)
251 by a similar-looking ascii character.
54 252
55 digital-clock 253 digital-clock
56 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay. 254 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
57 255
58 mark-urls 256 remote-clipboard
59 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline 257 Somewhat of a misnomer, this extension adds two menu entries to the
60 urls. 258 selection popup that allows one ti run external commands to store
259 the selection somewhere and fetch it again.
61 260
62 block-graphics-to-ascii 261 We use it to implement a "distributed selection mechanism", which
63 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the 262 just means that one command uploads the file to a remote server, and
64 terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. 263 another reads it.
65 U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character. 264
265 The commands can be set using the "URxvt.remote-selection.store" and
266 "URxvt.remote-selection.fetch" resources. The first should read the
267 selection to store from STDIN (always in UTF-8), the second should
268 provide the selection data on STDOUT (also in UTF-8).
269
270 The defaults (which are likely useless to you) use rsh and cat:
271
272 URxvt.remote-selection.store: rsh ruth 'cat >/tmp/distributed-selection'
273 URxvt.remote-selection.fetch: rsh ruth 'cat /tmp/distributed-selection'
274
275 selection-pastebin
276 This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection
277 as textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The
278 implementation is not currently secure for use in a multiuser
279 environment as it writes to /tmp directly.).
280
281 It listens to the "selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin" keyboard
282 command, i.e.
283
284 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin
285
286 Pressing this combination runs a command with "%" replaced by the
287 name of the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:
288
289 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.
290
291 And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people
292 around here :)
293
294 The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the
295 selection, so the same content should lead to the same filename.
296
297 After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text
298 given in the "selection-pastebin-url" resource (again, the % is the
299 placeholder for the filename):
300
301 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%
66 302
67 example-refresh-hooks 303 example-refresh-hooks
68 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of 304 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
69 the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create 305 the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
70 your own overlays or changes. 306 your own overlays or changes.
71 307
308API DOCUMENTATION
72 General API Considerations 309 General API Considerations
73 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical 310 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
74 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you 311 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
75 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or 312 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
76 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or 313 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
84 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are 321 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
85 some hints on what they mean: 322 some hints on what they mean:
86 323
87 $text 324 $text
88 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode" 325 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
89 character always represents one screen cell. See row_t for a 326 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
90 discussion of this format. 327 discussion of this format.
91 328
92 $string 329 $string
93 A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all 330 A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
94 unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a 331 unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
96 333
97 $octets 334 $octets
98 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a 335 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
99 locale-specific way. 336 locale-specific way.
100 337
338 Extension Objects
339 Every perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
340 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
341 to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
342 think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
343 that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
344 internal use.
345
346 Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
347 the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
348
349 It has the following methods and data members:
350
351 $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
352 Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
353 the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
354
355 $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
356 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
357 for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
358 you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
359
360 $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
361 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
362
101 Hooks 363 Hooks
102 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will 364 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
103 be called whenever the relevant event happens. 365 be called whenever the relevant event happens.
104 366
105 The first argument passed to them is an object private to each terminal 367 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
106 and extension package. You can call all "urxvt::term" methods on it, but 368 the in the "Extension Objects" section.
107 its not a real "urxvt::term" object. Instead, the real "urxvt::term"
108 object that is shared between all packages is stored in the "term"
109 member. It is, however, blessed intot he package of the extension
110 script, so for all practical purposes you can treat an extension script
111 as a class.
112 369
113 All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event 370 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If any of the called
114 counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is 371 hooks returns true, then the event counts as being *consumed*, and the
115 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ 372 relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.
116 code.
117 373
118 When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()"). 374 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
119 375
120 on_init $term 376 on_init $term
121 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before 377 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
122 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe 378 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
123 to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other 379 to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
124 characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query 380 characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
125 and change resources, though. 381 and change resources and options, though. For many purposes the
382 "on_start" hook is a better place.
383
384 on_start $term
385 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
386 before trying to map (display) the toplevel and returning to the
387 mainloop.
388
389 on_destroy $term
390 Called whenever something tries to destroy terminal, when the
391 terminal is still fully functional (not for long, though).
126 392
127 on_reset $term 393 on_reset $term
128 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing 394 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
129 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to 395 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
130 size-related variables. 396 size-related variables.
131 397
132 on_start $term 398 on_child_start $term, $pid
133 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just 399 Called just after the child process has been "fork"ed.
134 before returning to the mainloop. 400
401 on_child_exit $term, $status
402 Called just after the child process has exited. $status is the
403 status from "waitpid".
135 404
136 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime 405 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
137 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before 406 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
138 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or 407 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
139 type of the selection will be honored. 408 type of the selection will be honored.
152 421
153 on_sel_extend $term 422 on_sel_extend $term
154 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a 423 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
155 double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal 424 double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
156 operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to 425 operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
157 suppress the built-in processing. 426 suppress the built-in processing. This can happen multiple times, as
427 long as the callback returns true, it will be called on every
428 further click by the user and is supposed to enlarge the selection
429 more and more, if possible.
158 430
159 See the selection example extension. 431 See the selection example extension.
160 432
161 on_view_change $term, $offset 433 on_view_change $term, $offset
162 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program 434 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
170 442
171 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines 443 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
172 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is 444 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
173 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer. 445 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
174 446
447 on_osc_seq $term, $op, $args
448 Called on every OSC sequence and can be used to suppress it or
449 modify its behaviour. The default should be to return an empty list.
450 A true value suppresses execution of the request completely. Make
451 sure you don't get confused by recursive invocations when you output
452 an osc sequence within this callback.
453
454 "on_osc_seq_perl" should be used for new behaviour.
455
175 on_osc_seq $term, $string 456 on_osc_seq_perl $term, $string
176 Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC = 457 Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
177 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other 458 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
178 state information is up-to-date when this happens. For 459 state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
179 interoperability, the string should start with the extension name 460 interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
180 and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions, 461 and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
189 argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by 470 argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
190 returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself. 471 returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
191 Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is 472 Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
192 called for all text being output. 473 called for all text being output.
193 474
475 on_tt_write $term, $octets
476 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
477 to suppress or filter tty input.
478
194 on_line_update $term, $row 479 on_line_update $term, $row
195 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter 480 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
196 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only 481 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
197 lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance 482 lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
198 reasons, not always immediately. 483 reasons, not always immediately.
212 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence. 497 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
213 498
214 on_refresh_end $term 499 on_refresh_end $term
215 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin". 500 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
216 501
217 on_keyboard_command $term, $string 502 on_user_command $term, $string
218 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a 503 Called whenever the a user-configured event is being activated (e.g.
219 "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym 504 via a "perl:string" action bound to a key, see description of the
220 resource in the rxvt(1) manpage). 505 keysym resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
506
507 The event is simply the action string. This interface is assumed to
508 change slightly in the future.
509
510 on_resize_all_windows $tern, $new_width, $new_height
511 Called just after the new window size has been calculcated, but
512 before windows are actually being resized or hints are being set. If
513 this hook returns TRUE, setting of the window hints is being
514 skipped.
515
516 on_x_event $term, $event
517 Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly
518 other windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event
519 structure members are not passed.
221 520
222 on_focus_in $term 521 on_focus_in $term
223 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before 522 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
224 rxvt-unicode does focus in processing. 523 rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
225 524
226 on_focus_out $term 525 on_focus_out $term
227 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before 526 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
228 rxvt-unicode does focus out processing. 527 rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
229 528
529 on_configure_notify $term, $event
530 on_property_notify $term, $event
230 on_key_press $term, $event, $octets 531 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
231 on_key_release $term, $event 532 on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
232 on_button_press $term, $event 533 on_button_press $term, $event
233 on_button_release $term, $event 534 on_button_release $term, $event
234 on_motion_notify $term, $event 535 on_motion_notify $term, $event
235 on_map_notify $term, $event 536 on_map_notify $term, $event
236 on_unmap_notify $term, $event 537 on_unmap_notify $term, $event
238 terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by 539 terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
239 rxvt-unicode. 540 rxvt-unicode.
240 541
241 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the 542 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
242 XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which 543 XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
243 are the row and column under the mouse cursor. 544 are the (real, not screen-based) row and column under the mouse
545 cursor.
244 546
245 "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would 547 "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
246 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding. 548 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
247 549
248 subwindow. 550 subwindow.
249 551
552 on_client_message $term, $event
553 on_wm_protocols $term, $event
554 on_wm_delete_window $term, $event
555 Called when various types of ClientMessage events are received (all
556 with format=32, WM_PROTOCOLS or WM_PROTOCOLS:WM_DELETE_WINDOW).
557
250 Variables in the "urxvt" Package 558 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
559 $urxvt::LIBDIR
560 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
561 perl modules and scripts are stored.
562
563 $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
564 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
565 resources.
566
567 $urxvt::RXVTNAME
568 The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
569
251 $urxvt::TERM 570 $urxvt::TERM
252 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term" 571 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
253 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing. 572 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
254 573
574 @urxvt::TERM_INIT
575 All coderefs in this array will be called as methods of the next
576 newly created "urxvt::term" object (during the "on_init" phase). The
577 array gets cleared before the codereferences that were in it are
578 being executed, so coderefs can push themselves onto it again if
579 they so desire.
580
581 This complements to the perl-eval commandline option, but gets
582 executed first.
583
584 @urxvt::TERM_EXT
585 Works similar to @TERM_INIT, but contains perl package/class names,
586 which get registered as normal extensions after calling the hooks in
587 @TERM_INIT but before other extensions. Gets cleared just like
588 @TERM_INIT.
589
255 Functions in the "urxvt" Package 590 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
256 $term = new urxvt [arg...]
257 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
258 "system $binfile, arg...". Croaks (and probably outputs an error
259 message) if the new instance couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if
260 the new instance didn't initialise perl, and the terminal object
261 otherwise. The "init" and "start" hooks will be called during the
262 call.
263
264 urxvt::fatal $errormessage 591 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
265 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all 592 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
266 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process 593 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
267 starts up. 594 starts up.
268 595
272 function that calls this function. 599 function that calls this function.
273 600
274 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the 601 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
275 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client. 602 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
276 603
604 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
605
606 @terms = urxvt::termlist
607 Returns all urxvt::term objects that exist in this process,
608 regardless of wether they are started, being destroyed etc., so be
609 careful. Only term objects that have perl extensions attached will
610 be returned (because there is no urxvt::term objet associated with
611 others).
612
277 $time = urxvt::NOW 613 $time = urxvt::NOW
278 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop). 614 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
279 615
280 urxvt::CurrentTime 616 urxvt::CurrentTime
281 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask, 617 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
282 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask, 618 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
283 Button5Mask, AnyModifier 619 Button5Mask, AnyModifier
620 urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask, ButtonPressMask,
621 ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask, PointerMotionMask,
622 PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
623 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask,
624 ButtonMotionMask, KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask,
625 StructureNotifyMask, ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask,
626 SubstructureRedirectMask, FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask,
627 ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask
628 urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
629 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
630 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
631 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
632 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
633 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
634 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify
284 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing. 635 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
285 636
286 RENDITION 637 RENDITION
287 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles 638 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
288 and similar information for each screen cell. 639 and similar information for each screen cell.
307 658
308 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend 659 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
309 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend 660 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
310 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively. 661 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
311 662
312 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour) 663 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
313 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour) 664 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
665 $rend = urxvt::SET_COLOR $rend, $new_fg, $new_bg
314 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with 666 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
315 the specified one. 667 the specified one.
316 668
317 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM ($rend) 669 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
318 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by 670 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
319 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are 671 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
320 initially zero. 672 initially zero.
321 673
322 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM ($rend, $new_value) 674 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
323 Change the custom value. 675 Change the custom value.
324 676
325 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class 677 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
326 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the 678 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
327 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without 679 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
328 further work. The only exception is that you cannot wait on condition 680 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
329 variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means is that 681 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
330 you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should work. 682 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
683 should work.
331 684
332 The "urxvt::term" Class 685 The "urxvt::term" Class
686 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
687 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
688 system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
689 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
690
691 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
692 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
693 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
694 "start" hooks will be called before this call returns, and are free
695 to refer to global data (which is race free).
696
333 $term->destroy 697 $term->destroy
334 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.). 698 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
699 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
700 (timers, io watchers) are still active.
701
702 $term->exec_async ($cmd[, @args])
703 Works like the combination of the "fork"/"exec" builtins, which
704 executes ("starts") programs in the background. This function takes
705 care of setting the user environment before exec'ing the command
706 (e.g. "PATH") and should be preferred over explicit calls to "exec"
707 or "system".
708
709 Returns the pid of the subprocess or "undef" on error.
335 710
336 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set]) 711 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
337 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and 712 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
338 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the 713 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
339 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in 714 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
342 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see 717 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
343 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list: 718 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
344 719
345 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure 720 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
346 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage 721 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
347 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating 722 override-redirect pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar
348 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer 723 scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
349 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent 724 scrollWithBuffer secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs
350 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell 725 transparent tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
351 726
352 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval]) 727 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
353 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and 728 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
354 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the 729 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
355 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef". 730 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
372 747
373 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont 748 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
374 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key 749 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
375 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName 750 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
376 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles 751 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
377 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier 752 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert meta8 modifier
378 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 753 mouseWheelScrollPage name override_redirect pastableTabs path perl_eval
379 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd 754 perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay
380 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating 755 preeditType print_pipe pty_fd reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar
381 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput 756 scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness
382 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle 757 scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle
758 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle shade term_name title
383 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords 759 transient_for transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords utmpInhibit
384 utmpInhibit visualBell 760 visualBell
761
762 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
763 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
764 or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
765 the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
766 "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
767
768 This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
769 there is only one resource database per display, and later
770 invocations might return the wrong resources.
771
772 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
773 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
774 the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
385 775
386 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle]) 776 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
387 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is 777 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
388 output by the terminal application will use this style. 778 output by the terminal application will use this style.
389 779
396 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col]) 786 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
397 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col]) 787 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
398 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end 788 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
399 positions, and optionally set them to new values. 789 positions, and optionally set them to new values.
400 790
791 $term->selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])
792 Tries to make a selection as set by "selection_beg" and
793 "selection_end". If $rectangular is true (default: false), a
794 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to
795 make a selection.
796
401 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime) 797 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
402 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, 798 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for
403 as set by the next method). 799 example, as set by the next method). No visual feedback will be
800 given. This function is mostly useful from within "on_sel_grab"
801 hooks.
404 802
405 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext]) 803 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
406 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by 804 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
407 $newtext. 805 $newtext.
408 806
409 #=item $term->overlay ($x, $y, $text) # #Create a simple multi-line 807 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
410 overlay box. See the next method for details. # #=cut # #sub 808 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
411 urxvt::term::scr_overlay { # my ($self, $x, $y, $text) = @_; # # my 809 details.
412 @lines = split /\n/, $text; # # my $w = 0; # for (map
413 $self->strwidth ($_), @lines) { # $w = $_ if $w < $_; # } # #
414 $self->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $w, scalar @lines); #
415 $self->scr_overlay_set (0, $_, $lines[$_]) for 0.. $#lines; #}
416 810
417 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]]) 811 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
418 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given 812 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
419 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default: 813 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
420 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE"). 814 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
454 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale 848 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
455 encoding. 849 encoding.
456 850
457 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets) 851 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
458 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string. 852 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
853
854 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
855 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
856 (default: "RS_RVid"), which *MUST NOT* contain font styles. Useful
857 in refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
858
859 $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
860 $rstyle2]])
861 Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
862 whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
863 defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
864 and underlines it instead. Both styles *MUST NOT* contain font
865 styles.
866
867 $term->scr_bell
868 Ring the bell!
459 869
460 $term->scr_add_lines ($string) 870 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
461 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the 871 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
462 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command 872 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
463 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage 873 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
466 876
467 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might 877 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
468 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful 878 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
469 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though. 879 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
470 880
881 $term->scr_change_screen ($screen)
882 Switch to given screen - 0 primary, 1 secondary.
883
471 $term->cmd_parse ($octets) 884 $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
472 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the 885 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
473 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command 886 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
474 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted. 887 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
475 888
477 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input). 890 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
478 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your 891 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
479 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using 892 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
480 "$term->locale_encode". 893 "$term->locale_encode".
481 894
895 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
896 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
897 Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
898 See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
899 restore the previous value.
900
901 $fd = $term->pty_fd
902 Returns the master file descriptor for the pty in use, or -1 if no
903 pty is used.
904
482 $windowid = $term->parent 905 $windowid = $term->parent
483 Return the window id of the toplevel window. 906 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
484 907
485 $windowid = $term->vt 908 $windowid = $term->vt
486 Return the window id of the terminal window. 909 Return the window id of the terminal window.
910
911 $term->vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)
912 Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you
913 want to receive pointer events all the times:
914
915 $term->vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);
916
917 $term->focus_in
918 $term->focus_out
919 $term->key_press ($state, $keycode[, $time])
920 $term->key_release ($state, $keycode[, $time])
921 Deliver various fake events to to terminal.
487 922
488 $window_width = $term->width 923 $window_width = $term->width
489 $window_height = $term->height 924 $window_height = $term->height
490 $font_width = $term->fwidth 925 $font_width = $term->fwidth
491 $font_height = $term->fheight 926 $font_height = $term->fheight
494 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol 929 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
495 $has_focus = $term->focus 930 $has_focus = $term->focus
496 $is_mapped = $term->mapped 931 $is_mapped = $term->mapped
497 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines 932 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
498 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows 933 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
499 $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved 934 $topmost_scrollback_row = $term->top_row
500 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics. 935 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
936
937 $x_display = $term->display_id
938 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
939
940 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
941 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
942
943 $env = $term->env
944 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
945 hashref similar to "\%ENV".
946
947 @envv = $term->envv
948 Returns the environment as array of strings of the form "VAR=VALUE".
949
950 @argv = $term->argv
951 Return the argument vector as this terminal, similar to @ARGV, but
952 includes the program name as first element.
501 953
502 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask 954 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
503 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask 955 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
504 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask 956 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
505 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift" 957 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
506 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if 958 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
507 applicable. 959 applicable.
508 960
961 $screen = $term->current_screen
962 Returns the currently displayed screen (0 primary, 1 secondary).
963
964 $cursor_is_hidden = $term->hidden_cursor
965 Returns wether the cursor is currently hidden or not.
966
509 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue]) 967 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
510 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value 968 Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value
511 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values 969 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values
512 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer. 970 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
513 971
514 $term->want_refresh 972 $term->want_refresh
515 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode 973 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
516 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. 974 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
529 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to 987 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
530 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will 988 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
531 automatically be updated. 989 automatically be updated.
532 990
533 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use 991 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
534 more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR 992 more than one cell when displayed are padded with $urxvt::NOCHAR
535 characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and 993 (chr 65535) characters. Characters with combining characters and
536 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will 994 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
537 be replaced with characters in the private use area. 995 be replaced with characters in the private use area.
538 996
539 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is 997 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
540 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on 998 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
584 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, 1042 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
585 respectively. 1043 respectively.
586 1044
587 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col) 1045 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
588 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within 1046 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
589 the logical line. 1047 the logical line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and
1048 returns corresponding offsets outside the string.
590 1049
591 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset) 1050 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
592 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again. 1051 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
593 1052
594 $text = $term->special_encode $string 1053 $text = $term->special_encode $string
598 1057
599 $string = $term->special_decode $text 1058 $string = $term->special_decode $text
600 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See 1059 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
601 "$term->ROW_t" for details. 1060 "$term->ROW_t" for details.
602 1061
603 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask) 1062 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window =
1063 $term->vt])
1064 $term->ungrab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window = $term->vt])
604 Registers a synchronous button grab. See XGrabButton. 1065 Register/unregister a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton
1066 manpage.
605 1067
606 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync]) 1068 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
607 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or 1069 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
608 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe. 1070 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
609 1071
620 $term->ungrab 1082 $term->ungrab
621 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on 1083 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
622 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error 1084 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
623 case as the session. 1085 case as the session.
624 1086
1087 $atom = $term->XInternAtom ($atom_name[, $only_if_exists])
1088 $atom_name = $term->XGetAtomName ($atom)
1089 @atoms = $term->XListProperties ($window)
1090 ($type,$format,$octets) = $term->XGetWindowProperty ($window, $property)
1091 $term->XChangeWindowProperty ($window, $property, $type, $format,
1092 $octets)
1093 $term->XDeleteProperty ($window, $property)
1094 $window = $term->DefaultRootWindow
1095 $term->XReparentWindow ($window, $parent, [$x, $y])
1096 $term->XMapWindow ($window)
1097 $term->XUnmapWindow ($window)
1098 $term->XMoveResizeWindow ($window, $x, $y, $width, $height)
1099 ($x, $y, $child_window) = $term->XTranslateCoordinates ($src, $dst, $x,
1100 $y)
1101 $term->XChangeInput ($window, $add_events[, $del_events])
1102 Various X or X-related functions. The $term object only serves as
1103 the source of the display, otherwise those functions map
1104 more-or-less directory onto the X functions of the same name.
1105
625 The "urxvt::popup" Class 1106 The "urxvt::popup" Class
1107 $popup->add_title ($title)
1108 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1109
1110 $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
1111 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
1112 $sepchr.
1113
1114 $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
1115 Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
1116 selected.
1117
1118 $popup->add_toggle ($text, $initial_value, $cb)
1119 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. The callback gets called
1120 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its new value as
1121 its first argument.
1122
1123 $popup->show
1124 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1125
626 The "urxvt::timer" Class 1126 The "urxvt::timer" Class
627 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as 1127 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
628 a fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example: 1128 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
629 1129
630 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0); 1130 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
631 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer 1131 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
632 ->new 1132 ->new
633 ->interval (1) 1133 ->interval (1)
634 ->cb (sub { 1134 ->cb (sub {
635 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0, 1135 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
636 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]); 1136 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
637 }); 1137 });
638 1138
639 $timer = new urxvt::timer 1139 $timer = new urxvt::timer
640 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to 1140 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
641 fire immediately. 1141 immediately.
642 1142
643 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... }) 1143 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
644 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers. 1144 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
645 1145
646 $tstamp = $timer->at 1146 $tstamp = $timer->at
647 Return the time this watcher will fire next. 1147 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
648 1148
649 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp) 1149 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
650 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp. 1150 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
651 1151
652 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval) 1152 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
653 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically 1153 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
654 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the 1154 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
655 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals. 1155 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
656 1156
657 $timer = $timer->start 1157 $timer = $timer->start
658 Start the timer. 1158 Start the timer.
659 1159
660 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp) 1160 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
661 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer. 1161 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
662 1162
1163 $timer = $timer->after ($delay)
1164 Like "start", but sets the expiry timer to c<urxvt::NOW + $delay>.
1165
663 $timer = $timer->stop 1166 $timer = $timer->stop
664 Stop the timer. 1167 Stop the timer.
665 1168
666 The "urxvt::iow" Class 1169 The "urxvt::iow" Class
667 This class implements io watchers/events. Example: 1170 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
668 1171
669 $term->{socket} = ... 1172 $term->{socket} = ...
670 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow 1173 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
1174 ->new
1175 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
1176 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1177 ->start
1178 ->cb (sub {
1179 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1180 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1181 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1182 or end-of-file;
1183 });
1184
1185 $iow = new urxvt::iow
1186 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1187
1188 $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
1189 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
1190 $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
1191
1192 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
1193 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1194
1195 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
1196 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1197 "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
1198 together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
1199
1200 $iow = $iow->start
1201 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1202
1203 $iow = $iow->stop
1204 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1205
1206 The "urxvt::iw" Class
1207 This class implements idle watchers, that get called automatically when
1208 the process is idle. They should return as fast as possible, after doing
1209 some useful work.
1210
1211 $iw = new urxvt::iw
1212 Create a new idle watcher object in stopped state.
1213
1214 $iw = $iw->cb (sub { my ($iw) = @_; ... })
1215 Set the callback to be called when the watcher triggers.
1216
1217 $timer = $timer->start
1218 Start the watcher.
1219
1220 $timer = $timer->stop
1221 Stop the watcher.
1222
1223 The "urxvt::pw" Class
1224 This class implements process watchers. They create an event whenever a
1225 process exits, after which they stop automatically.
1226
1227 my $pid = fork;
1228 ...
1229 $term->{pw} = urxvt::pw
671 ->new 1230 ->new
672 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
673 ->events (1) # wait for read data
674 ->start 1231 ->start ($pid)
675 ->cb (sub { 1232 ->cb (sub {
676 my ($iow, $revents) = @_; 1233 my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_;
677 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check 1234 ...
678 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
679 or end-of-file;
680 }); 1235 });
681 1236
682 $iow = new urxvt::iow 1237 $pw = new urxvt::pw
683 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state. 1238 Create a new process watcher in stopped state.
684 1239
685 $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... }) 1240 $pw = $pw->cb (sub { my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_; ... })
686 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. 1241 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
687 $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
688 1242
689 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd) 1243 $pw = $timer->start ($pid)
690 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch. 1244 Tells the wqtcher to start watching for process $pid.
691 1245
692 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
693 Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value 1) enables watching
694 for read data, Bit #1 (value 2) enables watching for write data.
695
696 $iow = $iow->start
697 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
698
699 $iow = $iow->stop 1246 $pw = $pw->stop
700 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle. 1247 Stop the watcher.
701 1248
702ENVIRONMENT 1249ENVIRONMENT
703 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY 1250 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
704 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. 1251 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
705 Higher numbers indicate more verbose output. 1252 numbers indicate more verbose output.
706 1253
707 == 0 - fatal messages 1254 == 0 - fatal messages
708 >= 3 - script loading and management 1255 >= 3 - script loading and management
709 >=10 - all events received 1256 >=10 - all called hooks
1257 >=11 - hook reutrn values
710 1258
711AUTHOR 1259AUTHOR
712 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 1260 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
713 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode 1261 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
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