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Revision: 1.11
Committed: Fri Apr 2 19:15:57 2004 UTC (20 years, 3 months ago) by pcg
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1 COMMENT(-- $Id: rxvt-options.yo,v 1.10 2004/04/02 18:00:00 pcg 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(-tint) em(colour))
43 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.
44 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 The mouse pointer foreground colour;
61 resource bf(pointerColor).
62 dit(bf(-pr2) em(colour))
63 The mouse pointer background colour;
64 resource bf(pointerColor2).
65 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 Select the fonts to be used used. This is a comma seperated
70 list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display
71 unicode characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters,
72 other fonts might be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list
73 is always appended to it.
74 resource bf(font).
75 dit(bf(-name) em(name))
76 Specify the application name under which resources
77 are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
78 Name should not contain `.' or `*' characters.
79 Also sets the icon and title name.
80 dit(bf(-ls)|bf(+ls))
81 Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
82 resource bf(loginShell).
83 dit(bf(-ut)|bf(+ut))
84 Compile em(utmp): Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
85 resource bf(utmpInhibit).
86 dit(bf(-vb)|bf(+vb))
87 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
88 resource bf(visualBell).
89 dit(bf(-sb)|bf(+sb))
90 Turn on/off scrollbar;
91 resource bf(scrollBar).
92 dit(bf(-si)|bf(+si))
93 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
94 resource bf(scrollTtyOutput) has opposite effect.
95 dit(bf(-sk)|bf(+sk))
96 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
97 resource bf(scrollTtyKeypress).
98 dit(bf(-sw)|bf(+sw))
99 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new
100 lines appear. This only takes effect if bf(-si) is also given;
101 resource bf(scrollWithBuffer).
102 dit(bf(-sr)|bf(+sr))
103 Put scrollbar on right/left;
104 resource bf(scrollBar_right).
105 dit(bf(-st)|bf(+st))
106 Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
107 resource bf(scrollBar_floating).
108 dit(bf(-bc)|bf(+bc))
109 Blink the cursor; resource bf(cursorBlink).
110 dit(bf(-iconic))
111 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
112 Alternative form is bf(-ic).
113 dit(bf(-sl) em(number))
114 Save em(number) lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry
115 for limits;
116 resource bf(saveLines).
117 dit(bf(-b) em(number))
118 Compile em(frills): Internal border of em(number) pixels. See
119 resource entry for limits;
120 resource bf(internalBorder).
121 dit(bf(-w) em(number))
122 Compile em(frills): External border of em(number) pixels.
123 Also, bf(-bw) and bf(-borderwidth). See resource entry for limits;
124 resource bf(externalBorder).
125 dit(bf(-lsp) em(number))
126 Compile em(linespace): Lines (pixel height) to insert between each
127 row of the display;
128 resource bf(linespace).
129 dit(bf(-tn) em(termname))
130 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
131 bf(TERM) environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
132 em(termcap(5)) database and should have em(li#) and em(co#) entries;
133 resource bf(termName).
134 dit(bf(-e) em(command [arguments]))
135 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the bf(RXVTNAME())
136 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
137 of the program being executed if neither em(-title) (em(-T)) nor
138 em(-n) are given on the command line. If this option is used, it
139 must be the last on the command-line. If there is no bf(-e) option
140 then the default is to run the program specified by the bf(SHELL)
141 environment variable or, failing that, em(sh(1)).
142 dit(bf(-title) em(text))
143 Window title (bf(-T) still respected); the default title is the
144 basename of the program specified after the bf(-e) option, if
145 any, otherwise the application name;
146 resource bf(title).
147 dit(bf(-n) em(text))
148 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
149 after the bf(-e) option, if any, otherwise the application name;
150 resource bf(iconName).
151 dit(bf(-C))
152 Capture system console messages.
153 dit(bf(-pt) em(style))
154 Compile em(XIM): input style for input method;
155 bf(OverTheSpot), bf(OffTheSpot), bf(Root);
156 resource bf(preeditType).
157 dit(bf(-im) em(text))
158 Compile em(XIM): input method name.
159 resource bf(inputMethod).
160 dit(bf(-imlocale) em(string))
161 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE
162 of e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP
163 for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
164 while staying in another locale.
165 dit(bf(-insecure))
166 Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
167 sequences that echo strings. See the resource bf(insecure) for
168 more info.
169 dit(bf(-mod) em(modifier))
170 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
171 bf(alt), bf(meta), bf(hyper), bf(super), bf(mod1), bf(mod2), bf(mod3),
172 bf(mod4), bf(mod5);
173 resource em(modifier).
174 dit(bf(-ssc)|bf(+ssc))
175 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled);
176 resource bf(secondaryScreen).
177 dit(bf(-ssr)|bf(+ssr))
178 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled);
179 resource bf(secondaryScroll).
180 dit(bf(-xrm) em(resourcestring))
181 No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made
182 available in the instance's argument list. Appears in em(WM_COMMAND)
183 in some window managers.
184 enddit()