COMMENT(-- $Id: rxvt-options.yo,v 1.1 2003/11/24 17:28:08 pcg Exp $ --) COMMENT(----------------------------------------------------------------------) manpageoptions() The bf(rxvt) options (mostly a subset of em(xterm)'s) are listed below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system. `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on the em(Options) line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile em(XIM):' requires em(XIM) on the em(Options) line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all command-line options compiled into your version. Note that bf(rxvt) permits the resource name to be used as a long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange'. Also note that if you do not explictly specify a font (bf(-fn) and bf(-fm)) or a multichar encoding method (bf(-km)), rxvt will select a font for the preferable encoding according to your locale. Supported encodings are: bf(ISO-8859-)n (n=bf(1)...bf(15)), bf(KOI8-R), bf(KOI8-U), bf(EUC-JP), bf(Shift_JIS), bf(EUC-KR), bf(EUC-CN) (aka bf(GB)), and bf(Big5). The following options are available: startdit() dit(bf(-help), bf(--help)) Print out a message describing available options. dit(bf(-display) em(displayname)) Attempt to open a window on the named X display (bf(-d) still respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the bf(DISPLAY) environment variable is used. dit(bf(-geometry) em(geom)) Window geometry (bf(-g) still respected); resource bf(geometry). dit(bf(-rv)|bf(+rv)) Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource bf(reverseVideo). dit(bf(-j)|bf(+j)) Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource bf(jumpScroll). dit(bf(-ip)|bf(+ip)) Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is bf(-tr); resource bf(inheritPixmap). dit(bf(-bg) em(colour)) Window background colour; resource bf(background). dit(bf(-fg) em(colour)) Window foreground colour; resource bf(foreground). dit(bf(-pixmap:) em(file[;geom])) Compile em(XPM): Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the command-line; resource bf(backgroundPixmap). dit(bf(-cr) em(colour)) The cursor colour; resource bf(cursorColor). dit(bf(-pr) em(colour)) The mouse pointer colour; resource bf(pointerColor). dit(bf(-bd) em(colour)) The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; resource bf(borderColor). dit(bf(-fn) em(fontname)) Main normal text font; resource bf(font). dit(bf(-fb) em(fontname)) Main bold text font; resource bf(boldFont). dit(bf(-fm) em(fontname)) Main multicharacter font; resource bf(mfont). dit(bf(-km) em(mode)) Compile em(multichar_languages): Multiple-character font-set encoding mode; bf(eucj): EUC Japanese encoding. bf(sjis): Shift JIS encoding. bf(big5): BIG5 encoding. bf(gb): GB encoding. bf(kr): EUC Korean encoding. bf(noenc): no encoding; resource bf(multichar_encoding). dit(bf(-grk) em(mode)) Compile em(Greek): Greek keyboard translation; bf(iso): ISO-8859 mapping. bf(ibm): IBM-437 mapping; resource bf(greek_keyboard). dit(bf(-name) em(name)) Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name. dit(bf(-ls)|bf(+ls)) Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource bf(loginShell). dit(bf(-ut)|bf(+ut)) Compile em(utmp): Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource bf(utmpInhibit). dit(bf(-vb)|bf(+vb)) Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource bf(visualBell). dit(bf(-sb)|bf(+sb)) Turn on/off scrollbar; resource bf(scrollBar). dit(bf(-si)|bf(+si)) Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource bf(scrollTtyOutput) has opposite effect. dit(bf(-sk)|bf(+sk)) Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource bf(scrollTtyKeypress). dit(bf(-sw)|bf(+sw)) Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. This only takes effect if bf(-si) is also given; resource bf(scrollWithBuffer). dit(bf(-sr)|bf(+sr)) Put scrollbar on right/left; resource bf(scrollBar_right). dit(bf(-st)|bf(+st)) Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; resource bf(scrollBar_floating). dit(bf(-mcc)|bf(+mcc)) Compile em(multichar_languages): treat multibyte glyphs as single character for backspace, delete and cursor movement keys; resource bf(multibyte_cursor). dit(bf(-bc)|bf(+bc)) Blink the cursor; resource bf(cursorBlink). dit(bf(-iconic)) Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. Alternative form is bf(-ic). dit(bf(-sl) em(number)) Save em(number) lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for limits; resource bf(saveLines). dit(bf(-b) em(number)) Compile em(frills): Internal border of em(number) pixels. See resource entry for limits; resource bf(internalBorder). dit(bf(-w) em(number)) Compile em(frills): External border of em(number) pixels. Also, bf(-bw) and bf(-borderwidth). See resource entry for limits; resource bf(externalBorder). dit(bf(-lsp) em(number)) Compile em(linespace): Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of the display; resource bf(linespace). dit(bf(-tn) em(termname)) This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the bf(TERM) environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the em(termcap(5)) database and should have em(li#) and em(co#) entries; resource bf(termName). dit(bf(-e) em(command [arguments])) Run the command with its command-line arguments in the bf(rxvt) window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of the program being executed if neither em(-title) (em(-T)) nor em(-n) are given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on the command-line. If there is no bf(-e) option then the default is to run the program specified by the bf(SHELL) environment variable or, failing that, em(sh(1)). dit(bf(-title) em(text)) Window title (bf(-T) still respected); the default title is the basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name; resource bf(title). dit(bf(-n) em(text)) Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name; resource bf(iconName). dit(bf(-C)) Capture system console messages. dit(bf(-pt) em(style)) Compile em(XIM): input style for input method; bf(OverTheSpot), bf(OffTheSpot), bf(Root); resource bf(preeditType). dit(bf(-im) em(text)) Compile em(XIM): input method name. resource bf(inputMethod). dit(bf(-mod) em(modifier)) Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: bf(alt), bf(meta), bf(hyper), bf(super), bf(mod1), bf(mod2), bf(mod3), bf(mod4), bf(mod5); resource em(modifier). dit(bf(-xrm) em(resourcestring)) No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made available in the instance's argument list. Appears in em(WM_COMMAND) in some window managers. enddit()