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