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1 COMMENT(-- $Id: rxvt-options.yo,v 1.14 2004/07/30 19:51:49 root Exp $ --)
2 COMMENT(----------------------------------------------------------------------)
3 manpageoptions()
4
5 The bf(RXVTNAME()) 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(RXVTNAME()) 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(-fade) em(number))
43 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.
44 dit(bf(-tint) em(colour))
45 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
46 transparency is enabled with bf(-tr) or bf(-ip). You can also
47 emulate the "shading" or "brigthness change" option known from
48 other terminal programs using gray10 (gray20, etc.) colour
49 strings.
50 dit(bf(-bg) em(colour))
51 Window background colour;
52 resource bf(background).
53 dit(bf(-fg) em(colour))
54 Window foreground colour;
55 resource bf(foreground).
56 dit(bf(-pixmap:) em(file[;geom]))
57 Compile em(XPM): Specify XPM file for the background and also
58 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you
59 may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of
60 the `;' in the command-line;
61 resource bf(backgroundPixmap).
62 dit(bf(-cr) em(colour))
63 The cursor colour;
64 resource bf(cursorColor).
65 dit(bf(-pr) em(colour))
66 The mouse pointer foreground colour;
67 resource bf(pointerColor).
68 dit(bf(-pr2) em(colour))
69 The mouse pointer background colour;
70 resource bf(pointerColor2).
71 dit(bf(-bd) em(colour))
72 The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
73 resource bf(borderColor).
74 dit(bf(-fn) em(fontname))
75 Select the fonts to be used.
76 This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
77 trying to display Unicode characters.
78 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
79 be smaller, but not larger.
80 A reasonable default font list is always appended to it.
81 resource bf(font).
82 dit(bf(-rb)|bf(+rb))
83 Enable "real bold" support.
84 When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
85 available bold font in the font list.
86 Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
87 corresponding regular fonts.
88 If no bold font can be found, a regular font will be used.
89 resource bf(realBold).
90 dit(bf(-name) em(name))
91 Specify the application name under which resources
92 are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
93 Name should not contain `.' or `*' characters.
94 Also sets the icon and title name.
95 dit(bf(-ls)|bf(+ls))
96 Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
97 resource bf(loginShell).
98 dit(bf(-ut)|bf(+ut))
99 Compile em(utmp): Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
100 resource bf(utmpInhibit).
101 dit(bf(-vb)|bf(+vb))
102 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
103 resource bf(visualBell).
104 dit(bf(-sb)|bf(+sb))
105 Turn on/off scrollbar;
106 resource bf(scrollBar).
107 dit(bf(-si)|bf(+si))
108 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
109 resource bf(scrollTtyOutput) has opposite effect.
110 dit(bf(-sk)|bf(+sk))
111 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
112 resource bf(scrollTtyKeypress).
113 dit(bf(-sw)|bf(+sw))
114 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new
115 lines appear. This only takes effect if bf(-si) is also given;
116 resource bf(scrollWithBuffer).
117 dit(bf(-sr)|bf(+sr))
118 Put scrollbar on right/left;
119 resource bf(scrollBar_right).
120 dit(bf(-st)|bf(+st))
121 Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
122 resource bf(scrollBar_floating).
123 dit(bf(-bc)|bf(+bc))
124 Blink the cursor; resource bf(cursorBlink).
125 dit(bf(-iconic))
126 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
127 Alternative form is bf(-ic).
128 dit(bf(-sl) em(number))
129 Save em(number) lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry
130 for limits;
131 resource bf(saveLines).
132 dit(bf(-b) em(number))
133 Compile em(frills): Internal border of em(number) pixels. See
134 resource entry for limits;
135 resource bf(internalBorder).
136 dit(bf(-w) em(number))
137 Compile em(frills): External border of em(number) pixels.
138 Also, bf(-bw) and bf(-borderwidth). See resource entry for limits;
139 resource bf(externalBorder).
140 dit(bf(-lsp) em(number))
141 Compile em(linespace): Lines (pixel height) to insert between each
142 row of the display;
143 resource bf(linespace).
144 dit(bf(-tn) em(termname))
145 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
146 bf(TERM) environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
147 em(termcap(5)) database and should have em(li#) and em(co#) entries;
148 resource bf(termName).
149 dit(bf(-e) em(command [arguments]))
150 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the bf(RXVTNAME())
151 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
152 of the program being executed if neither em(-title) (em(-T)) nor
153 em(-n) are given on the command line. If this option is used, it
154 must be the last on the command-line. If there is no bf(-e) option
155 then the default is to run the program specified by the bf(SHELL)
156 environment variable or, failing that, em(sh(1)).
157 dit(bf(-title) em(text))
158 Window title (bf(-T) still respected); the default title is the
159 basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if
160 any, otherwise the application name;
161 resource bf(title).
162 dit(bf(-n) em(text))
163 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
164 after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name;
165 resource bf(iconName).
166 dit(bf(-C))
167 Capture system console messages.
168 dit(bf(-pt) em(style))
169 Compile em(XIM): input style for input method;
170 bf(OverTheSpot), bf(OffTheSpot), bf(Root);
171 resource bf(preeditType).
172 dit(bf(-im) em(text))
173 Compile em(XIM): input method name.
174 resource bf(inputMethod).
175 dit(bf(-imlocale) em(string))
176 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE
177 of e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP
178 for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
179 while staying in another locale.
180 dit(bf(-insecure))
181 Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
182 sequences that echo strings. See the resource bf(insecure) for
183 more info.
184 dit(bf(-mod) em(modifier))
185 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
186 bf(alt), bf(meta), bf(hyper), bf(super), bf(mod1), bf(mod2), bf(mod3),
187 bf(mod4), bf(mod5);
188 resource em(modifier).
189 dit(bf(-ssc)|bf(+ssc))
190 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled);
191 resource bf(secondaryScreen).
192 dit(bf(-ssr)|bf(+ssr))
193 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled);
194 resource bf(secondaryScroll).
195 dit(bf(-xrm) em(resourcestring))
196 No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made
197 available in the instance's argument list. Appears in em(WM_COMMAND)
198 in some window managers.
199 enddit()