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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 and
37 further clicks). Right now, it tries to select words, urls and
38 complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too, if
39 your ls supports "--quoting-style=shell".
40
41 A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further
42 clicks will enlarge the selection.
43
44 It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:
45
46 rot13
47 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
48
49 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
50
51 option-popup (enabled by default)
52 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some)
53 options at runtime.
54
55 selection-popup (enabled by default)
56 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the
57 selection text into various other formats/action (such as uri
58 unescaping, perl evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on
59 content.
60
61 searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
62 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
63 by a hotkey (default: "M-s"). While in search mode, normal terminal
64 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of
65 the screen.
66
67 Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues
68 incremental search. "BackSpace" removes a character from the regex,
69 "Up" and "Down" search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer,
70 "End" jumps to the bottom. "Escape" leaves search mode and returns
71 to the point where search was started, while "Enter" or "Return"
72 stay at the current position and additionally stores the first match
73 in the current line into the primary selection.
74
75 digital-clock
76 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
77
78 mark-urls
79 Uses per-line display filtering ("on_line_update") to underline urls
80 and make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified
81 in the resource "urlLauncher" (default "x-www-browser") will be
82 started with the URL as first argument.
83
84 block-graphics-to-ascii
85 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the
86 terminal, by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 ..
87 U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.
88
89 example-refresh-hooks
90 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of
91 the window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create
92 your own overlays or changes.
93
94 API DOCUMENTATION
95 General API Considerations
96 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
97 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
98 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as "_ptr" or
99 "_hook") are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or
100 modified).
101
102 When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
103 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
104 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
105 terminal is destroyed.
106
107 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are
108 some hints on what they mean:
109
110 $text
111 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode"
112 character always represents one screen cell. See ROW_t for a
113 discussion of this format.
114
115 $string
116 A perl text string, with an emphasis on *text*. It can store all
117 unicode characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a
118 specific encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
119
120 $octets
121 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
122 locale-specific way.
123
124 Extension Objects
125 Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
126 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter
127 to hooks. So extensions can use their $self object without having to
128 think about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members
129 that begin with an underscore character "_": these are reserved for
130 internal use.
131
132 Although it isn't a "urxvt::term" object, you can call all methods of
133 the "urxvt::term" class on this object.
134
135 It has the following methods and data members:
136
137 $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
138 Returns the "urxvt::term" object associated with this instance of
139 the extension. This member *must not* be changed in any way.
140
141 $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
142 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the "on_" prefix)
143 for this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when
144 you want to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
145
146 $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
147 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
148
149 Hooks
150 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will
151 be called whenever the relevant event happens.
152
153 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
154 the in the "Extension Objects" section.
155
156 All of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
157 event counts as being *consumed*, and the invocation of other hooks is
158 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++
159 code.
160
161 *When in doubt, return a false value (preferably "()").*
162
163 on_init $term
164 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
165 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe
166 to call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other
167 characteristics have not yet been determined. You can safely query
168 and change resources, though.
169
170 on_reset $term
171 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing
172 or control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to
173 size-related variables.
174
175 on_start $term
176 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just
177 before returning to the mainloop.
178
179 on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
180 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before
181 the selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or
182 type of the selection will be honored.
183
184 Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which
185 case you have to make a selection yourself by calling
186 "$term->selection_grab".
187
188 on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
189 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the
190 selection is requested from the server. The selection text can be
191 queried and changed by calling "$term->selection".
192
193 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be
194 hilighted.
195
196 on_sel_extend $term
197 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a
198 double click) and is either supposed to return false (normal
199 operation), or should extend the selection itelf and return true to
200 suppress the built-in processing. This can happen multiple times, as
201 long as the callback returns true, it will be called on every
202 further click by the user and is supposed to enlarge the selection
203 more and more, if possible.
204
205 See the selection example extension.
206
207 on_view_change $term, $offset
208 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
209 scrolls. Offset 0 means display the normal terminal, positive values
210 show this many lines of scrollback.
211
212 on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
213 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the
214 scrollback buffer. $lines is the number of lines scrolled out and
215 may be larger than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
216
217 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines
218 - 1, $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). $saved is
219 the total number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
220
221 on_osc_seq $term, $string
222 Called whenever the ESC ] 777 ; string ST command sequence (OSC =
223 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other
224 state information is up-to-date when this happens. For
225 interoperability, the string should start with the extension name
226 and a colon, to distinguish it from commands for other extensions,
227 and this might be enforced in the future.
228
229 Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you
230 receive, as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content,
231 messages from other users on the same system etc.).
232
233 on_add_lines $term, $string
234 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as
235 argument. You can filter/change and output the text yourself by
236 returning a true value and calling "$term->scr_add_lines" yourself.
237 Please note that this might be very slow, however, as your hook is
238 called for all text being output.
239
240 on_tt_write $term, $octets
241 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used
242 to suppress or filter tty input.
243
244 on_line_update $term, $row
245 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
246 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only
247 lines that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance
248 reasons, not always immediately.
249
250 The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line
251 spans multiple rows.
252
253 Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get
254 called later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts
255 change), so you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set
256 them.
257
258 on_refresh_begin $term
259 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
260 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
261 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection
262 display code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
263
264 on_refresh_end $term
265 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See "on_refresh_begin".
266
267 on_keyboard_command $term, $string
268 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
269 "perl:string" action bound to it (see description of the keysym
270 resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).
271
272 on_focus_in $term
273 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before
274 rxvt-unicode does focus in processing.
275
276 on_focus_out $term
277 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before
278 rxvt-unicode does focus out processing.
279
280 on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
281 on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
282 on_button_press $term, $event
283 on_button_release $term, $event
284 on_motion_notify $term, $event
285 on_map_notify $term, $event
286 on_unmap_notify $term, $event
287 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the
288 terminal If the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by
289 rxvt-unicode.
290
291 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the
292 XEvent manpage), with the additional members "row" and "col", which
293 are the row and column under the mouse cursor.
294
295 "on_key_press" additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
296 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
297
298 subwindow.
299
300 Variables in the "urxvt" Package
301 $urxvt::LIBDIR
302 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the
303 perl modules and scripts are stored.
304
305 $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
306 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X
307 resources.
308
309 $urxvt::RXVTNAME
310 The basename of the installed binaries, usually "urxvt".
311
312 $urxvt::TERM
313 The current terminal. This variable stores the current "urxvt::term"
314 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
315
316 Functions in the "urxvt" Package
317 urxvt::fatal $errormessage
318 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
319 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
320 starts up.
321
322 urxvt::warn $string
323 Calls "rxvt_warn" with the given string which should not include a
324 newline. The module also overwrites the "warn" builtin with a
325 function that calls this function.
326
327 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
328 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
329
330 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
331
332 $is_safe = urxvt::safe
333 Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such
334 as evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when
335 urxvt was started setuid or setgid.
336
337 $time = urxvt::NOW
338 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
339
340 urxvt::CurrentTime
341 urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask,
342 Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask, Button4Mask,
343 Button5Mask, AnyModifier
344 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
345
346 RENDITION
347 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles
348 and similar information for each screen cell.
349
350 The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
351 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, as
352 they contain important information required for correct operation of
353 rxvt-unicode.
354
355 $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
356 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting
357 up or being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating
358 renditions.
359
360 $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
361 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
362
363 $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
364 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
365 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR
366 it into the bitset.
367
368 $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
369 $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
370 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
371
372 $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
373 $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
374 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with
375 the specified one.
376
377 $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
378 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
379 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are
380 initially zero.
381
382 $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
383 Change the custom value.
384
385 The "urxvt::anyevent" Class
386 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
387 "AnyEvent" module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
388 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
389 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
390 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant
391 should work.
392
393 The "urxvt::term" Class
394 $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
395 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
396 system "$rxvtname, arg...". $envhashref must be a reference to a
397 %ENV-like hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
398
399 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
400 couldn't be created. Returns "undef" if the new instance didn't
401 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The "init" and
402 "start" hooks will be called during this call.
403
404 $term->destroy
405 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
406 Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event watchers
407 (timers, io watchers) are still active.
408
409 $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
410 Returns true if the option specified by $optval is enabled, and
411 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the
412 hash %urxvt::OPTION. Options not enabled in this binary are not in
413 the hash.
414
415 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see
416 the source file /src/optinc.h to see the actual list:
417
418 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
419 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
420 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
421 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
422 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
423 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
424
425 $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
426 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
427 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the
428 "init" hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as "undef".
429
430 The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character
431 encoding before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned
432 value may need to be converted from the used encoding to text.
433
434 Resource names are as defined in src/rsinc.h. Colours can be
435 specified as resource names of the form "color+<index>", e.g.
436 "color+5". (will likely change).
437
438 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when
439 the terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat
440 memory.
441
442 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of
443 which are supported in every build, please see the source file
444 /src/rsinc.h to see the actual list:
445
446 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
447 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
448 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
449 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
450 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
451 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
452 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
453 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
454 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
455 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
456 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
457 utmpInhibit visualBell
458
459 $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
460 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program
461 or class name, i.e. "$term->x_resource ("boldFont")" should return
462 the same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns
463 "undef" if no resource with that pattern exists.
464
465 This method should only be called during the "on_start" hook, as
466 there is only one resource database per display, and later
467 invocations might return the wrong resources.
468
469 $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
470 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See
471 the "keysym" resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.
472
473 $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
474 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is
475 output by the terminal application will use this style.
476
477 ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
478 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and
479 optionally set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect
480 that).
481
482 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
483 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
484 ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
485 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end
486 positions, and optionally set them to new values.
487
488 $term->selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])
489 Tries to make a selection as set by "selection_beg" and
490 "selection_end". If $rectangular is true (default: false), a
491 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to
492 make a selection.
493
494 $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
495 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for
496 example, as set by the next method). No visual feedback will be
497 given. This function is mostly useful from within "on_sel_grab"
498 hooks.
499
500 $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
501 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by
502 $newtext.
503
504 $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
505 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for
506 details.
507
508 $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
509 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
510 width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style (default:
511 "OVERLAY_RSTYLE").
512
513 If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put
514 around the box.
515
516 If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the
517 right/bottom side, respectively.
518
519 This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be
520 visible as long as the perl object is referenced.
521
522 The methods currently supported on "urxvt::overlay" objects are:
523
524 $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
525 Similar to "$term->ROW_t" and "$term->ROW_r" in that it puts
526 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of
527 rendition values at a specific position inside the overlay.
528
529 $overlay->hide
530 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
531
532 $overlay->show
533 If hidden, display the overlay again.
534
535 $popup = $term->popup ($event)
536 Creates a new "urxvt::popup" object that implements a popup menu.
537 The $event *must* be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button
538 event, currently).
539
540 $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
541 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
542 accounts for wide and combining characters.
543
544 $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
545 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale
546 encoding.
547
548 $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
549 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
550
551 $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
552 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
553 (default: "RS_RVid"), which *MUST NOT* contain font styles. Useful
554 in refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
555
556 $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[,
557 $rstyle2]])
558 Similar to "scr_xor_span", but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
559 whitespace will additionally be xored with the $rstyle2, which
560 defaults to "RS_RVid | RS_Uline", which removes reverse video again
561 and underlines it instead. Both styles *MUST NOT* contain font
562 styles.
563
564 $term->scr_bell
565 Ring the bell!
566
567 $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
568 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the
569 application running inside the terminal. It may not contain command
570 sequences (escape codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage
571 returns and tabs. The string is a normal text string, not in
572 locale-dependent encoding.
573
574 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might
575 be confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful
576 inside a "on_add_lines" hook, though.
577
578 $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
579 Similar to "scr_add_lines", but the argument must be in the
580 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command
581 sequences (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
582
583 $term->tt_write ($octets)
584 Write the octets given in $data to the tty (i.e. as program input).
585 To pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your
586 strings first to the locale-specific encoding using
587 "$term->locale_encode".
588
589 $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
590 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask.
591 Can be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty.
592 See the description of "urxvt::timer->events". Make sure to always
593 restore the previous value.
594
595 $windowid = $term->parent
596 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
597
598 $windowid = $term->vt
599 Return the window id of the terminal window.
600
601 $window_width = $term->width
602 $window_height = $term->height
603 $font_width = $term->fwidth
604 $font_height = $term->fheight
605 $font_ascent = $term->fbase
606 $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
607 $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
608 $has_focus = $term->focus
609 $is_mapped = $term->mapped
610 $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
611 $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
612 $lines_in_scrollback = $term->nsaved
613 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
614
615 $x_display = $term->display_id
616 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
617
618 $lc_ctype = $term->locale
619 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
620
621 $env = $term->env
622 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a
623 hashref similar to "\%ENV".
624
625 $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
626 $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
627 $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
628 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift"
629 (often AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if
630 applicable.
631
632 $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
633 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value
634 is 0, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values
635 scroll this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
636
637 $term->want_refresh
638 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode
639 will compare the on-screen display with its stored representation.
640 If they differ, it redraws the differences.
641
642 Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
643
644 $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
645 Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is
646 the topmost terminal line, row "$term->$ncol-1" is the bottommost
647 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends
648 to line "-$term->nsaved". Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent
649 line is requested.
650
651 If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current
652 line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful to
653 replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
654 automatically be updated.
655
656 $text is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
657 more than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR
658 characters ("chr 65535"). Characters with combining characters and
659 other characters that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will
660 be replaced with characters in the private use area.
661
662 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
663 that "substr" and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
664 characters.
665
666 The methods "$term->special_encode" and "$term->special_decode" can
667 be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
668
669 $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
670 Like "$term->ROW_t", but returns an arrayref with rendition bitsets.
671 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
672 styles and similar information. See also "$term->ROW_t".
673
674 When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
675
676 See the section on RENDITION, above.
677
678 $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
679 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
680 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns "$term->ncol" if the
681 line is joined with the following one.
682
683 $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
684 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line"
685 (i.e. joined with the following row), which means all characters are
686 in use and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a
687 continuation of the previous row(s)).
688
689 $line = $term->line ($row_number)
690 Create and return a new "urxvt::line" object that stores information
691 about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports
692 the following methods:
693
694 $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
695 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to
696 "ROW_t"
697
698 $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
699 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line,
700 similar to "ROW_r"
701
702 $length = $line->l
703 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to "ROW_l".
704
705 $rownum = $line->beg
706 $rownum = $line->end
707 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line,
708 respectively.
709
710 $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
711 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within
712 the logical line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and
713 returns corresponding offsets outside the string.
714
715 ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
716 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
717
718 $text = $term->special_encode $string
719 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by
720 rxvt-unicode, where one character corresponds to one screen cell.
721 See "$term->ROW_t" for details.
722
723 $string = $term->special_decode $text
724 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
725 "$term->ROW_t" for details.
726
727 $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
728 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
729
730 $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
731 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
732 synchronous ($sync is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
733
734 $term->allow_events_async
735 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
736
737 $term->allow_events_sync
738 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
739
740 $term->allow_events_replay
741 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for
742 the most recent grab.
743
744 $term->ungrab
745 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
746 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error
747 case as the session.
748
749 The "urxvt::popup" Class
750 $popup->add_title ($title)
751 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
752
753 $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
754 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as
755 $sepchr.
756
757 $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
758 Adds a clickable button to the popup. $cb is called whenever it is
759 selected.
760
761 $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
762 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
763 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its
764 first argument.
765
766 $popup->show
767 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
768
769 The "urxvt::timer" Class
770 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
771 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
772
773 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
774 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
775 ->new
776 ->interval (1)
777 ->cb (sub {
778 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
779 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
780 });
781
782 $timer = new urxvt::timer
783 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
784 immediately.
785
786 $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
787 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
788
789 $tstamp = $timer->at
790 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
791
792 $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
793 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
794
795 $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
796 Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically
797 stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the
798 timer is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
799
800 $timer = $timer->start
801 Start the timer.
802
803 $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
804 Set the event trigger time to $tstamp and start the timer.
805
806 $timer = $timer->stop
807 Stop the timer.
808
809 The "urxvt::iow" Class
810 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
811
812 $term->{socket} = ...
813 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
814 ->new
815 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
816 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
817 ->start
818 ->cb (sub {
819 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
820 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
821 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
822 or end-of-file;
823 });
824
825 $iow = new urxvt::iow
826 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
827
828 $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
829 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered.
830 $reventmask is a bitset as described in the "events" method.
831
832 $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
833 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
834
835 $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
836 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
837 "urxvt::EVENT_READ" and "urxvt::EVENT_WRITE", which might be ORed
838 together, or "urxvt::EVENT_NONE".
839
840 $iow = $iow->start
841 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
842
843 $iow = $iow->stop
844 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
845
846 ENVIRONMENT
847 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
848 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
849 numbers indicate more verbose output.
850
851 == 0 - fatal messages
852 >= 3 - script loading and management
853 >=10 - all called hooks
854 >=11 - hook reutrn values
855
856 AUTHOR
857 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
858 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
859