3 RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
10 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
11 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
18 This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19 all escape sequences, and other background information.
21 The newest version of this document is
22 also available on the World Wide Web at
23 L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
25 =head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
29 =item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
31 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
32 sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number.
34 =item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
36 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that
37 considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before reporting a
38 bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the
39 genuine version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to
40 reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are
41 specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
42 Debian Bug Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
44 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
45 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
46 bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
47 might encounter the same issue.
49 =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
51 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
52 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
54 The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
55 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
57 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
58 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
60 ... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
62 If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
63 C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
64 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
65 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
66 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
68 If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
69 can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
74 If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
75 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
77 =item C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@.
79 =item I need a termcap file entry.
81 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
82 systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
83 (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry for
86 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
87 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
90 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
92 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
94 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
95 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
97 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
98 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
99 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\
100 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\
101 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\
102 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\
103 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
104 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\
105 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\
106 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\
107 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
108 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\
109 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\
110 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\
111 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
114 =item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
116 The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
117 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
118 file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
119 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
123 to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
125 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
127 to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
129 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
131 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
133 =item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
135 Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
136 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
137 by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
138 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
139 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
140 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
141 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
144 =item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
146 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
147 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
148 by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
149 this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
150 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
153 =item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
155 =item Unicode does not seem to work?
157 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
158 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
159 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
161 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
162 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
163 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
164 something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
166 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
167 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
169 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
171 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
172 supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
173 displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
174 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
177 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
179 Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
181 If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
182 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
185 =item Why do some characters look so much different than others?
187 =item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
189 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
190 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
191 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
194 B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
195 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
196 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
197 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
198 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
199 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
201 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
204 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
206 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
207 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
208 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
209 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
211 The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
212 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
213 must be the same due to the way terminals work.
215 =item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
217 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
218 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
219 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
220 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
221 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
222 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
223 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
224 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
225 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
227 The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
228 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
229 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
230 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
232 In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
233 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
234 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
235 has been designed yet).
237 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
238 I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
240 =item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
242 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
243 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
244 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
245 these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
246 "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
248 All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
249 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
250 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
251 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
254 It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
255 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
256 the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
257 might be forced to use a different font.
259 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
262 =item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
264 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
265 correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
266 your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
267 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
268 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
269 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
271 In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
272 one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
274 =item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
276 Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
277 international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
278 advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
279 codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
282 =item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
284 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
285 (C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
286 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
287 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
292 =item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
294 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
295 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
296 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
297 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
299 In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
300 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
301 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
303 =item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
305 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
306 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
307 wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
308 B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
310 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
311 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
312 B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
314 However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support
315 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
316 non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to
317 convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
318 other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
319 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything
320 except the current locale encoding.
322 Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
323 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
324 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
325 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
326 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
328 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
329 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
330 complete replacements for them :)
332 =item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
334 =item Is there an option to switch encodings?
336 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
337 specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
338 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
340 The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
341 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
342 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
343 and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
344 that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
345 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
348 Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
349 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
350 interpretation of characters.
352 Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
353 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
355 On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
356 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
357 locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
358 C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
359 (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
361 Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
362 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
363 i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
366 If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
367 rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
369 =item Can I switch locales at runtime?
371 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
372 rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
374 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
376 See also the previous answer.
378 Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
379 one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
380 (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
381 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
383 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
385 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
387 You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
388 for some locales where character width differs between program- and
389 rxvt-unicode-locales.
391 =item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
393 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
394 effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
396 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
398 This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
399 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
400 japanese fonts would only be in your way.
402 You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
404 =item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
406 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
407 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
408 Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
409 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
411 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
412 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
414 =item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
416 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
417 terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
419 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
421 Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
422 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
423 input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
426 =item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
428 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
429 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
430 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
431 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
432 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
434 Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
435 scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
436 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
437 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
438 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
439 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
441 =item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
443 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
444 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
445 antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
446 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
448 =item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
450 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
451 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
452 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
453 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
456 If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
458 =item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
460 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
461 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
462 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
463 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
464 depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
466 =item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
468 If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
469 standard foreground colour.
471 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
472 text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
473 colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
476 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
477 foreground/background colors.
479 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
481 color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
483 =item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
485 You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
486 resources (or as long-options).
488 Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
489 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
491 URxvt.color0: #000000
492 URxvt.color1: #A80000
493 URxvt.color2: #00A800
494 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
495 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
496 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
497 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
498 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
500 URxvt.color8: #000054
501 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
502 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
503 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
504 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
505 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
506 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
507 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
509 And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
510 me) as "pretty girly".
512 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
513 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
514 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
515 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
516 URxvt.color0: #000000
517 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
518 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
519 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
520 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
521 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
522 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
523 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
524 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
525 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
526 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
527 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
528 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
529 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
531 =item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
533 Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a
534 server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background
537 To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
538 following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
540 { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
542 =item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
544 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
545 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
546 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
547 Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
549 Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
550 policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
553 Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
554 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
555 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
556 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
557 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
559 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
569 Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l> as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
571 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
581 This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
582 if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
583 properly reflects that.
585 The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
586 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
587 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
588 (C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
590 Some other Backspace problems:
592 some editors use termcap/terminfo,
593 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
594 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
596 Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
598 =item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
600 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
601 you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
602 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
604 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
606 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
607 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
608 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
609 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
610 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
611 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
612 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
613 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
614 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
615 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
616 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
617 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
618 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
619 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
620 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
621 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
622 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
623 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
624 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
625 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
627 See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
629 =item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
630 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
631 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
640 Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
641 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
642 required for your particular machine.
644 =item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
645 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
647 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
648 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
649 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
652 =item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
654 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
655 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
656 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
657 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
658 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
661 Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
664 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
665 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
666 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
667 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
671 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
672 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
673 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
677 =item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
679 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
680 one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
681 the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
683 =item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
685 Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
686 channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
687 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
691 =head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
695 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
696 B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
697 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
698 features selectable at C<configure> time.
706 The literal character c.
710 A single (required) character.
714 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
719 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
720 parameters, separated by C<;> character(s).
724 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
734 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
735 request attributes from terminal. See B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>.
747 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
751 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
755 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as B<< C<LF> >>
759 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as B<< C<LF> >>
763 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
767 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
768 Switch to Alternate Character Set
772 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
773 Switch to Standard Character Set
781 =head1 Escape Sequences
785 =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
787 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
789 =item B<< C<ESC 7> >>
793 =item B<< C<ESC 8> >>
797 =item B<< C<ESC => >>
799 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
801 =item B<<< C<< ESC >> >>>
805 B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been
806 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
809 =item B<< C<ESC D> >>
813 =item B<< C<ESC E> >>
817 =item B<< C<ESC H> >>
821 =item B<< C<ESC M> >>
825 =item B<< C<ESC N> >>
827 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
828 only I<unimplemented>
830 =item B<< C<ESC O> >>
832 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
833 only I<unimplemented>
835 =item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
837 Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
839 =item B<< C<ESC c> >>
843 =item B<< C<ESC n> >>
845 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
847 =item B<< C<ESC o> >>
849 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
851 =item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
853 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
855 =item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
857 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
859 =item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
861 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
863 =item B<< C<ESC + C> >>
865 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
867 =item B<< C<ESC $ C> >>
869 Designate Kanji Character Set
871 Where B<< C<C> >> is one of:
875 C = C<0> DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set
876 C = C<A> United Kingdom (UK)
877 C = C<B> United States (USASCII)
878 C = C<< < >> Multinational character set I<unimplemented>
879 C = C<5> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
880 C = C<C> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
881 C = C<K> German character set I<unimplemented>
889 =head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
893 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
895 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)X<ESCOBPsA>
897 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
899 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUU)
901 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps B> >>
903 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUD)X<ESCOBPsC>
905 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
907 Cursor Forward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUF)
909 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps D> >>
911 Cursor Backward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUB)
913 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps E> >>
915 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first column
917 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps F> >>
919 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first columnX<ESCOBPsG>
921 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
923 Cursor to Column B<< C<Ps> >> (HPA)
925 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps H> >>
927 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
929 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps I> >>
931 Move forward B<< C<Ps> >> tab stops [default: 1]
933 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps J> >>
935 Erase in Display (ED)
939 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Below (default)
940 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear Above
941 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
945 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps K> >>
951 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default)
952 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left
953 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
957 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >>
959 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)
961 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps M> >>
963 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)
965 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps P> >>
967 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)
969 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T> >>
971 Initiate . I<unimplemented> Parameters are
972 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
974 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps W> >>
980 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Tab Set (HTS)
981 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
982 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
986 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps X> >>
988 Erase B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)
990 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps Z> >>
992 Move backward B<< C<Ps> >> [default: 1] tab stops
994 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps '> >>
996 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
998 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps a> >>
1000 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
1002 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
1004 Send Device Attributes (DA)
1005 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1006 returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1009 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
1011 Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
1013 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps e> >>
1015 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
1017 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps f> >>
1019 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1021 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps g> >>
1027 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default)
1028 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC)
1032 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
1034 Set Mode (SM). See B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> sequence for description of C<Pm>.
1036 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >>
1038 Printing. See also the C<print-pipe> resource.
1042 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> print screen (MC0)
1043 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4)
1044 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5)
1048 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >>
1054 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1058 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR)
1059 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR)
1063 =item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> (partially implemented)
1067 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM)
1068 B<< C<l> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM)
1074 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm m> >>
1076 Character Attributes (SGR)
1080 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default)
1081 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 21> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg)
1082 B<< C<Ps = 3 / 23> >> On / Off Italic
1083 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline
1084 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
1085 B<< C<Ps = 6 / 26> >> On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
1086 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse
1087 B<< C<Ps = 8 / 27> >> On / Off Invisible (NYI)
1088 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black
1089 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red
1090 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green
1091 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow
1092 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue
1093 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta
1094 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan
1095 B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
1096 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White
1097 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default
1098 B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black
1099 B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red
1100 B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green
1101 B<< C<Ps = 93 / 103> >> fg/bg Bright Yellow
1102 B<< C<Ps = 94 / 104> >> fg/bg Bright Blue
1103 B<< C<Ps = 95 / 105> >> fg/bg Bright Magenta
1104 B<< C<Ps = 96 / 106> >> fg/bg Bright Cyan
1105 B<< C<Ps = 97 / 107> >> fg/bg Bright White
1106 B<< C<Ps = 99 / 109> >> fg/bg Bright Default
1110 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >>
1112 Device Status Report (DSR)
1116 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Status Report B<< C<ESC [ 0 n> >> (``OK'')
1117 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as B<< C<ESC [ r ; c R> >>
1118 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Request Display Name
1119 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> Request Version Number (place in window title)
1123 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps r> >>
1125 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1126 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1128 =item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1132 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1138 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1139 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1140 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1141 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1142 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1143 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1144 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1145 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1146 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1147 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1148 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1149 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1150 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1151 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1152 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1153 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1157 =item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1161 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1163 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1169 =head1 DEC Private Modes
1173 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1175 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1177 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm l> >>
1179 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1181 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm r> >>
1183 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1185 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm s> >>
1187 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1189 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm t> >>
1191 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1195 =item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1199 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1200 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1204 =item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1208 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1209 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1213 =item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>
1217 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1218 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1222 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1226 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1227 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1231 =item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>
1235 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1236 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1240 =item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>
1244 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1245 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1249 =item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>
1253 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1254 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1258 =item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1262 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1263 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1267 =item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1271 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1272 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1276 =item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1280 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1281 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1285 =item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
1289 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1290 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1294 =item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>
1298 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1299 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1303 =item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1307 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1308 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1312 =item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1314 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1316 =item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>
1320 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1321 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1325 =item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1329 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1330 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1334 =item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1338 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1339 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1343 =item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1345 =item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>
1349 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1350 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1356 =item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>
1360 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1361 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1365 =item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>
1369 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1370 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1374 =item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1378 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1379 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1383 =item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1387 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1388 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1392 =item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1396 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1397 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1401 =item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1405 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1406 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1410 =item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1414 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1415 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1419 =item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>
1423 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1424 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1428 =item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>
1432 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1433 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1443 =head1 XTerm Operating System Commands
1447 =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1449 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1450 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1451 B<octet> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1455 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1456 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >>
1457 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1458 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> If B<< C<Pt> >> starts with a B<< C<?> >>, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If B<< C<Pt> >> contains a B<< C<=> >>, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property.
1459 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<Pt> >> is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated B<number>/B<name> pairs, where B<number> is an index to a colour and B<name> is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the B<number>ed colour to be changed to B<name>. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white
1460 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1461 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1462 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1463 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1464 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1465 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1466 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1467 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1468 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1469 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1470 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1471 B<< C<Ps = 50> >> Set fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>, with the following special values of B<< C<Pt> >> (B<rxvt>) B<< C<#+n> >> change up B<< C<n> >> B<< C<#-n> >> change down B<< C<n> >> if B<< C<n> >> is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used I<empty> change to font0 B<< C<n> >> change to font B<< C<n> >>
1472 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1473 B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension)
1474 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension)
1475 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1476 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >>
1477 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1478 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1479 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1480 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1490 B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1491 In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1494 Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1495 omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1497 =head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1499 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1500 of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1502 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1503 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1505 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1506 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1508 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1509 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1511 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1512 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1515 The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1516 the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1517 subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1518 menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1519 menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1520 B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1528 =item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1530 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1531 is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1532 menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1536 access the current menuBar for alteration
1538 =item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1540 set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1541 following format specifiers:
1542 B<%%> : literal B<%> character
1543 B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1544 B<%v> : rxvt version
1548 set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1549 End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1551 =item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1553 read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1554 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1555 [menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1557 Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1558 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1559 be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1560 future ... so don't count on it!.
1562 =item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1564 The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1565 B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1566 B<[done]> is encountered.
1570 dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1575 remove the named menuBar
1579 remove the current menuBar
1581 =item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1587 swap the top two menuBars
1591 access the previous menuBar
1595 access the next menuBar
1599 Enable display of the menuBar
1603 Disable display of the menuBar
1605 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1607 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1609 (set the background pixmap globally
1611 B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1613 =item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1615 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1616 menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1623 =head2 Adding and accessing menus
1625 The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1631 access menuBar top level
1635 access current menu level
1639 access parent menu (1 level up)
1643 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1645 =item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1649 =item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1651 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1653 =item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1657 =item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1659 add B<item> as a label
1661 =item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1663 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1665 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1667 add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1668 and as the associated I<action>
1670 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1672 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1673 the right-justified text.
1679 =item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1681 B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1683 =item or in control-character notation:
1685 B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1689 To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1690 program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1691 the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1692 program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1693 non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1694 balance is sent back to rxvt.
1696 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1697 with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1698 appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1700 As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1701 quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1707 B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1711 B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1715 The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1716 absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1723 B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1727 The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1728 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1729 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1730 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1736 B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1740 B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1746 =head2 Removing menus
1752 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1754 =item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1758 =item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1762 =item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1766 =item B<-/path/menu/*>
1768 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1776 The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1777 user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1778 emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1779 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1780 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1781 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1785 =item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1787 =item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1789 =item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1791 =item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1793 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1795 =item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1797 =item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1799 Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1800 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1806 =item For example, define arrows individually,
1816 =item or all at once
1818 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1820 =item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1822 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1828 =head2 Command Summary
1830 A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1836 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1840 use the current menuBar
1842 =item [title:string]
1848 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1852 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1856 remove named menuBar(s)
1860 remove current menuBar
1864 remove all menuBar(s)
1868 swap top two menuBars
1872 access the previous menuBar
1876 access the next menuBar
1888 =item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1890 set a background pixmap
1894 =item [read:file;name]
1896 read in a menu from a file
1900 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1904 access menuBar top level
1912 access current or parent menu level
1922 =item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1928 remove all menus from the menuBar
1932 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1946 =item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1955 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1956 of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1957 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1958 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1962 =item query scale/position
1966 =item change scale and position
1970 B<WxH+X> (== B<WxH+X+X>)
1972 B<WxH> (same as B<WxH+50+50>)
1974 B<W+X+Y> (same as B<WxW+X+Y>)
1976 B<W+X> (same as B<WxW+X+X>)
1978 B<W> (same as B<WxW+50+50>)
1980 =item change position (absolute)
1984 B<=+X> (same as B<=+X+Y>)
1986 =item change position (relative)
1990 B<+X> (same as B<+X+Y>)
1992 =item rescale (relative)
1994 B<Wx0> -> B<W *= (W/100)>
1996 B<0xH> -> B<H *= (H/100)>
2004 =item B<\E]20;funky\a>
2006 load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image
2008 =item B<\E]20;mona;100\a>
2010 load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100%
2012 =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
2014 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2020 =head1 Mouse Reporting
2024 =item B<< C<< ESC [ M <b> <x> <y> >> >>
2026 report mouse position
2030 The lower 2 bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the button:
2034 =item Button = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 3 >> >>
2041 3 button released (X11 mouse report)
2047 The upper bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the modifiers when the
2048 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
2052 =item State = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 60 >> >>
2059 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>
2063 Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
2065 Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >>
2072 Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20>
2074 For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2075 setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2076 B<Num_Lock> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2077 values of B<Home>, B<End>, B<Delete> may have been compiled differently on
2082 B<Normal> B<Shift> B<Control> B<Ctrl+Shift>
2083 Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z
2084 BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^?
2085 Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @
2086 Insert ESC [ 2 ~ I<paste> ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @
2087 Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2088 Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @
2089 Prior ESC [ 5 ~ I<scroll-up> ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @
2090 Next ESC [ 6 ~ I<scroll-down> ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @
2091 Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @
2092 End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @
2093 Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2094 F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^
2095 F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^
2096 F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^
2097 F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^
2098 F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^
2099 F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^
2100 F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^
2101 F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^
2102 F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^
2103 F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^
2104 F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @
2105 F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @
2106 F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @
2107 F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @
2108 F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @
2109 F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @
2110 F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @
2111 F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @
2112 F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @
2113 F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @
2115 Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A
2116 Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B
2117 Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C
2118 Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D
2120 KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P
2121 KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q
2122 KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R
2123 KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S
2124 XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j
2126 XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l
2127 XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m
2128 XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n
2129 XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o
2143 =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2145 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2146 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
2147 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
2148 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
2149 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
2154 =item --enable-everything
2156 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2157 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.
2158 You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by
2159 I<following> this with the appropriate commands.
2163 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2164 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2167 =item --enable-font-styles
2169 Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2170 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2172 =item --with-codesets=NAME,...
2174 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are
2175 always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2176 codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they
2177 are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary
2178 bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless
2179 you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings.
2183 all all available codeset groups
2184 zh common chinese encodings
2185 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2186 jp common japanese encodings
2187 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2194 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2195 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2196 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2198 =item --enable-unicode3
2200 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2201 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2202 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2203 support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2205 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2206 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2207 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2208 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2209 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2211 =item --enable-combining
2213 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2214 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2215 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2216 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2217 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2219 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2220 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the
2221 private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2222 --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable
2223 storage of characters >65535.
2225 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2226 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used.
2228 =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
2230 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
2231 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2233 =item --with-res-name=NAME
2235 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
2236 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2238 =item --with-res-class=CLASS
2240 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
2241 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2246 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2247 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2251 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2252 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2253 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2255 =item --enable-lastlog
2257 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2258 F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2259 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2261 =item --enable-xpm-background
2263 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2265 =item --enable-transparency
2267 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2268 transparency to the term.
2270 =item --enable-fading
2272 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2274 =item --enable-tinting
2276 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
2278 =item --enable-menubar
2280 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2281 dynamic locale switching currently).
2283 =item --enable-rxvt-scroll
2285 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2287 =item --enable-next-scroll
2289 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2291 =item --enable-xterm-scroll
2293 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2295 =item --enable-plain-scroll
2297 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2298 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2301 =item --enable-half-shadow
2303 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2304 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2306 =item --enable-ttygid
2308 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2309 your system uses this type of security.
2311 =item --disable-backspace-key
2313 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
2316 =item --disable-delete-key
2318 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2321 =item --disable-resources
2323 Remove all resources checking.
2325 =item --enable-xgetdefault
2327 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2328 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2331 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2332 use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2333 small, if nonexistant.
2335 =item --enable-strings
2337 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2338 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2339 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2340 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2343 =item --disable-swapscreen
2345 Remove support for swap screen.
2347 =item --enable-frills
2349 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2350 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2353 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2354 in combination with other switches) is:
2357 seperate underline colour
2358 settable border widths and borderless switch
2359 settable extra linespacing
2360 extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
2361 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2362 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2363 window op and locale change escape sequences
2365 settable insecure mode
2366 keysym remapping support
2368 =item --enable-iso14755
2370 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2371 F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2372 C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2375 =item --enable-keepscrolling
2377 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2378 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2380 =item --enable-mousewheel
2382 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2384 =item --enable-slipwheeling
2386 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2387 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2388 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2390 =item --disable-new-selection
2392 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2394 =item --enable-dmalloc
2396 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2397 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2398 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2399 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2401 You can only use either this option and the following (should
2404 =item --enable-dlmalloc
2406 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2407 See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2409 =item --enable-smart-resize
2411 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot
2412 keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is
2413 closest to a corner of the screen.
2415 =item --enable-cursor-blink
2417 Add support for a blinking cursor.
2419 =item --enable-pointer-blank
2421 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2423 =item --with-name=NAME
2425 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: C<urxvt>, resulting
2426 in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2429 =item --with-term=NAME
2431 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
2434 =item --with-terminfo=PATH
2436 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2441 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2443 =item --with-xpm-includes=DIR
2445 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2447 =item --with-xpm-library=DIR
2449 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2453 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2459 Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2460 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2461 Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other