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Revision: 1.4
Committed: Sun Feb 22 08:36:11 2004 UTC (20 years, 5 months ago) by pcg
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: rel-1_9, rel-2_0, rxvt-2-0, rel-1-9
Changes since 1.3: +1 -6 lines
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1 pcg 1.4 COMMENT(-- $Id: rxvt-options.yo,v 1.3 2003/12/18 00:38:07 pcg Exp $ --)
2 pcg 1.1 COMMENT(----------------------------------------------------------------------)
3     manpageoptions()
4    
5     The bf(rxvt) options (mostly a subset of em(xterm)'s) are listed below.
6     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     Note that bf(rxvt) permits the resource name to be used as a long-option
16     (--/++ 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     dit(bf(-bg) em(colour))
43     Window background colour;
44     resource bf(background).
45     dit(bf(-fg) em(colour))
46     Window foreground colour;
47     resource bf(foreground).
48     dit(bf(-pixmap:) em(file[;geom]))
49     Compile em(XPM): Specify XPM file for the background and also
50     optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you
51     may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of
52     the `;' in the command-line;
53     resource bf(backgroundPixmap).
54     dit(bf(-cr) em(colour))
55     The cursor colour;
56     resource bf(cursorColor).
57     dit(bf(-pr) em(colour))
58     The mouse pointer colour;
59     resource bf(pointerColor).
60     dit(bf(-bd) em(colour))
61     The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
62     resource bf(borderColor).
63     dit(bf(-fn) em(fontname))
64 pcg 1.3 Select the fonts to be used used. This is a comma seperated
65     list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display
66     unicode characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters,
67     pther fonts might be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default list
68     is appended.
69 pcg 1.1 resource bf(font).
70     dit(bf(-name) em(name))
71     Specify the application name under which resources
72     are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
73     Name should not contain `.' or `*' characters.
74     Also sets the icon and title name.
75     dit(bf(-ls)|bf(+ls))
76     Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
77     resource bf(loginShell).
78     dit(bf(-ut)|bf(+ut))
79     Compile em(utmp): Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
80     resource bf(utmpInhibit).
81     dit(bf(-vb)|bf(+vb))
82     Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
83     resource bf(visualBell).
84     dit(bf(-sb)|bf(+sb))
85     Turn on/off scrollbar;
86     resource bf(scrollBar).
87     dit(bf(-si)|bf(+si))
88     Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
89     resource bf(scrollTtyOutput) has opposite effect.
90     dit(bf(-sk)|bf(+sk))
91     Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
92     resource bf(scrollTtyKeypress).
93     dit(bf(-sw)|bf(+sw))
94     Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new
95     lines appear. This only takes effect if bf(-si) is also given;
96     resource bf(scrollWithBuffer).
97     dit(bf(-sr)|bf(+sr))
98     Put scrollbar on right/left;
99     resource bf(scrollBar_right).
100     dit(bf(-st)|bf(+st))
101     Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
102     resource bf(scrollBar_floating).
103     dit(bf(-mcc)|bf(+mcc))
104     Compile em(multichar_languages): treat multibyte glyphs as single
105     character for backspace, delete and cursor movement keys;
106     resource bf(multibyte_cursor).
107     dit(bf(-bc)|bf(+bc))
108     Blink the cursor; resource bf(cursorBlink).
109     dit(bf(-iconic))
110     Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
111     Alternative form is bf(-ic).
112     dit(bf(-sl) em(number))
113     Save em(number) lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry
114     for limits;
115     resource bf(saveLines).
116     dit(bf(-b) em(number))
117     Compile em(frills): Internal border of em(number) pixels. See
118     resource entry for limits;
119     resource bf(internalBorder).
120     dit(bf(-w) em(number))
121     Compile em(frills): External border of em(number) pixels.
122     Also, bf(-bw) and bf(-borderwidth). See resource entry for limits;
123     resource bf(externalBorder).
124     dit(bf(-lsp) em(number))
125     Compile em(linespace): Lines (pixel height) to insert between each
126     row of the display;
127     resource bf(linespace).
128     dit(bf(-tn) em(termname))
129     This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
130     bf(TERM) environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
131     em(termcap(5)) database and should have em(li#) and em(co#) entries;
132     resource bf(termName).
133     dit(bf(-e) em(command [arguments]))
134     Run the command with its command-line arguments in the bf(rxvt)
135     window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
136     of the program being executed if neither em(-title) (em(-T)) nor
137     em(-n) are given on the command line. If this option is used, it
138     must be the last on the command-line. If there is no bf(-e) option
139     then the default is to run the program specified by the bf(SHELL)
140     environment variable or, failing that, em(sh(1)).
141     dit(bf(-title) em(text))
142     Window title (bf(-T) still respected); the default title is the
143     basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if
144     any, otherwise the application name;
145     resource bf(title).
146     dit(bf(-n) em(text))
147     Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
148     after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name;
149     resource bf(iconName).
150     dit(bf(-C))
151     Capture system console messages.
152     dit(bf(-pt) em(style))
153     Compile em(XIM): input style for input method;
154     bf(OverTheSpot), bf(OffTheSpot), bf(Root);
155     resource bf(preeditType).
156     dit(bf(-im) em(text))
157     Compile em(XIM): input method name.
158     resource bf(inputMethod).
159 pcg 1.3 dit(bf(-imlocale) em(string))
160     The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE
161     of e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP
162     for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
163     while staying in another locale.
164 pcg 1.1 dit(bf(-mod) em(modifier))
165     Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
166     bf(alt), bf(meta), bf(hyper), bf(super), bf(mod1), bf(mod2), bf(mod3),
167     bf(mod4), bf(mod5);
168     resource em(modifier).
169     dit(bf(-xrm) em(resourcestring))
170     No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made
171     available in the instance's argument list. Appears in em(WM_COMMAND)
172     in some window managers.
173     enddit()