simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these
should give you tabs:
- rxvt -pe tabbed
+ urxvt -pe tabbed
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. When
- using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the daemon.
+ using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the daemon.
Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something
full) use 10 Megabytes of memory. With "--enable-unicode3" it gets
worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
- How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
- Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
+ How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?
+ Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create the
listening socket and then fork.
How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1. Use inheritPixmap:
Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
- rxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40
+ urxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40
That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
support, or you are unable to read.
your picture with gimp or any other tool:
convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
- rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
+ urxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or
you are unable to read.
3. Use an ARGB visual:
- rxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
+ urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
e.g.:
- rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
+ urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base font.
If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the next
If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
- PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For example, to
+ PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the urxvtperl(3) manpage. For example, to
disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify this
perl-ext-common resource:
# use Backspace = ^H
$ stty erase ^H
- $ rxvt
+ $ urxvt
# use Backspace = ^?
$ stty erase ^?
- $ rxvt
+ $ urxvt
Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l".
use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with
keysyms.
- Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "rxvt -name URxvt"
+ Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "urxvt -name URxvt"
URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it by
"enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
- "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
+ "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.
See next entry.
I need a termcap file entry.