--- rxvt-unicode/src/urxvt.pm 2006/01/02 20:35:39 1.8 +++ rxvt-unicode/src/urxvt.pm 2006/01/02 22:23:26 1.12 @@ -1,25 +1,27 @@ =head1 NAME -rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter +@@RXVT_NAME@@perl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter =head1 SYNOPSIS -* Put your scripts into F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl-ext/>, they will be loaded automatically. - -* Scripts are evaluated in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and -thus must be encoded as UTF-8. + # create a file grab_test in $HOME: sub on_sel_grab { warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection; () } - 1 + # start a @@RXVT_NAME@@ using it: + + @@RXVT_NAME@@ --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test =head1 DESCRIPTION Everytime a terminal object gets created, scripts specified via the -C resource are associated with it. +C resource are loaded and associated with it. + +Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and +thus must be encoded as UTF-8. Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in @@RXVT_NAME@@d, where scripts will be shared (But not enabled) for all terminals. @@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See C. +=item on_keyboard_command $term, $string + +Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a +C action bound to it (see description of the B +resource in the @@RXVT_NAME@@(1) manpage). + =back =head2 Functions in the C Package @@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ my $htype = shift; if ($htype == 0) { # INIT - my @dirs = ((split /:/, $term->resource ("perl_lib")), $LIBDIR); + my @dirs = ((split /:/, $term->resource ("perl_lib")), "$LIBDIR/perl"); for my $ext (split /:/, $term->resource ("perl_ext")) { my @files = grep -f $_, map "$_/$ext", @dirs; @@ -384,8 +392,55 @@ =item $term->tt_write ($octets) Write the octets given in C<$data> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To -pass characters instead of octets, you should convetr you strings first to -the locale-specific encoding using C<< $term->locale_encode >>. +pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first +to the locale-specific encoding using C<< $term->locale_encode >>. + +=item $nsaved = $term->nsaved + +Returns the number of lines in the scrollback buffer. + +=item $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue]) + +Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value is +C<0>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values scroll +this many lines into the scrollback buffer. + +=item $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text]) + +Returns the text of the entire row with number C<$row_number>. Row C<0> +is the topmost terminal line, row C<< $term->$ncol-1 >> is the bottommost +terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line C<-1> and extends to +line C<< -$term->nsaved >>. + +If C<$new_text> is specified, it will completely replace the current line. + +C<$text> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more +than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters +(C). Characters with combining characters and other characters +that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with +characters in the private use area. + +You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is +that C and similar functions work on screen cells and not on +characters. + +The methods C<< $term->special_encode >> and C<< $term->special_decode >> +can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa. + +=item $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend]) + +Like C<< $term->ROW_t >> + +=item $text = $term->special_encode $string + +Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode, +where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See +C<< $term->ROW_t >> for details. + +=item $string = $term->special_decode $text + +Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See +C<< $term->ROW_t >> for details. =back