5 @@RXVT_NAME@@perl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter
9 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:
12 warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
16 # start a @@RXVT_NAME@@ using it:
18 @@RXVT_NAME@@ --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test
22 Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
23 the C<perl> resource are loaded and associated with it.
25 Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
26 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.
28 Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in @@RXVT_NAME@@d, where
29 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.
31 =head1 PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS
33 This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You can
34 find them in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
36 You can activate them like this:
38 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe <extensionname>
42 =item selection (enabled by default)
44 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
45 when the user extends selections (double-click and further clicks). Right
46 now, it tries to select words, urls and complete shell-quoted
47 arguments, which is very convenient, too, if your F<ls> supports
48 C<--quoting-style=shell>.
50 A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further clicks
51 will enlarge the selection.
53 The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and displaying
54 them in increasing order of length. You can add your own regexes by
55 specifying resources of the form:
57 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
58 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
61 The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
62 contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will be used for
63 the match. For example, the followign adds a regex that matches everything
64 between two vertical bars:
66 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|
68 You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
69 interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.
71 This extension also offers following bindable keyboard commands:
77 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
79 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
83 =item option-popup (enabled by default)
85 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
88 =item selection-popup (enabled by default)
90 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
91 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
92 evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.
94 =item searchable-scrollback<hotkey> (enabled by default)
96 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
97 by a hotkey (default: C<M-s>). While in search mode, normal terminal
98 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
101 Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
102 search. C<BackSpace> removes a character from the regex, C<Up> and C<Down>
103 search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, C<End> jumps to the
104 bottom. C<Escape> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
105 was started, while C<Enter> or C<Return> stay at the current position and
106 additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
109 =item selection-autotransform
111 This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
112 whenever a selection is made.
114 It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single C<s///>
115 operator) that modify C<$_> as resources:
117 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
118 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
121 For example, the following will transform selections of the form
122 C<filename:number>, often seen in compiler messages, into C<vi +$filename
125 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/
127 And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
128 paste directly into your (vi :) editor:
130 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/\\x1b:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
132 Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)
134 To expand the example above to typical perl error messages ("XXX at
135 FILENAME line YYY."), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:
137 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+\\.)
138 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)\\.$/\x1b:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
140 The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part of
141 every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line transforms
142 the message into vi commands to load the file.
146 Uses per-line display filtering (C<on_line_update>) to underline urls and
147 make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified in the
148 resource C<urlLauncher> (default C<x-www-browser>) will be started with
149 the URL as first argument.
151 =item block-graphics-to-ascii
153 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
154 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
155 similar-looking ascii character.
159 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
161 =item example-refresh-hooks
163 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
164 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
167 =item selection-pastebin
169 This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection as
170 textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The implementation is
171 not currently secure for use in a multiuser environment as it writes to
174 It listens to the C<selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin> keyboard command,
177 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin
179 Pressing this combination runs a command with C<%> replaced by the name of
180 the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:
182 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.
184 And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people around
187 The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the selection, so
188 the same content should lead to the same filename.
190 After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text given
191 in the C<selection-pastebin-url> resource (again, the % is the placeholder
194 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%
198 =head1 API DOCUMENTATION
200 =head2 General API Considerations
202 All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
203 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
204 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as C<_ptr> or
205 C<_hook>) are reserved for internal uses and B<MUST NOT> be accessed or
208 When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
209 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
210 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
211 terminal is destroyed.
213 Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
214 hints on what they mean:
220 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one "unicode" character
221 always represents one screen cell. See L<ROW_t> for a discussion of this format.
225 A perl text string, with an emphasis on I<text>. It can store all unicode
226 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
227 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
231 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
236 =head2 Extension Objects
238 Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
239 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
240 hooks. So extensions can use their C<$self> object without having to think
241 about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
242 begin with an underscore character C<_>: these are reserved for internal
245 Although it isn't a C<urxvt::term> object, you can call all methods of the
246 C<urxvt::term> class on this object.
248 It has the following methods and data members:
252 =item $urxvt_term = $self->{term}
254 Returns the C<urxvt::term> object associated with this instance of the
255 extension. This member I<must not> be changed in any way.
257 =item $self->enable ($hook_name => $cb, [$hook_name => $cb..])
259 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the C<on_> prefix) for
260 this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
261 to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
263 =item $self->disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])
265 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
271 The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
272 called whenever the relevant event happens.
274 The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
275 the in the C<Extension Objects> section.
277 B<All> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
278 event counts as being I<consumed>, and the invocation of other hooks is
279 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.
281 I<< When in doubt, return a false value (preferably C<()>). >>
287 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
288 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
289 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
290 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
295 Called after the screen is "reset" for any reason, such as resizing or
296 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
301 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
302 returning to the mainloop.
304 =item on_sel_make $term, $eventtime
306 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
307 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
308 selection will be honored.
310 Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
311 have to make a selection yourself by calling C<< $term->selection_grab >>.
313 =item on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime
315 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
316 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
317 by calling C<< $term->selection >>.
319 Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.
321 =item on_sel_extend $term
323 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
324 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
325 should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
326 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
327 returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
328 supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.
330 See the F<selection> example extension.
332 =item on_view_change $term, $offset
334 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
335 scrolls. Offset C<0> means display the normal terminal, positive values
336 show this many lines of scrollback.
338 =item on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved
340 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
341 buffer. C<$lines> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
342 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
344 It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
345 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). C<$saved> is the total
346 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.
348 =item on_osc_seq $term, $string
350 Called whenever the B<ESC ] 777 ; string ST> command sequence (OSC =
351 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
352 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
353 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
354 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
357 Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
358 as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
359 other users on the same system etc.).
361 =item on_add_lines $term, $string
363 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
364 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
365 and calling C<< $term->scr_add_lines >> yourself. Please note that this
366 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for B<all> text being
369 =item on_tt_write $term, $octets
371 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
372 suppress or filter tty input.
374 =item on_line_update $term, $row
376 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
377 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
378 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
379 not always immediately.
381 The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
384 Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
385 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
386 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.
388 =item on_refresh_begin $term
390 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
391 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
392 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
393 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
395 =item on_refresh_end $term
397 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See C<on_refresh_begin>.
399 =item on_keyboard_command $term, $string
401 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
402 C<perl:string> action bound to it (see description of the B<keysym>
403 resource in the @@RXVT_NAME@@(1) manpage).
405 =item on_x_event $term, $event
407 Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly other
408 windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event structure
409 members are not passed.
411 =item on_focus_in $term
413 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
414 does focus in processing.
416 =item on_focus_out $term
418 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
419 focus out processing.
421 =item on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets
423 =item on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym
425 =item on_button_press $term, $event
427 =item on_button_release $term, $event
429 =item on_motion_notify $term, $event
431 =item on_map_notify $term, $event
433 =item on_unmap_notify $term, $event
435 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
436 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
438 The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
439 manpage), with the additional members C<row> and C<col>, which are the row
440 and column under the mouse cursor.
442 C<on_key_press> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
443 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.
462 our %HOOKTYPE = map +($HOOKNAME[$_] => $_), 0..$#HOOKNAME;
470 =head2 Variables in the C<urxvt> Package
476 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
477 modules and scripts are stored.
479 =item $urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS
481 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.
483 =item $urxvt::RXVTNAME
485 The basename of the installed binaries, usually C<urxvt>.
489 The current terminal. This variable stores the current C<urxvt::term>
490 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
494 =head2 Functions in the C<urxvt> Package
498 =item urxvt::fatal $errormessage
500 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
501 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
504 =item urxvt::warn $string
506 Calls C<rxvt_warn> with the given string which should not include a
507 newline. The module also overwrites the C<warn> builtin with a function
508 that calls this function.
510 Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
511 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.
513 Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.
515 =item $time = urxvt::NOW
517 Returns the "current time" (as per the event loop).
519 =item urxvt::CurrentTime
521 =item urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
522 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
523 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier
525 =item urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask,
526 ButtonPressMask, ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
527 PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
528 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask, ButtonMotionMask,
529 KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask,
530 ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask,
531 FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask
533 =item urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
534 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
535 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
536 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
537 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
538 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
539 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify
541 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
547 Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
548 similar information for each screen cell.
550 The following "macros" deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
551 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
552 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
557 =item $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
559 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
560 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
562 =item $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
564 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
566 =item $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
568 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
569 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
572 =item $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
574 =item $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
576 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
578 =item $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
580 =item $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour
582 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
585 =item $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend
587 Return the "custom" value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
588 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
591 =item $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value
593 Change the custom value.
602 # overwrite perl's warn
603 *CORE::GLOBAL::warn = sub {
604 my $msg = join "", @_;
606 unless $msg =~ /\n$/;
610 # %ENV is the original startup environment
613 delete $ENV{BASH_ENV};
614 $ENV{PATH} = "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin";
617 my $verbosity = $ENV{URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY};
620 my ($level, $msg) = @_;
621 warn "$msg\n" if $level <= $verbosity;
624 my $extension_pkg = "extension0000";
627 # load a single script into its own package, once only
628 sub extension_package($) {
631 $extension_pkg{$path} ||= do {
632 my $pkg = "urxvt::" . ($extension_pkg++);
634 verbose 3, "loading extension '$path' into package '$pkg'";
636 open my $fh, "<:raw", $path
640 "package $pkg; use strict; use utf8;\n"
641 . "use base urxvt::term::extension::;\n"
642 . "#line 1 \"$path\"\n{\n"
643 . (do { local $/; <$fh> })
653 our $retval; # return value for urxvt
655 # called by the rxvt core
660 if ($htype == 0) { # INIT
661 my @dirs = ((split /:/, $TERM->resource ("perl_lib")), "$LIBDIR/perl");
665 for (map { split /,/, $TERM->resource ("perl_ext_$_") } 1, 2) {
666 if ($_ eq "default") {
667 $ext_arg{$_} ||= [] for qw(selection option-popup selection-popup searchable-scrollback);
668 } elsif (/^-(.*)$/) {
670 } elsif (/^([^<]+)<(.*)>$/) {
671 push @{ $ext_arg{$1} }, $2;
677 while (my ($ext, $argv) = each %ext_arg) {
678 my @files = grep -f $_, map "$_/$ext", @dirs;
681 $TERM->register_package (extension_package $files[0], $argv);
683 warn "perl extension '$ext' not found in perl library search path\n";
687 eval "#line 1 \"--perl-eval resource/argument\"\n" . $TERM->resource ("perl_eval");
693 if (my $cb = $TERM->{_hook}[$htype]) {
694 verbose 10, "$HOOKNAME[$htype] (" . (join ", ", $TERM, @_) . ")"
699 while (my ($pkg, $cb) = each %$cb) {
700 $retval = eval { $cb->($TERM->{_pkg}{$pkg}, @_) }
704 $TERM->ungrab; # better to lose the grab than the session
709 verbose 11, "$HOOKNAME[$htype] returning <$retval>"
713 if ($htype == 1) { # DESTROY
714 # clear package objects
715 %$_ = () for values %{ $TERM->{_pkg} };
728 if !defined $pid or $pid;
730 %ENV = %{ $TERM->env };
736 # urxvt::term::extension
738 package urxvt::term::extension;
741 my ($self, %hook) = @_;
742 my $pkg = $self->{_pkg};
744 while (my ($name, $cb) = each %hook) {
745 my $htype = $HOOKTYPE{uc $name};
747 or Carp::croak "unsupported hook type '$name'";
749 $self->set_should_invoke ($htype, +1)
750 unless exists $self->{term}{_hook}[$htype]{$pkg};
752 $self->{term}{_hook}[$htype]{$pkg} = $cb;
757 my ($self, @hook) = @_;
758 my $pkg = $self->{_pkg};
760 for my $name (@hook) {
761 my $htype = $HOOKTYPE{uc $name};
763 or Carp::croak "unsupported hook type '$name'";
765 $self->set_should_invoke ($htype, -1)
766 if delete $self->{term}{_hook}[$htype]{$pkg};
773 $AUTOLOAD =~ /:([^:]+)$/
774 or die "FATAL: \$AUTOLOAD '$AUTOLOAD' unparsable";
779 \$proxy->{term}->$1 (\@_)
782 } or die "FATAL: unable to compile method forwarder: $@";
791 # urxvt::destroy_hook
793 sub urxvt::destroy_hook::DESTROY {
797 sub urxvt::destroy_hook(&) {
798 bless \shift, urxvt::destroy_hook::
801 package urxvt::anyevent;
803 =head2 The C<urxvt::anyevent> Class
805 The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
806 C<AnyEvent> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
807 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
808 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
809 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
816 $INC{"urxvt/anyevent.pm"} = 1; # mark us as there
817 push @AnyEvent::REGISTRY, [urxvt => urxvt::anyevent::];
820 my ($class, %arg) = @_;
826 ->start (urxvt::NOW + $arg{after})
828 $_[0]->stop; # need to cancel manually
834 my ($class, %arg) = @_;
838 bless [$arg{fh}, urxvt::iow
840 ->fd (fileno $arg{fh})
841 ->events (($arg{poll} =~ /r/ ? 1 : 0)
842 | ($arg{poll} =~ /w/ ? 2 : 0))
845 $cb->(($_[1] & 1 ? 'r' : '')
846 . ($_[1] & 2 ? 'w' : ''));
856 bless \my $flag, urxvt::anyevent::condvar::
859 sub urxvt::anyevent::condvar::broadcast {
863 sub urxvt::anyevent::condvar::wait {
865 Carp::croak "AnyEvent->condvar blocking wait unsupported in urxvt, use a non-blocking API";
871 =head2 The C<urxvt::term> Class
877 # find on_xxx subs in the package and register them
879 sub register_package {
880 my ($self, $pkg, $argv) = @_;
886 Scalar::Util::weaken ($proxy->{term} = $self);
888 $self->{_pkg}{$pkg} = $proxy;
890 for my $name (@HOOKNAME) {
891 if (my $ref = $pkg->can ("on_" . lc $name)) {
892 $proxy->enable ($name => $ref);
897 =item $term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]
899 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
900 C<$rxvtname, arg...>. C<$envhashref> must be a reference to a C<%ENV>-like
901 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
903 Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
904 couldn't be created. Returns C<undef> if the new instance didn't
905 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The C<init> and
906 C<start> hooks will be called during this call.
911 my ($class, $env, @args) = @_;
913 _new ([ map "$_=$env->{$_}", keys %$env ], @args);
918 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
919 etc.). Please note that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not exit as long as any event
920 watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.
922 =item $isset = $term->option ($optval[, $set])
924 Returns true if the option specified by C<$optval> is enabled, and
925 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
926 C<%urxvt::OPTION>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
928 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
929 source file F</src/optinc.h> to see the actual list:
931 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
932 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
933 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
934 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
935 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
936 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
938 =item $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
940 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
941 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the C<init>
942 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as C<undef>.
944 The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
945 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
946 to be converted from the used encoding to text.
948 Resource names are as defined in F<src/rsinc.h>. Colours can be specified
949 as resource names of the form C<< color+<index> >>, e.g. C<color+5>. (will
952 Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
953 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.
955 Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
956 are supported in every build, please see the source file F</src/rsinc.h>
957 to see the actual list:
959 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
960 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
961 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
962 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
963 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
964 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
965 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
966 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
967 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
968 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
969 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
970 utmpInhibit visualBell
975 my ($self, $name) = (shift, shift);
976 unshift @_, $self, $name, ($name =~ s/\s*\+\s*(\d+)$// ? $1 : 0);
977 &urxvt::term::_resource
980 =item $value = $term->x_resource ($pattern)
982 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
983 class name, i.e. C<< $term->x_resource ("boldFont") >> should return the
984 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns C<undef> if no
985 resource with that pattern exists.
987 This method should only be called during the C<on_start> hook, as there is
988 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
991 =item $success = $term->parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)
993 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
994 C<keysym> resource in the @@RXVT_NAME@@(1) manpage.
996 =item $rend = $term->rstyle ([$new_rstyle])
998 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
999 the terminal application will use this style.
1001 =item ($row, $col) = $term->screen_cur ([$row, $col])
1003 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
1004 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
1006 =item ($row, $col) = $term->selection_mark ([$row, $col])
1008 =item ($row, $col) = $term->selection_beg ([$row, $col])
1010 =item ($row, $col) = $term->selection_end ([$row, $col])
1012 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
1013 and optionally set them to new values.
1015 =item $term->selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])
1017 Tries to make a selection as set by C<selection_beg> and
1018 C<selection_end>. If C<$rectangular> is true (default: false), a
1019 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
1022 =item $success = $term->selection_grab ($eventtime)
1024 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
1025 set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
1026 is mostly useful from within C<on_sel_grab> hooks.
1028 =item $oldtext = $term->selection ([$newtext])
1030 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by C<$newtext>.
1032 =item $term->overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)
1034 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
1038 sub overlay_simple {
1039 my ($self, $x, $y, $text) = @_;
1041 my @lines = split /\n/, $text;
1043 my $w = List::Util::max map $self->strwidth ($_), @lines;
1045 my $overlay = $self->overlay ($x, $y, $w, scalar @lines);
1046 $overlay->set (0, $_, $lines[$_]) for 0.. $#lines;
1051 =item $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
1053 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
1054 width/height. C<$rstyle> defines the initial rendition style
1055 (default: C<OVERLAY_RSTYLE>).
1057 If C<$border> is C<2> (default), then a decorative border will be put
1060 If either C<$x> or C<$y> is negative, then this is counted from the
1061 right/bottom side, respectively.
1063 This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
1064 as long as the perl object is referenced.
1066 The methods currently supported on C<urxvt::overlay> objects are:
1070 =item $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
1072 Similar to C<< $term->ROW_t >> and C<< $term->ROW_r >> in that it puts
1073 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
1074 at a specific position inside the overlay.
1076 =item $overlay->hide
1078 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
1080 =item $overlay->show
1082 If hidden, display the overlay again.
1086 =item $popup = $term->popup ($event)
1088 Creates a new C<urxvt::popup> object that implements a popup menu. The
1089 C<$event> I<must> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
1095 my ($self, $event) = @_;
1097 $self->grab ($event->{time}, 1)
1105 Scalar::Util::weaken $popup->{term};
1107 $self->{_destroy}{$popup} = urxvt::destroy_hook { $popup->{popup}->destroy };
1108 Scalar::Util::weaken $self->{_destroy}{$popup};
1113 =item $cellwidth = $term->strwidth ($string)
1115 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
1116 accounts for wide and combining characters.
1118 =item $octets = $term->locale_encode ($string)
1120 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
1122 =item $string = $term->locale_decode ($octets)
1124 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
1126 =item $term->scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])
1128 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
1129 (default: C<RS_RVid>), which I<MUST NOT> contain font styles. Useful in
1130 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
1132 =item $term->scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])
1134 Similar to C<scr_xor_span>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
1135 whitespace will additionally be xored with the C<$rstyle2>, which defaults
1136 to C<RS_RVid | RS_Uline>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
1137 it instead. Both styles I<MUST NOT> contain font styles.
1139 =item $term->scr_bell
1143 =item $term->scr_add_lines ($string)
1145 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
1146 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
1147 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
1148 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
1150 Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
1151 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
1152 C<on_add_lines> hook, though.
1154 =item $term->cmd_parse ($octets)
1156 Similar to C<scr_add_lines>, but the argument must be in the
1157 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
1158 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
1160 =item $term->tt_write ($octets)
1162 Write the octets given in C<$data> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
1163 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
1164 to the locale-specific encoding using C<< $term->locale_encode >>.
1166 =item $old_events = $term->pty_ev_events ([$new_events])
1168 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
1169 be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
1170 description of C<< urxvt::timer->events >>. Make sure to always restore
1173 =item $windowid = $term->parent
1175 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
1177 =item $windowid = $term->vt
1179 Return the window id of the terminal window.
1181 =item $term->vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)
1183 Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you want
1184 to receive pointer events all the times:
1186 $term->vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);
1188 =item $window_width = $term->width
1190 =item $window_height = $term->height
1192 =item $font_width = $term->fwidth
1194 =item $font_height = $term->fheight
1196 =item $font_ascent = $term->fbase
1198 =item $terminal_rows = $term->nrow
1200 =item $terminal_columns = $term->ncol
1202 =item $has_focus = $term->focus
1204 =item $is_mapped = $term->mapped
1206 =item $max_scrollback = $term->saveLines
1208 =item $nrow_plus_saveLines = $term->total_rows
1210 =item $topmost_scrollback_row = $term->top_row
1212 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
1214 =item $x_display = $term->display_id
1216 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
1218 =item $lc_ctype = $term->locale
1220 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
1222 =item $env = $term->env
1224 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1225 similar to C<\%ENV>.
1230 if (my $env = $_[0]->_env) {
1231 +{ map /^([^=]+)(?:=(.*))?$/s && ($1 => $2), @$env }
1237 =item $modifiermask = $term->ModLevel3Mask
1239 =item $modifiermask = $term->ModMetaMask
1241 =item $modifiermask = $term->ModNumLockMask
1243 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the "ISO Level 3 Shift" (often
1244 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
1246 =item $view_start = $term->view_start ([$newvalue])
1248 Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value is
1249 C<0>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values scroll
1250 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
1252 =item $term->want_refresh
1254 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1255 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1256 differ, it redraws the differences.
1258 Used after changing terminal contents to display them.
1260 =item $text = $term->ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])
1262 Returns the text of the entire row with number C<$row_number>. Row C<0>
1263 is the topmost terminal line, row C<< $term->$ncol-1 >> is the bottommost
1264 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line C<-1> and extends to
1265 line C<< -$term->nsaved >>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1268 If C<$new_text> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1269 line, starting at column C<$start_col> (default C<0>), which is useful
1270 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1271 automatically be updated.
1273 C<$text> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1274 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
1275 (C<chr 65535>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
1276 that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
1277 characters in the private use area.
1279 You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1280 that C<substr> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1283 The methods C<< $term->special_encode >> and C<< $term->special_decode >>
1284 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.
1286 =item $rend = $term->ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])
1288 Like C<< $term->ROW_t >>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1289 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1290 styles and similar information. See also C<< $term->ROW_t >>.
1292 When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.
1294 See the section on RENDITION, above.
1296 =item $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
1298 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use ("the line
1299 length"). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns C<< $term->ncol >> if the
1300 line is joined with the following one.
1302 =item $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
1304 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical "line" (i.e.
1305 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1306 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1309 =item $line = $term->line ($row_number)
1311 Create and return a new C<urxvt::line> object that stores information
1312 about the logical line that row C<$row_number> is part of. It supports the
1317 =item $text = $line->t ([$new_text])
1319 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to C<ROW_t>
1321 =item $rend = $line->r ([$new_rend])
1323 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to C<ROW_r>
1325 =item $length = $line->l
1327 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to C<ROW_l>.
1329 =item $rownum = $line->beg
1331 =item $rownum = $line->end
1333 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1335 =item $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
1337 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1338 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1339 offsets outside the string.
1341 =item ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
1343 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1350 my ($self, $row) = @_;
1352 my $maxrow = $self->nrow - 1;
1354 my ($beg, $end) = ($row, $row);
1356 --$beg while $self->ROW_is_longer ($beg - 1);
1357 ++$end while $self->ROW_is_longer ($end) && $end < $maxrow;
1363 ncol => $self->ncol,
1364 len => ($end - $beg) * $self->ncol + $self->ROW_l ($end),
1368 sub urxvt::line::t {
1373 $self->{term}->ROW_t ($_, $_[1], 0, ($_ - $self->{beg}) * $self->{ncol}, $self->{ncol})
1374 for $self->{beg} .. $self->{end};
1377 defined wantarray &&
1378 substr +(join "", map $self->{term}->ROW_t ($_), $self->{beg} .. $self->{end}),
1382 sub urxvt::line::r {
1387 $self->{term}->ROW_r ($_, $_[1], 0, ($_ - $self->{beg}) * $self->{ncol}, $self->{ncol})
1388 for $self->{beg} .. $self->{end};
1391 if (defined wantarray) {
1393 map @{ $self->{term}->ROW_r ($_) }, $self->{beg} .. $self->{end}
1395 $#$rend = $self->{len} - 1;
1402 sub urxvt::line::beg { $_[0]{beg} }
1403 sub urxvt::line::end { $_[0]{end} }
1404 sub urxvt::line::l { $_[0]{len} }
1406 sub urxvt::line::offset_of {
1407 my ($self, $row, $col) = @_;
1409 ($row - $self->{beg}) * $self->{ncol} + $col
1412 sub urxvt::line::coord_of {
1413 my ($self, $offset) = @_;
1418 $offset / $self->{ncol} + $self->{beg},
1419 $offset % $self->{ncol}
1423 =item $text = $term->special_encode $string
1425 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1426 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1427 C<< $term->ROW_t >> for details.
1429 =item $string = $term->special_decode $text
1431 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1432 C<< $term->ROW_t >> for details.
1434 =item $success = $term->grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)
1436 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1438 =item $success = $term->grab ($eventtime[, $sync])
1440 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1441 synchronous (C<$sync> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1443 =item $term->allow_events_async
1445 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1447 =item $term->allow_events_sync
1449 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1451 =item $term->allow_events_replay
1453 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1458 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1459 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1466 package urxvt::popup;
1468 =head2 The C<urxvt::popup> Class
1475 my ($self, $item) = @_;
1477 $item->{rend}{normal} = "\x1b[0;30;47m" unless exists $item->{rend}{normal};
1478 $item->{rend}{hover} = "\x1b[0;30;46m" unless exists $item->{rend}{hover};
1479 $item->{rend}{active} = "\x1b[m" unless exists $item->{rend}{active};
1481 $item->{render} ||= sub { $_[0]{text} };
1483 push @{ $self->{item} }, $item;
1486 =item $popup->add_title ($title)
1488 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1493 my ($self, $title) = @_;
1496 rend => { normal => "\x1b[38;5;11;44m", hover => "\x1b[38;5;11;44m", active => "\x1b[38;5;11;44m" },
1498 activate => sub { },
1502 =item $popup->add_separator ([$sepchr])
1504 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as C<$sepchr>.
1509 my ($self, $sep) = @_;
1514 rend => { normal => "\x1b[0;30;47m", hover => "\x1b[0;30;47m", active => "\x1b[0;30;47m" },
1516 render => sub { $sep x $self->{term}->ncol },
1517 activate => sub { },
1521 =item $popup->add_button ($text, $cb)
1523 Adds a clickable button to the popup. C<$cb> is called whenever it is
1529 my ($self, $text, $cb) = @_;
1531 $self->add_item ({ type => "button", text => $text, activate => $cb});
1534 =item $popup->add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)
1536 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1537 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its first
1543 my ($self, $text, $cb, $value) = @_;
1549 render => sub { ($_[0]{value} ? "* " : " ") . $text },
1550 activate => sub { $cb->($_[1]{value} = !$_[1]{value}); },
1553 $self->add_item ($item);
1558 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1565 local $urxvt::popup::self = $self;
1567 my $env = $self->{term}->env;
1568 # we can't hope to reproduce the locale algorithm, so nuke LC_ALL and set LC_CTYPE.
1569 delete $env->{LC_ALL};
1570 $env->{LC_CTYPE} = $self->{term}->locale;
1572 urxvt::term->new ($env, $self->{term}->resource ("name"),
1573 "--perl-lib" => "", "--perl-ext-common" => "", "-pty-fd" => -1, "-sl" => 0, "-b" => 0,
1574 "--transient-for" => $self->{term}->parent,
1575 "-display" => $self->{term}->display_id,
1576 "-pe" => "urxvt-popup")
1577 or die "unable to create popup window\n";
1583 delete $self->{term}{_destroy}{$self};
1584 $self->{term}->ungrab;
1589 =head2 The C<urxvt::timer> Class
1591 This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1592 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:
1594 $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1595 $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
1599 $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
1600 sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1605 =item $timer = new urxvt::timer
1607 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1610 =item $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
1612 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1614 =item $tstamp = $timer->at
1616 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1618 =item $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
1620 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1622 =item $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
1624 Normally (and when C<$interval> is C<0>), the timer will automatically
1625 stop after it has fired once. If C<$interval> is non-zero, then the timer
1626 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1628 =item $timer = $timer->start
1632 =item $timer = $timer->start ($tstamp)
1634 Set the event trigger time to C<$tstamp> and start the timer.
1636 =item $timer = $timer->stop
1642 =head2 The C<urxvt::iow> Class
1644 This class implements io watchers/events. Example:
1646 $term->{socket} = ...
1647 $term->{iow} = urxvt::iow
1649 ->fd (fileno $term->{socket})
1650 ->events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1653 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1654 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1655 sysread $term->{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1662 =item $iow = new urxvt::iow
1664 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1666 =item $iow = $iow->cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })
1668 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. C<$reventmask>
1669 is a bitset as described in the C<events> method.
1671 =item $iow = $iow->fd ($fd)
1673 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1675 =item $iow = $iow->events ($eventmask)
1677 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1678 C<urxvt::EVENT_READ> and C<urxvt::EVENT_WRITE>, which might be ORed
1679 together, or C<urxvt::EVENT_NONE>.
1681 =item $iow = $iow->start
1683 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1685 =item $iow = $iow->stop
1687 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1693 =head2 URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY
1695 This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1696 numbers indicate more verbose output.
1700 =item == 0 - fatal messages
1702 =item >= 3 - script loading and management
1704 =item >=10 - all called hooks
1706 =item >=11 - hook reutrn values
1712 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
1713 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode