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Revision: 1.12
Committed: Mon Jul 26 14:57:12 2004 UTC (19 years, 11 months ago) by root
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1 root 1.12 COMMENT(-- $Id: rxvt-options.yo,v 1.11 2004/04/02 19:15:57 pcg Exp $ --)
2 pcg 1.1 COMMENT(----------------------------------------------------------------------)
3     manpageoptions()
4    
5 pcg 1.6 The bf(RXVTNAME()) options (mostly a subset of em(xterm)'s) are listed below.
6 pcg 1.1 In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated
7     or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed
8     may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system.
9     `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on the em(Options) line.
10     Option descriptions may be prefixed with which compile option each is
11     dependent upon. e.g. `Compile em(XIM):' requires em(XIM) on the em(Options)
12     line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all command-line options compiled
13     into your version.
14    
15 pcg 1.6 Note that bf(RXVTNAME()) permits the resource name to be used as a long-option
16 pcg 1.1 (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than
17     those listed.
18     For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange'.
19    
20     The following options are available:
21    
22     startdit()
23     dit(bf(-help), bf(--help))
24     Print out a message describing available options.
25     dit(bf(-display) em(displayname))
26     Attempt to open a window on the named X display (bf(-d) still
27     respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified
28     by the bf(DISPLAY) environment variable is used.
29     dit(bf(-geometry) em(geom))
30     Window geometry (bf(-g) still respected);
31     resource bf(geometry).
32     dit(bf(-rv)|bf(+rv))
33     Turn on/off simulated reverse video;
34     resource bf(reverseVideo).
35     dit(bf(-j)|bf(+j))
36     Turn on/off jump scrolling;
37     resource bf(jumpScroll).
38     dit(bf(-ip)|bf(+ip))
39     Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form
40     is bf(-tr);
41     resource bf(inheritPixmap).
42 pcg 1.9 dit(bf(-tint) em(colour))
43     Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.
44 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-bg) em(colour))
45     Window background colour;
46     resource bf(background).
47     dit(bf(-fg) em(colour))
48     Window foreground colour;
49     resource bf(foreground).
50     dit(bf(-pixmap:) em(file[;geom]))
51     Compile em(XPM): Specify XPM file for the background and also
52     optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you
53     may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of
54     the `;' in the command-line;
55     resource bf(backgroundPixmap).
56     dit(bf(-cr) em(colour))
57     The cursor colour;
58     resource bf(cursorColor).
59     dit(bf(-pr) em(colour))
60 pcg 1.11 The mouse pointer foreground colour;
61 pcg 1.1 resource bf(pointerColor).
62 pcg 1.11 dit(bf(-pr2) em(colour))
63     The mouse pointer background colour;
64     resource bf(pointerColor2).
65 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-bd) em(colour))
66     The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
67     resource bf(borderColor).
68     dit(bf(-fn) em(fontname))
69 root 1.12 Select the fonts to be used.
70     This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
71     trying to display Unicode characters.
72     The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
73     be smaller, but not larger.
74     A reasonable default font list is always appended to it.
75 pcg 1.1 resource bf(font).
76 root 1.12 dit(bf(-rb)|bf(+rb))
77     Enable "real bold" support.
78     When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
79     available bold font in the font list.
80     Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
81     corresponding regular fonts.
82     If no bold font can be found, a regular font will be used.
83     resource bf(realBold).
84 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-name) em(name))
85     Specify the application name under which resources
86     are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
87     Name should not contain `.' or `*' characters.
88     Also sets the icon and title name.
89     dit(bf(-ls)|bf(+ls))
90     Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
91     resource bf(loginShell).
92     dit(bf(-ut)|bf(+ut))
93     Compile em(utmp): Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
94     resource bf(utmpInhibit).
95     dit(bf(-vb)|bf(+vb))
96     Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
97     resource bf(visualBell).
98     dit(bf(-sb)|bf(+sb))
99     Turn on/off scrollbar;
100     resource bf(scrollBar).
101     dit(bf(-si)|bf(+si))
102     Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
103     resource bf(scrollTtyOutput) has opposite effect.
104     dit(bf(-sk)|bf(+sk))
105     Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
106     resource bf(scrollTtyKeypress).
107     dit(bf(-sw)|bf(+sw))
108     Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new
109     lines appear. This only takes effect if bf(-si) is also given;
110     resource bf(scrollWithBuffer).
111     dit(bf(-sr)|bf(+sr))
112     Put scrollbar on right/left;
113     resource bf(scrollBar_right).
114     dit(bf(-st)|bf(+st))
115     Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
116     resource bf(scrollBar_floating).
117     dit(bf(-bc)|bf(+bc))
118     Blink the cursor; resource bf(cursorBlink).
119     dit(bf(-iconic))
120     Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
121     Alternative form is bf(-ic).
122     dit(bf(-sl) em(number))
123     Save em(number) lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry
124     for limits;
125     resource bf(saveLines).
126     dit(bf(-b) em(number))
127     Compile em(frills): Internal border of em(number) pixels. See
128     resource entry for limits;
129     resource bf(internalBorder).
130     dit(bf(-w) em(number))
131     Compile em(frills): External border of em(number) pixels.
132     Also, bf(-bw) and bf(-borderwidth). See resource entry for limits;
133     resource bf(externalBorder).
134     dit(bf(-lsp) em(number))
135     Compile em(linespace): Lines (pixel height) to insert between each
136     row of the display;
137     resource bf(linespace).
138     dit(bf(-tn) em(termname))
139     This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
140     bf(TERM) environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
141     em(termcap(5)) database and should have em(li#) and em(co#) entries;
142     resource bf(termName).
143     dit(bf(-e) em(command [arguments]))
144 pcg 1.6 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the bf(RXVTNAME())
145 pcg 1.1 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
146     of the program being executed if neither em(-title) (em(-T)) nor
147     em(-n) are given on the command line. If this option is used, it
148     must be the last on the command-line. If there is no bf(-e) option
149     then the default is to run the program specified by the bf(SHELL)
150     environment variable or, failing that, em(sh(1)).
151     dit(bf(-title) em(text))
152     Window title (bf(-T) still respected); the default title is the
153     basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if
154     any, otherwise the application name;
155     resource bf(title).
156     dit(bf(-n) em(text))
157     Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
158     after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name;
159     resource bf(iconName).
160     dit(bf(-C))
161     Capture system console messages.
162     dit(bf(-pt) em(style))
163     Compile em(XIM): input style for input method;
164     bf(OverTheSpot), bf(OffTheSpot), bf(Root);
165     resource bf(preeditType).
166     dit(bf(-im) em(text))
167     Compile em(XIM): input method name.
168     resource bf(inputMethod).
169 pcg 1.3 dit(bf(-imlocale) em(string))
170     The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE
171     of e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP
172     for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
173     while staying in another locale.
174 pcg 1.8 dit(bf(-insecure))
175     Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
176     sequences that echo strings. See the resource bf(insecure) for
177     more info.
178 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-mod) em(modifier))
179     Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
180     bf(alt), bf(meta), bf(hyper), bf(super), bf(mod1), bf(mod2), bf(mod3),
181     bf(mod4), bf(mod5);
182     resource em(modifier).
183 pcg 1.10 dit(bf(-ssc)|bf(+ssc))
184     Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled);
185     resource bf(secondaryScreen).
186     dit(bf(-ssr)|bf(+ssr))
187     Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled);
188     resource bf(secondaryScroll).
189 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-xrm) em(resourcestring))
190     No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made
191     available in the instance's argument list. Appears in em(WM_COMMAND)
192     in some window managers.
193     enddit()