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 library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
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:\
96 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
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=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
100 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
101 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
102 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
103 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
104 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
105 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
106 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
107 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
108 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
109 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
110 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
111 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
112 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
115 =item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
117 The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
118 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
119 file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
120 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
124 to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
126 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
128 to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
130 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
132 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
134 =item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
136 Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
137 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
138 by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
139 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
140 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
141 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
142 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
145 =item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
147 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
148 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
149 by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
150 this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
151 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
154 =item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
156 =item Unicode does not seem to work?
158 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
159 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
160 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
162 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
163 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
164 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
165 something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
167 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
168 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
170 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
172 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
173 supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
174 displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
175 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
178 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
180 Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
182 If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
183 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
186 =item Why do some characters look so much different than others?
188 =item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
190 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
191 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
192 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
195 B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
196 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
197 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
198 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
199 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
200 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
202 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
205 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
207 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
208 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
209 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
210 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
212 The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
213 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
214 must be the same due to the way terminals work.
216 =item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
218 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
219 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
220 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
221 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
222 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
223 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
224 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
225 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
226 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
228 The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
229 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
230 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
231 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
233 In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
234 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
235 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
236 has been designed yet).
238 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
239 I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
241 =item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
243 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
244 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
245 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
246 these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
247 "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
249 All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
250 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
251 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
252 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
255 It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
256 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
257 the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
258 might be forced to use a different font.
260 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
263 =item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
265 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
266 correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
267 your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
268 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
269 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
270 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
272 In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
273 one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
275 =item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
277 Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
278 international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
279 advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
280 codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
283 =item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
285 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
286 (C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
287 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
288 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
293 =item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
295 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
296 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
297 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
298 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
300 In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
301 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
302 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
304 =item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
306 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
307 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
308 wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
309 B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
311 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
312 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
313 B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
315 However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support
316 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
317 non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to
318 convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
319 other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
320 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything
321 except the current locale encoding.
323 Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
324 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
325 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
326 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
327 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
329 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
330 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
331 complete replacements for them :)
333 =item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
335 =item Is there an option to switch encodings?
337 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
338 specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
339 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
341 The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
342 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
343 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
344 and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
345 that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
346 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
349 Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
350 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
351 interpretation of characters.
353 Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
354 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
356 On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
357 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
358 locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
359 C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
360 (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
362 Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
363 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
364 i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
367 If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
368 rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
370 =item Can I switch locales at runtime?
372 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
373 rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
375 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
377 See also the previous answer.
379 Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
380 one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
381 (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
382 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
384 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
386 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
388 You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
389 for some locales where character width differs between program- and
390 rxvt-unicode-locales.
392 =item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
394 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
395 effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
397 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
399 This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
400 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
401 japanese fonts would only be in your way.
403 You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
405 =item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
407 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
408 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
409 Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
410 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
412 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
413 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
415 =item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
417 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
418 terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
420 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
422 Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
423 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
424 input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
427 =item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
429 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
430 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
431 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
432 exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
433 while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
434 crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
436 So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
438 =item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
440 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
441 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
442 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
443 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
444 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
446 Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
447 scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
448 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
449 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
450 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
451 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
453 =item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
455 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
456 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
457 antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
458 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
460 =item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
462 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
463 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
464 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
465 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
468 If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
470 =item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
472 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
473 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
474 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
475 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
476 depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
478 =item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
480 If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
481 standard foreground colour.
483 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
484 text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
485 colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
488 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
489 foreground/background colors.
491 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
493 color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
495 =item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
497 You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
498 resources (or as long-options).
500 Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
501 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
503 URxvt.color0: #000000
504 URxvt.color1: #A80000
505 URxvt.color2: #00A800
506 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
507 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
508 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
509 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
510 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
512 URxvt.color8: #000054
513 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
514 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
515 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
516 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
517 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
518 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
519 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
521 And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
522 me) as "pretty girly".
524 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
525 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
526 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
527 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
528 URxvt.color0: #000000
529 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
530 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
531 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
532 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
533 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
534 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
535 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
536 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
537 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
538 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
539 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
540 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
541 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
543 =item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
545 Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a
546 server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background
549 To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
550 following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
552 { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
554 =item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
556 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
557 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
558 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
559 Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
561 Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
562 policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
565 Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
566 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
567 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
568 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
569 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
571 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
581 Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l> as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
583 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
593 This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
594 if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
595 properly reflects that.
597 The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
598 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
599 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
600 (C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
602 Some other Backspace problems:
604 some editors use termcap/terminfo,
605 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
606 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
608 Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
610 =item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
612 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
613 you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
614 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
616 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
618 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
619 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
620 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
621 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
622 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
623 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
624 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
625 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
626 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
627 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
628 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
629 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
630 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
631 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
632 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
633 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
634 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
635 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
636 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
637 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
639 See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
641 =item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
642 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
643 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
652 Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
653 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
654 required for your particular machine.
656 =item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
657 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
659 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
660 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
661 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
664 =item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
666 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
667 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
668 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
669 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
670 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
673 Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
676 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
677 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
678 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
679 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
683 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
684 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
685 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
689 =item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
691 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
692 one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
693 the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
695 =item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
697 Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
698 channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
699 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
703 =head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
707 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
708 B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
709 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
710 features selectable at C<configure> time.
718 The literal character c.
722 A single (required) character.
726 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
731 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
732 parameters, separated by C<;> character(s).
736 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
746 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
747 request attributes from terminal. See B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>.
759 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
763 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
767 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as B<< C<LF> >>
771 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as B<< C<LF> >>
775 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
779 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
780 Switch to Alternate Character Set
784 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
785 Switch to Standard Character Set
793 =head1 Escape Sequences
797 =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
799 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
801 =item B<< C<ESC 7> >>
805 =item B<< C<ESC 8> >>
809 =item B<< C<ESC => >>
811 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
813 =item B<<< C<< ESC >> >>>
817 B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been
818 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
821 =item B<< C<ESC D> >>
825 =item B<< C<ESC E> >>
829 =item B<< C<ESC H> >>
833 =item B<< C<ESC M> >>
837 =item B<< C<ESC N> >>
839 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
840 only I<unimplemented>
842 =item B<< C<ESC O> >>
844 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
845 only I<unimplemented>
847 =item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
849 Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
851 =item B<< C<ESC c> >>
855 =item B<< C<ESC n> >>
857 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
859 =item B<< C<ESC o> >>
861 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
863 =item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
865 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
867 =item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
869 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
871 =item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
873 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
875 =item B<< C<ESC + C> >>
877 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
879 =item B<< C<ESC $ C> >>
881 Designate Kanji Character Set
883 Where B<< C<C> >> is one of:
887 C = C<0> DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set
888 C = C<A> United Kingdom (UK)
889 C = C<B> United States (USASCII)
890 C = C<< < >> Multinational character set I<unimplemented>
891 C = C<5> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
892 C = C<C> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
893 C = C<K> German character set I<unimplemented>
901 =head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
905 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
907 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)X<ESCOBPsA>
909 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
911 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUU)
913 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps B> >>
915 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUD)X<ESCOBPsC>
917 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
919 Cursor Forward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUF)
921 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps D> >>
923 Cursor Backward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUB)
925 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps E> >>
927 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first column
929 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps F> >>
931 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first columnX<ESCOBPsG>
933 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
935 Cursor to Column B<< C<Ps> >> (HPA)
937 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps H> >>
939 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
941 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps I> >>
943 Move forward B<< C<Ps> >> tab stops [default: 1]
945 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps J> >>
947 Erase in Display (ED)
951 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Below (default)
952 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear Above
953 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
957 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps K> >>
963 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default)
964 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left
965 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
969 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >>
971 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)
973 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps M> >>
975 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)
977 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps P> >>
979 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)
981 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T> >>
983 Initiate . I<unimplemented> Parameters are
984 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
986 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps W> >>
992 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Tab Set (HTS)
993 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
994 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
998 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps X> >>
1000 Erase B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)
1002 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps Z> >>
1004 Move backward B<< C<Ps> >> [default: 1] tab stops
1006 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps '> >>
1008 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
1010 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps a> >>
1012 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
1014 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
1016 Send Device Attributes (DA)
1017 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1018 returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1021 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
1023 Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
1025 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps e> >>
1027 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
1029 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps f> >>
1031 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1033 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps g> >>
1039 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default)
1040 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC)
1044 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
1046 Set Mode (SM). See B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> sequence for description of C<Pm>.
1048 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >>
1050 Printing. See also the C<print-pipe> resource.
1054 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> print screen (MC0)
1055 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4)
1056 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5)
1060 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >>
1066 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1070 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR)
1071 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR)
1075 =item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> (partially implemented)
1079 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM)
1080 B<< C<l> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM)
1086 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm m> >>
1088 Character Attributes (SGR)
1092 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default)
1093 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 21> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg)
1094 B<< C<Ps = 3 / 23> >> On / Off Italic
1095 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline
1096 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
1097 B<< C<Ps = 6 / 26> >> On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
1098 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse
1099 B<< C<Ps = 8 / 27> >> On / Off Invisible (NYI)
1100 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black
1101 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red
1102 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green
1103 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow
1104 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue
1105 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta
1106 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan
1107 B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
1108 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White
1109 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default
1110 B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black
1111 B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red
1112 B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green
1113 B<< C<Ps = 93 / 103> >> fg/bg Bright Yellow
1114 B<< C<Ps = 94 / 104> >> fg/bg Bright Blue
1115 B<< C<Ps = 95 / 105> >> fg/bg Bright Magenta
1116 B<< C<Ps = 96 / 106> >> fg/bg Bright Cyan
1117 B<< C<Ps = 97 / 107> >> fg/bg Bright White
1118 B<< C<Ps = 99 / 109> >> fg/bg Bright Default
1122 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >>
1124 Device Status Report (DSR)
1128 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Status Report B<< C<ESC [ 0 n> >> (``OK'')
1129 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as B<< C<ESC [ r ; c R> >>
1130 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Request Display Name
1131 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> Request Version Number (place in window title)
1135 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps r> >>
1137 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1138 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1140 =item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1144 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1150 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1151 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1152 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1153 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1154 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1155 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1156 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1157 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1158 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1159 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1160 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1161 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1162 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1163 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1164 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1165 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1169 =item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1173 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1175 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1181 =head1 DEC Private Modes
1185 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1187 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1189 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm l> >>
1191 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1193 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm r> >>
1195 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1197 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm s> >>
1199 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1201 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm t> >>
1203 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1207 =item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1211 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1212 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1216 =item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1220 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1221 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1225 =item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>
1229 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1230 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1234 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1238 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1239 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1243 =item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>
1247 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1248 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1252 =item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>
1256 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1257 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1261 =item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>
1265 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1266 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1270 =item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1274 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1275 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1279 =item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1283 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1284 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1288 =item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1292 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1293 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1297 =item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
1301 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1302 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1306 =item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>
1310 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1311 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1315 =item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1319 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1320 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1324 =item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1326 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1328 =item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>
1332 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1333 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1337 =item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1341 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1342 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1346 =item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1350 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1351 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1355 =item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1357 =item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>
1361 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1362 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1368 =item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>
1372 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1373 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1377 =item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>
1381 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1382 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1386 =item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1390 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1391 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1395 =item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1399 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1400 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1404 =item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1408 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1409 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1413 =item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1417 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1418 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1422 =item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1426 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1427 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1431 =item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>
1435 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1436 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1440 =item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>
1444 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1445 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1455 =head1 XTerm Operating System Commands
1459 =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1461 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1462 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1463 B<octet> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1467 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1468 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >>
1469 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1470 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.
1471 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
1472 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1473 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1474 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1475 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1476 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1477 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1478 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1479 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1480 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1481 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1482 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1483 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> >>
1484 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1485 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)
1486 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension)
1487 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1488 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >>
1489 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1490 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1491 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1492 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1502 B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1503 In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1506 Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1507 omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1509 =head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1511 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1512 of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1514 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1515 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1517 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1518 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1520 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1521 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1523 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1524 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1527 The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1528 the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1529 subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1530 menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1531 menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1532 B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1540 =item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1542 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1543 is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1544 menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1548 access the current menuBar for alteration
1550 =item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1552 set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1553 following format specifiers:
1555 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1557 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1561 set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1562 End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1564 =item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1566 read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1567 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1568 [menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1570 Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1571 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1572 be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1573 future ... so don't count on it!.
1575 =item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1577 The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1578 B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1579 B<[done]> is encountered.
1583 dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1588 remove the named menuBar
1592 remove the current menuBar
1594 =item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1600 swap the top two menuBars
1604 access the previous menuBar
1608 access the next menuBar
1612 Enable display of the menuBar
1616 Disable display of the menuBar
1618 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1620 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1622 (set the background pixmap globally
1624 B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1626 =item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1628 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1629 menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1636 =head2 Adding and accessing menus
1638 The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1644 access menuBar top level
1648 access current menu level
1652 access parent menu (1 level up)
1656 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1658 =item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1662 =item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1664 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1666 =item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1670 =item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1672 add B<item> as a label
1674 =item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1676 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1678 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1680 add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1681 and as the associated I<action>
1683 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1685 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1686 the right-justified text.
1692 =item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1694 B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1696 =item or in control-character notation:
1698 B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1702 To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1703 program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1704 the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1705 program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1706 non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1707 balance is sent back to rxvt.
1709 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1710 with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1711 appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1713 As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1714 quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1720 B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1724 B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1728 The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1729 absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1736 B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1740 The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1741 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1742 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1743 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1749 B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1753 B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1759 =head2 Removing menus
1765 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1767 =item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1771 =item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1775 =item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1779 =item B<-/path/menu/*>
1781 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1789 The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1790 user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1791 emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1792 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1793 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1794 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1798 =item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1800 =item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1802 =item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1804 =item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1806 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1808 =item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1810 =item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1812 Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1813 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1819 =item For example, define arrows individually,
1829 =item or all at once
1831 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1833 =item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1835 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1841 =head2 Command Summary
1843 A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1849 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1853 use the current menuBar
1855 =item [title:string]
1861 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1865 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1869 remove named menuBar(s)
1873 remove current menuBar
1877 remove all menuBar(s)
1881 swap top two menuBars
1885 access the previous menuBar
1889 access the next menuBar
1901 =item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1903 set a background pixmap
1907 =item [read:file;name]
1909 read in a menu from a file
1913 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1917 access menuBar top level
1925 access current or parent menu level
1935 =item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1941 remove all menus from the menuBar
1945 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1959 =item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1968 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1969 of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1970 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1971 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1975 =item query scale/position
1979 =item change scale and position
1983 B<WxH+X> (== B<WxH+X+X>)
1985 B<WxH> (same as B<WxH+50+50>)
1987 B<W+X+Y> (same as B<WxW+X+Y>)
1989 B<W+X> (same as B<WxW+X+X>)
1991 B<W> (same as B<WxW+50+50>)
1993 =item change position (absolute)
1997 B<=+X> (same as B<=+X+Y>)
1999 =item change position (relative)
2003 B<+X> (same as B<+X+Y>)
2005 =item rescale (relative)
2007 B<Wx0> -> B<W *= (W/100)>
2009 B<0xH> -> B<H *= (H/100)>
2017 =item B<\E]20;funky\a>
2019 load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image
2021 =item B<\E]20;mona;100\a>
2023 load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100%
2025 =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
2027 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2033 =head1 Mouse Reporting
2037 =item B<< C<< ESC [ M <b> <x> <y> >> >>
2039 report mouse position
2043 The lower 2 bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the button:
2047 =item Button = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 3 >> >>
2054 3 button released (X11 mouse report)
2060 The upper bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the modifiers when the
2061 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
2065 =item State = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 60 >> >>
2072 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>
2076 Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
2078 Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >>
2085 Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20>
2087 For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2088 setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2089 B<Num_Lock> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2090 values of B<Home>, B<End>, B<Delete> may have been compiled differently on
2095 B<Normal> B<Shift> B<Control> B<Ctrl+Shift>
2096 Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z
2097 BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^?
2098 Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @
2099 Insert ESC [ 2 ~ I<paste> ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @
2100 Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2101 Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @
2102 Prior ESC [ 5 ~ I<scroll-up> ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @
2103 Next ESC [ 6 ~ I<scroll-down> ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @
2104 Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @
2105 End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @
2106 Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2107 F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^
2108 F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^
2109 F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^
2110 F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^
2111 F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^
2112 F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^
2113 F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^
2114 F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^
2115 F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^
2116 F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^
2117 F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @
2118 F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @
2119 F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @
2120 F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @
2121 F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @
2122 F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @
2123 F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @
2124 F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @
2125 F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @
2126 F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @
2128 Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A
2129 Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B
2130 Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C
2131 Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D
2133 KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P
2134 KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q
2135 KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R
2136 KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S
2137 XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j
2139 XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l
2140 XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m
2141 XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n
2142 XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o
2156 =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2158 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2159 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
2160 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
2161 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
2162 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
2167 =item --enable-everything
2169 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2170 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.
2171 You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by
2172 I<following> this with the appropriate commands.
2176 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2177 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2180 =item --enable-font-styles
2182 Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2183 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2185 =item --with-codesets=NAME,...
2187 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are
2188 always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2189 codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they
2190 are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary
2191 bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless
2192 you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings.
2196 all all available codeset groups
2197 zh common chinese encodings
2198 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2199 jp common japanese encodings
2200 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2207 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2208 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2209 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2211 =item --enable-unicode3
2213 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2214 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2215 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2216 support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2218 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2219 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2220 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2221 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2222 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2224 =item --enable-combining
2226 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2227 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2228 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2229 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2230 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2232 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters
2233 is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the
2234 private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2235 --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2237 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2238 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2240 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2241 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2242 tell me how these are to be used...).
2244 =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
2246 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
2247 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2249 =item --with-res-name=NAME
2251 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
2252 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2254 =item --with-res-class=CLASS
2256 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
2257 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2262 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2263 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2267 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2268 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2269 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2271 =item --enable-lastlog
2273 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2274 F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2275 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2277 =item --enable-xpm-background
2279 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2281 =item --enable-transparency
2283 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2284 transparency to the term.
2286 =item --enable-fading
2288 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2290 =item --enable-tinting
2292 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
2294 =item --enable-menubar
2296 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2297 dynamic locale switching currently).
2299 =item --enable-rxvt-scroll
2301 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2303 =item --enable-next-scroll
2305 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2307 =item --enable-xterm-scroll
2309 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2311 =item --enable-plain-scroll
2313 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2314 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2317 =item --enable-half-shadow
2319 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2320 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2322 =item --enable-ttygid
2324 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2325 your system uses this type of security.
2327 =item --disable-backspace-key
2329 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
2332 =item --disable-delete-key
2334 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2337 =item --disable-resources
2339 Remove all resources checking.
2341 =item --enable-xgetdefault
2343 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2344 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2347 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2348 use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2349 small, if nonexistant.
2351 =item --enable-strings
2353 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2354 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2355 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2356 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2359 =item --disable-swapscreen
2361 Remove support for swap screen.
2363 =item --enable-frills
2365 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2366 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2369 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2370 in combination with other switches) is:
2373 seperate underline colour
2374 settable border widths and borderless switch
2375 settable extra linespacing
2376 extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
2377 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2378 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2379 window op and locale change escape sequences
2381 settable insecure mode
2382 keysym remapping support
2384 =item --enable-iso14755
2386 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2387 F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2388 C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2391 =item --enable-keepscrolling
2393 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2394 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2396 =item --enable-mousewheel
2398 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2400 =item --enable-slipwheeling
2402 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2403 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2404 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2406 =item --disable-new-selection
2408 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2410 =item --enable-dmalloc
2412 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2413 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2414 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2415 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2417 You can only use either this option and the following (should
2420 =item --enable-dlmalloc
2422 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2423 See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2425 =item --enable-smart-resize
2427 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot
2428 keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is
2429 closest to a corner of the screen.
2431 =item --enable-cursor-blink
2433 Add support for a blinking cursor.
2435 =item --enable-pointer-blank
2437 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2439 =item --with-name=NAME
2441 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: C<urxvt>, resulting
2442 in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2445 =item --with-term=NAME
2447 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
2450 =item --with-terminfo=PATH
2452 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2457 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2459 =item --with-xpm-includes=DIR
2461 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2463 =item --with-xpm-library=DIR
2465 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2469 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2475 Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2476 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2477 Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other