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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 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
305 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
306 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
307 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
308 starts up.
309
310 urxvt::warn $string
311 Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
312 newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
313 function that calls this function.
314
315 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
316 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
317
318 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
319
320 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
321 Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
322 as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
323 urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
324
325 $time = urxvt::NOW
326 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
327
328 urxvt::CurrentTime
329 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
330 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
331 Button5Mask, AnyModifier
332 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
333
334 RENDITION
335 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
336 and similar information for each screen cell.
337
338 The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
339 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
340 they contain important information required for correct operation of
341 rxvt-unicode.
342
343 $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
344 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
345 up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
346 renditions.
347
348 $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
349 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
350
351 $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
352 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
353 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
354 it into the bitset.
355
356 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
357 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
358 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
359
360 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
361 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
362 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
363 the specified one.
364
365 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
366 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
367 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
368 initially zero.
369
370 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
371 Change the custom value.
372
373 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
374 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
375 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
376 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
377 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
378 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
379 should work.
380
381 The "urxvt::term" Class
382 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
383 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
384 system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
385 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
386
387 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
388 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
389 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
390 "start" hooks will be called during this call.
391
392 $term->destroy
393 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
394 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
395 (timers, io watchers) are still active.
396
397 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
398 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
399 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
400 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
401 the hash.
402
403 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
404 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
405
406 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
407 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
408 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
409 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
410 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
411 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
412
413 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
414 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
415 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
416 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
417
418 The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
419 encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
420 value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
421
422 Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
423 specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
424 "color+5". (will likely change).
425
426 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
427 the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
428 memory.
429
430 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
431 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
432 /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
433
434 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
435 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
436 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
437 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
438 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
439 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
440 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
441 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
442 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
443 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
444 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
445 utmpInhibit visualBell
446
447 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
448 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
449 the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
450
451 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
452 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
453 output by the terminal application will use this style.
454
455 ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
456 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
457 optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
458 that).
459
460 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
461 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
462 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
463 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
464 positions, and optionally set them to new values.
465
466 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
467 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example,
468 as set by the next method).
469
470 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
471 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
472 $newtext.
473
474 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
475 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
476 details.
477
478 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
479 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
480 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
481 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
482
483 If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
484 around the box.
485
486 If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
487 right/bottom side, respectively.
488
489 This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
490 visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
491
492 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
493
494 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
495 Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
496 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
497 rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
498
499 $overlay->hide
500 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
501
502 $overlay->show
503 If hidden, display the overlay again.
504
505 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
506 Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
507 The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
508 event, currently).
509
510 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
511 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
512 accounts for wide and combining characters.
513
514 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
515 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
516 encoding.
517
518 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
519 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
520
521 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
522 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
523 (default: "RS_RVid"). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects
524 similar to the selection.
525
526 $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
527 $rstyle2]])
528 Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
529 whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
530 defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
531 and underlines it instead.
532
533 $term->scr_bell
534 Ring the bell!
535
536 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
537 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
538 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
539 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
540 returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
541 locale-dependent encoding.
542
543 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
544 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
545 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
546
547 $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
548 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
549 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
550 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
551
552 $term->tt_write ($octets)
553 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
554 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
555 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
556 "$term->locale_encode".
557
558 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
559 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
560 Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
561 See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
562 restore the previous value.
563
564 $windowid = $term->parent
565 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
566
567 $windowid = $term->vt
568 Return the window id of the terminal window.
569
570 $window_width = $term->width
571 $window_height = $term->height
572 $font_width = $term->fwidth
573 $font_height = $term->fheight
574 $font_ascent = $term->fbase
575 $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
576 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
577 $has_focus = $term->focus
578 $is_mapped = $term->mapped
579 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
580 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
581 $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
582 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
583
584 $x_display = $term->display_id
585 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
586
587 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
588 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
589
590 $env = $term->env
591 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
592 hashref similar to "\%ENV".
593
594 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
595 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
596 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
597 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
598 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
599 applicable.
600
601 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
602 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
603 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
604 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
605
606 $term->want_refresh
607 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
608 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
609 If they differ, it redraws the differences.
610
611 Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
612
613 $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
614 Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
615 the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
616 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
617 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
618 line is requested.
619
620 If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
621 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
622 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
623 automatically be updated.
624
625 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
626 more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
627 characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
628 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
629 be replaced with characters in the private use area.
630
631 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
632 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
633 characters.
634
635 The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
636 be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
637
638 $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
639 Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
640 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
641 styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
642
643 When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
644
645 See the section on RENDITION, above.
646
647 $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
648 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
649 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
650 line is joined with the following one.
651
652 $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
653 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
654 (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
655 in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
656 continuation of the previous row(s)).
657
658 $line = $term->line ($row_number)
659 Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
660 about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
661 the following methods:
662
663 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
664 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
665 "ROW_t"
666
667 $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
668 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
669 similar to "ROW_r"
670
671 $length = $line->l
672 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
673
674 $rownum = $line->beg
675 $rownum = $line->end
676 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
677 respectively.
678
679 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
680 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
681 the logical line.
682
683 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
684 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
685
686 $text = $term->special_encode $string
687 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
688 rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
689 See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
690
691 $string = $term->special_decode $text
692 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
693 "$term->ROW_t" for details.
694
695 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
696 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
697
698 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
699 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
700 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
701
702 $term->allow_events_async
703 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
704
705 $term->allow_events_sync
706 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
707
708 $term->allow_events_replay
709 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
710 the most recent grab.
711
712 $term->ungrab
713 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
714 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
715 case as the session.
716
717 The "urxvt::popup" Class
718 $popup->add_title ($title)
719 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
720
721 $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
722 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
723 $sepchr.
724
725 $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
726 Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
727 selected.
728
729 $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
730 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
731 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
732 first argument.
733
734 $popup->show
735 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
736
737 The "urxvt::timer" Class
738 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
739 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
740
741 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
742 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
743 ->new
744 ->interval (1)
745 ->cb (sub {
746 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
747 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
748 });
749
750 $timer = new urxvt::timer
751 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
752 immediately.
753
754 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
755 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
756
757 $tstamp = $timer->at
758 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
759
760 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
761 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
762
763 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
764 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
765 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
766 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
767
768 $timer = $timer->start
769 Start the timer.
770
771 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
772 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
773
774 $timer = $timer->stop
775 Stop the timer.
776
777 The "urxvt::iow" Class
778 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
779
780 $term->{socket} = ...
781 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
782 ->new
783 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
784 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
785 ->start
786 ->cb (sub {
787 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
788 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
789 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
790 or end-of-file;
791 });
792
793 $iow = new urxvt::iow
794 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
795
796 $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
797 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
798 $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
799
800 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
801 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
802
803 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
804 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
805 "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
806 together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
807
808 $iow = $iow->start
809 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
810
811 $iow = $iow->stop
812 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
813
814 ENVIRONMENT
815 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
816 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
817 numbers indicate more verbose output.
818
819 == 0 - fatal messages
820 >= 3 - script loading and management
821 >=10 - all events received
822
823 AUTHOR
824 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
825 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
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