3 RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
5 =head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
9 =item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
11 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
12 sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number.
14 =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
16 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
17 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
19 The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
20 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
22 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
23 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
25 ... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
27 If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
28 C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
29 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
30 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
31 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
33 If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with
34 the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:
38 If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
39 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
41 =item I need a termcap file entry.
43 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
44 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
47 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
49 OR you could this termcap entry:
51 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
52 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
54 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
55 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
56 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\
57 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\
58 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\
59 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\
60 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
61 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\
62 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\
63 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\
64 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
65 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\
66 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\
67 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\
68 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
71 =item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt?
73 Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode
74 behave similar to the original rxvt:
76 URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
77 URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
79 =item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
81 =item Unicode does not seem to work?
83 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
84 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
85 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
87 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
88 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
89 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
90 sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
92 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
93 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
95 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
97 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
98 supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
99 displays this. If it displays sth. like:
101 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
103 Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
105 If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
106 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
109 =item Why do some characters look so much different than others?
111 =item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
113 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
114 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
115 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
118 B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
119 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
120 bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the
121 correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence
122 to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that
123 the characters it contains indeed look correct.
125 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
128 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
130 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
131 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
132 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
133 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
135 The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
136 font, as the base font defines the principal cell size, which must be the
137 same due to the way terminals work.
139 =item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
141 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
142 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
143 is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
144 first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
145 it. Subsequent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
146 characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
147 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
148 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
149 japanese characters that are also chinese.
151 The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
152 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
153 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
154 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
156 In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
157 internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
158 the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
161 =item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
163 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
164 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
165 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
166 these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
167 "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
169 All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
170 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
171 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
172 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
175 It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, or
176 the respective font. If you encounter this problem there is no way to work
177 around this except by using a different font.
179 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
182 =item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
184 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
185 correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
186 your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
187 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
188 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
189 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
191 In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
192 one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
194 =item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
196 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo
197 (C<urxvt>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make sure
198 you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode
199 might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
204 =item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
206 For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very
207 weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the
208 standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of
209 course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very
212 In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to
213 only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours
214 but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
216 =item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
218 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
219 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
220 wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
221 B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
223 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
224 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
225 B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely legal.
227 However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support
228 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
229 non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to
230 convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
231 other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
232 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything
233 except the current locale encoding.
235 Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
236 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
237 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
238 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
239 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
241 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
242 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
243 complete replacements.
245 =item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
247 =item Is there an option to switch encodings?
249 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
250 specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
251 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
253 The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
254 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
255 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
256 code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
258 Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
259 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
260 interpretation of characters.
262 Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
263 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
265 On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
266 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
267 locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
268 C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
269 (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
271 Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
272 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
273 i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
275 If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
276 rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
278 =item Can I switch locales at runtime?
280 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
281 rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
283 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
285 See also the previous question.
287 Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
288 locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
289 example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
290 locale supported by xjdic and back later:
292 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
294 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
296 =item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
298 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
299 effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
301 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
303 This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
304 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
305 japanese fonts would only be in your way.
307 You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
309 =item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
311 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
312 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
313 Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable
314 freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
316 URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
317 URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
319 =item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
321 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
322 terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
324 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
326 Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
327 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
328 input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
331 =item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
333 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you
334 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
335 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
336 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
337 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
339 Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
340 scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
341 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
342 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
343 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
344 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
346 =item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
348 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
349 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
350 antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
351 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
353 =item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
355 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
356 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
357 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
358 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
361 If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
363 =item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
365 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
366 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
367 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
368 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
369 depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
371 =item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
373 If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
374 standard foreground colour.
376 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
377 text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
378 colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
381 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
382 foreground/background colors.
384 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
386 color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
388 =item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
390 You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
391 resources (or as long-options).
393 Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
394 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
407 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
408 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
409 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
410 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
411 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
412 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
414 =item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
416 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
417 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
418 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
419 Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
421 Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
422 policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
425 Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
426 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
427 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
428 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
429 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
431 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
441 Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
443 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
453 This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
454 if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
455 properly reflects that.
457 The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
458 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
459 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
460 (ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
462 Some other Backspace problems:
464 some editors use termcap/terminfo,
465 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
466 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
468 Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
470 =item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
472 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
473 you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
474 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
475 0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
477 Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
479 !# ----- special uses ------:
480 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
481 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
483 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
485 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
488 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
490 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
492 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
494 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
496 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
498 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
501 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
502 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
503 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
504 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
505 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
506 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
507 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
508 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
509 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
510 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
511 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
512 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
514 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
515 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
516 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
518 =item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
519 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
520 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
529 Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible keyboard
530 mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
531 your particular machine.
533 =item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
534 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
536 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
537 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
538 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
541 =item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
543 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
544 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
545 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
546 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
547 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
550 Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
553 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
554 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
555 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
556 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
560 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
561 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
562 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
566 =item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
568 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
569 one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
570 the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
577 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
579 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
580 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
583 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
587 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
588 B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
589 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
590 features selectable at C<configure> time.
592 =head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
600 The literal character c.
604 A single (required) character.
608 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
613 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
614 parameters, separated by C<;> character(s).
618 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
628 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
629 request attributes from terminal. See B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>.
641 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
645 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
649 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as B<< C<LF> >>
653 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as B<< C<LF> >>
657 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
661 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
662 Switch to Alternate Character Set
666 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
667 Switch to Standard Character Set
675 =head1 Escape Sequences
679 =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
681 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
683 =item B<< C<ESC 7> >>
687 =item B<< C<ESC 8> >>
691 =item B<< C<ESC => >>
693 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
695 =item B<<< C<< ESC >> >>>
699 B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been
700 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
703 =item B<< C<ESC D> >>
707 =item B<< C<ESC E> >>
711 =item B<< C<ESC H> >>
715 =item B<< C<ESC M> >>
719 =item B<< C<ESC N> >>
721 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
722 only I<unimplemented>
724 =item B<< C<ESC O> >>
726 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
727 only I<unimplemented>
729 =item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
731 Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
733 =item B<< C<ESC c> >>
737 =item B<< C<ESC n> >>
739 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
741 =item B<< C<ESC o> >>
743 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
745 =item B<< C<ESC> ( C> >>
747 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
749 =item B<< C<ESC> ) C> >>
751 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
753 =item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
755 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
757 =item B<< C<ESC + C> >>
759 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
761 =item B<< C<ESC $ C> >>
763 Designate Kanji Character Set
765 Where B<< C<C> >> is one of:
769 C = C<0> DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set
770 C = C<A> United Kingdom (UK)
771 C = C<B> United States (USASCII)
772 C = C<< < >> Multinational character set I<unimplemented>
773 C = C<5> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
774 C = C<C> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
775 C = C<K> German character set I<unimplemented>
783 =head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
787 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
789 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)X<ESCOBPsA>
791 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
793 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUU)
795 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps B> >>
797 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUD)X<ESCOBPsC>
799 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
801 Cursor Forward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUF)
803 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps D> >>
805 Cursor Backward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUB)
807 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps E> >>
809 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first column
811 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps F> >>
813 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first columnX<ESCOBPsG>
815 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
817 Cursor to Column B<< C<Ps> >> (HPA)
819 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps H> >>
821 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
823 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps I> >>
825 Move forward B<< C<Ps> >> tab stops [default: 1]
827 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps J> >>
829 Erase in Display (ED)
833 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Below (default)
834 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear Above
835 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
839 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps K> >>
845 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default)
846 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left
847 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
851 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >>
853 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)
855 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps M> >>
857 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)
859 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps P> >>
861 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)
863 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T> >>
865 Initiate . I<unimplemented> Parameters are
866 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
868 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps W> >>
874 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Tab Set (HTS)
875 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
876 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
880 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps X> >>
882 Erase B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)
884 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps Z> >>
886 Move backward B<< C<Ps> >> [default: 1] tab stops
888 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps '> >>
890 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
892 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps a> >>
894 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
896 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
898 Send Device Attributes (DA)
899 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
900 returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
903 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
905 Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
907 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps e> >>
909 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
911 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps f> >>
913 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
915 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps g> >>
921 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default)
922 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC)
926 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
928 Set Mode (SM). See B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> sequence for description of C<Pm>.
930 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >>
932 Printing. See also the C<print-pipe> resource.
936 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> print screen (MC0)
937 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4)
938 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5)
942 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >>
948 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
952 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR)
953 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR)
957 =item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> (partially implemented)
961 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM)
962 B<< C<l> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM)
968 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm m> >>
970 Character Attributes (SGR)
974 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default)
975 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 21> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg)
976 B<< C<Ps = 3 / 23> >> On / Off Italic
977 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline
978 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
979 B<< C<Ps = 6 / 26> >> On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
980 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse
981 B<< C<Ps = 8 / 27> >> On / Off Invisible (NYI)
982 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black
983 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red
984 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green
985 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow
986 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue
987 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta
988 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan
989 B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
990 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White
991 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default
992 B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black
993 B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red
994 B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green
995 B<< C<Ps = 93 / 103> >> fg/bg Bright Yellow
996 B<< C<Ps = 94 / 104> >> fg/bg Bright Blue
997 B<< C<Ps = 95 / 105> >> fg/bg Bright Magenta
998 B<< C<Ps = 96 / 106> >> fg/bg Bright Cyan
999 B<< C<Ps = 97 / 107> >> fg/bg Bright White
1000 B<< C<Ps = 99 / 109> >> fg/bg Bright Default
1004 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >>
1006 Device Status Report (DSR)
1010 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Status Report B<< C<ESC [ 0 n> >> (``OK'')
1011 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as B<< C<ESC [ r ; c R> >>
1012 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Request Display Name
1013 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> Request Version Number (place in window title)
1017 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps r> >>
1019 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1020 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1022 =item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1026 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1028 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1030 =item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1038 =head1 DEC Private Modes
1042 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1044 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1046 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm l> >>
1048 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1050 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm r> >>
1052 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1054 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm s> >>
1056 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1058 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm t> >>
1060 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1064 =item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1068 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1069 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1073 =item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1077 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1078 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1082 =item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>
1086 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1087 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1091 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1095 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1096 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1100 =item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>
1104 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1105 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1109 =item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>
1113 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1114 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1118 =item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>
1122 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1123 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1127 =item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1131 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1132 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1136 =item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1140 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1141 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1145 =item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1149 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1150 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1154 =item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
1158 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1159 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1163 =item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>
1167 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1168 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1172 =item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1176 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1177 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1181 =item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1183 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1185 =item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>
1189 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1190 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1194 =item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1198 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1199 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1203 =item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1207 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1208 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1212 =item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1214 =item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>
1218 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1219 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1225 =item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>
1229 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1230 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1234 =item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>
1238 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1239 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1243 =item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1247 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1248 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1252 =item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1256 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1257 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1261 =item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1265 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1266 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1270 =item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1274 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1275 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1279 =item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1283 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1284 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1288 =item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>
1292 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1293 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1297 =item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>
1301 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1302 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1312 =head1 XTerm Operating System Commands
1316 =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1318 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1319 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1320 B<octet> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1324 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1325 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >>
1326 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1327 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.
1328 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
1329 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1330 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1331 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1332 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1333 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1334 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1335 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1336 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1337 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1338 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1339 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1340 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> >>
1341 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1342 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)
1343 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension)
1344 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1345 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >>
1346 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1347 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1348 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1349 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1359 B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1360 In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1363 Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1364 omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1366 =head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1368 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1369 of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1371 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1372 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1374 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1375 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1377 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1378 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1380 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1381 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1384 The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1385 the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1386 subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1387 menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1388 menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1389 B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1397 =item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1399 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1400 is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1401 menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1405 access the current menuBar for alteration
1407 =item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1409 set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1410 following format specifiers:
1411 B<%%> : literal B<%> character
1412 B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1413 B<%v> : rxvt version
1417 set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1418 End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1420 =item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1422 read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1423 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1424 [menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1426 Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1427 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1428 be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1429 future ... so don't count on it!.
1431 =item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1433 The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1434 B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1435 B<[done]> is encountered.
1439 dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1444 remove the named menuBar
1448 remove the current menuBar
1450 =item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1456 swap the top two menuBars
1460 access the previous menuBar
1464 access the next menuBar
1468 Enable display of the menuBar
1472 Disable display of the menuBar
1474 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1476 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1478 (set the background pixmap globally
1480 B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1482 =item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1484 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1485 menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1492 =head2 Adding and accessing menus
1494 The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1500 access menuBar top level
1504 access current menu level
1508 access parent menu (1 level up)
1512 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1514 =item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1518 =item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1520 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1522 =item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1526 =item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1528 add B<item> as a label
1530 =item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1532 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1534 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1536 add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1537 and as the associated I<action>
1539 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1541 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1542 the right-justified text.
1548 =item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1550 B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1552 =item or in control-character notation:
1554 B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1558 To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1559 program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1560 the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1561 program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1562 non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1563 balance is sent back to rxvt.
1565 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1566 with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1567 appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1569 As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC]> sequences from a menubar (or
1570 quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1576 B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1580 B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1584 The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1585 absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1592 B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1596 The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1597 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1598 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1599 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1605 B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1609 B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1615 =head2 Removing menus
1621 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1623 =item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1627 =item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1631 =item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1635 =item B<-/path/menu/*>
1637 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1645 The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1646 user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1647 emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1648 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1649 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1650 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1654 =item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1656 =item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1658 =item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1660 =item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1662 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1664 =item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1666 =item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1668 Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1669 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1675 =item For example, define arrows individually,
1685 =item or all at once
1687 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1689 =item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1691 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1697 =head2 Command Summary
1699 A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1705 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1709 use the current menuBar
1711 =item [title:string]
1717 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1721 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1725 remove named menuBar(s)
1729 remove current menuBar
1733 remove all menuBar(s)
1737 swap top two menuBars
1741 access the previous menuBar
1745 access the next menuBar
1757 =item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1759 set a background pixmap
1763 =item [read:file;name]
1765 read in a menu from a file
1769 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1773 access menuBar top level
1781 access current or parent menu level
1791 =item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1797 remove all menus from the menuBar
1801 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1815 =item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1824 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1825 of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1826 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1827 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1831 =item query scale/position
1835 =item change scale and position
1839 B<WxH+X> (== B<WxH+X+X>)
1841 B<WxH> (same as B<WxH+50+50>)
1843 B<W+X+Y> (same as B<WxW+X+Y>)
1845 B<W+X> (same as B<WxW+X+X>)
1847 B<W> (same as B<WxW+50+50>)
1849 =item change position (absolute)
1853 B<=+X> (same as B<=+X+Y>)
1855 =item change position (relative)
1859 B<+X> (same as B<+X+Y>)
1861 =item rescale (relative)
1863 B<Wx0> -> B<W *= (W/100)>
1865 B<0xH> -> B<H *= (H/100)>
1873 =item B<\E]20;funky\a>
1875 load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image
1877 =item B<\E]20;mona;100\a>
1879 load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100%
1881 =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
1883 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
1889 =head1 Mouse Reporting
1893 =item B<< C<< ESC [ M <b> <x> <y> >> >>
1895 report mouse position
1899 The lower 2 bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the button:
1903 =item Button = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 3 >> >>
1910 3 button released (X11 mouse report)
1916 The upper bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the modifiers when the
1917 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
1921 =item State = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 60 >> >>
1928 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>
1932 Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
1934 Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >>
1941 Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20>
1943 For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
1944 setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
1945 B<Num_Lock> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
1946 values of B<Home>, B<End>, B<Delete> may have been compiled differently on
1951 B<Normal> B<Shift> B<Control> B<Ctrl+Shift>
1952 Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z
1953 BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^?
1954 Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @
1955 Insert ESC [ 2 ~ I<paste> ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @
1956 Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
1957 Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @
1958 Prior ESC [ 5 ~ I<scroll-up> ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @
1959 Next ESC [ 6 ~ I<scroll-down> ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @
1960 Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @
1961 End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @
1962 Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
1963 F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^
1964 F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^
1965 F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^
1966 F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^
1967 F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^
1968 F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^
1969 F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^
1970 F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^
1971 F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^
1972 F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^
1973 F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @
1974 F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @
1975 F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @
1976 F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @
1977 F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @
1978 F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @
1979 F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @
1980 F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @
1981 F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @
1982 F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @
1984 Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A
1985 Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B
1986 Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C
1987 Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D
1989 KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P
1990 KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q
1991 KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R
1992 KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S
1993 XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j
1995 XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l
1996 XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m
1997 XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n
1998 XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o
2012 =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2014 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2015 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
2016 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
2017 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
2018 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
2023 =item --enable-everything
2025 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2026 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.
2027 You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by
2028 I<following> this with the appropriate commands.
2032 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2033 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2036 =item --enable-font-styles
2038 Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2039 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2041 =item --with-codesets=NAME,...
2043 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are
2044 always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2045 codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they
2046 are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary
2047 bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless
2048 you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings.
2052 all all available codeset groups
2053 cn common chinese encodings
2054 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2055 jp common japanese encodings
2056 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2063 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2064 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2065 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2067 =item --enable-unicode3
2069 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2070 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2071 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2072 support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2074 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2075 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2076 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2077 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2078 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2080 =item --enable-combining
2082 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2083 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2084 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2085 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2086 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2088 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2089 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the
2090 private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2091 --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable
2092 storage of characters >65535.
2094 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2095 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used.
2097 =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
2099 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
2100 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2102 =item --with-res-name=NAME
2104 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
2105 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2107 =item --with-res-class=CLASS
2109 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
2110 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2115 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2116 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2120 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2121 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2122 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2124 =item --enable-lastlog
2126 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2127 F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2128 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2130 =item --enable-xpm-background
2132 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2134 =item --enable-transparency
2136 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2137 transparency to the term.
2139 =item --enable-fading
2141 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2143 =item --enable-tinting
2145 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
2147 =item --enable-menubar
2149 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2150 dynamic locale switching currently).
2152 =item --enable-rxvt-scroll
2154 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2156 =item --enable-next-scroll
2158 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2160 =item --enable-xterm-scroll
2162 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2164 =item --enable-plain-scroll
2166 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2167 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2170 =item --enable-half-shadow
2172 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2173 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2175 =item --enable-ttygid
2177 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2178 your system uses this type of security.
2180 =item --disable-backspace-key
2182 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
2185 =item --disable-delete-key
2187 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2190 =item --disable-resources
2192 Remove all resources checking.
2194 =item --enable-xgetdefault
2196 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2197 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
2200 =item --enable-strings
2202 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2203 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2204 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2205 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2208 =item --disable-swapscreen
2210 Remove support for swap screen.
2212 =item --enable-frills
2214 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2215 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2218 =item --enable-iso14755
2220 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2221 F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2222 C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2225 =item --enable-linespace
2227 Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows.
2229 =item --enable-keepscrolling
2231 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2232 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2234 =item --enable-mousewheel
2236 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2238 =item --enable-slipwheeling
2240 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2241 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2242 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2244 =item --disable-new-selection
2246 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2248 =item --enable-dmalloc
2250 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2251 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2252 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2253 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2255 You can only use either this option and the following (should
2258 =item --enable-dlmalloc
2260 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2261 See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2263 =item --enable-smart-resize
2265 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot
2266 keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is
2267 closest to a corner of the screen.
2269 =item --enable-cursor-blink
2271 Add support for a blinking cursor.
2273 =item --enable-pointer-blank
2275 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2277 =item --with-name=NAME
2279 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting in
2280 urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2282 =item --with-term=NAME
2284 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
2287 =item --with-terminfo=PATH
2289 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2294 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2296 =item --with-xpm-includes=DIR
2298 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2300 =item --with-xpm-library=DIR
2302 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2306 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2312 Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2313 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2314 Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other