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NAME
       rxvt (ouR XVT) -	a VT102	emulator for the X window system

SYNOPSIS
       rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]]

DESCRIPTION
       rxvt, version 2.6.4, is a colour	vt102 terminal emulator	intended as an
       xterm(1)	replacement for	users who do not require features such as Tek-
       tronix  4014 emulation and toolkit-style	configurability.  As a result,
       rxvt uses much less swap	space -- a significant advantage on a  machine
       serving many X sessions.

OPTIONS
       The  rxvt  options  (mostly  a subset of	xterm's) are listed below.  In
       keeping with the	smaller-is-better philosophy, options  may  be	elimi-
       nated or	default	values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults
       listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system.
       `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on the usage line.
       Option descriptions may be prefixed with	which compile option  each  is
       dependent  upon.	  e.g.	`Compile XIM:' requires	XIM on the usage line.
       Note: `rxvt -help' gives	a list of all options compiled into your  ver-
       sion.

       Note  that  rxvt	 permits the resource name to be used as a long-option
       (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options  are  far  greater
       than those listed.  For example:	`rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange'.

       -help, --help
	      Print out	a message describing available options.

       -display	displayname
	      Attempt  to  open	 a  window  on	the  named X display (-d still
	      respected).  In the absence of this option, the  display	speci-
	      fied by the DISPLAY environment variable is used.

       -geometry geom
	      Window geometry (-g still	respected); resource geometry.

       -rv|+rv
	      Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo.

       -ip|+ip
	      Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap.  Alternative form
	      is -tr; resource inheritPixmap.

       -bg colour
	      Window background	colour;	resource background.

       -fg colour
	      Window foreground	colour;	resource foreground.

       -pixmap:	file[;geom]
	      Compile XPM: Specify  XPM	 file  for  the	 background  and  also
	      optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string.  Note you
	      may need to add quotes to	avoid special shell interpretation  of
	      the `;' in the command-line; resource backgroundPixmap.

       -cr colour
	      The cursor colour; resource cursorColor.

       -pr colour
	      The mouse	pointer	colour;	resource pointerColor.

       -bd colour
	      The  colour  of  the  border between the xterm scrollbar and the
	      text; resource borderColor.

       -fn fontname
	      Main normal text font; resource font.

       -fb fontname
	      Main bold	text font; resource boldFont.

       -fm fontname
	      Main multicharacter font;	resource mfont.

       -km mode
	      Multiple-character font-set encoding mode;  eucj:	 EUC  Japanese
	      encoding.	  sjis:	 Shift JIS encoding; resource multichar_encod-
	      ing.

       -grk mode
	      Greek keyboard translation; iso: ISO-8859	mapping.  ibm: IBM-437
	      mapping; resource	greek_keyboard.

       -name name
	      Specify  the  application	 name  under which resources are to be
	      obtained,	rather than the	default	executable  file  name.	  Name
	      should  not  contain  `.'	or `*' characters.  Also sets the icon
	      and title	name.

       -ls|+ls
	      Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;	resource loginShell.

       -ut|+ut
	      Compile utmp: Inhibit/enable  writing  a	utmp  entry;  resource
	      utmpInhibit.

       -vb|+vb
	      Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
	      visualBell.

       -sb|+sb
	      Turn on/off scrollbar; resource scrollBar.

       -si|+si
	      Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on  TTY  output  inhibit;  resource
	      scrollTtyOutput has opposite effect.

       -sk|+sk
	      Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;	resource scrollTtyKey-
	      press.

       -sr|+sr
	      Put scrollbar on right/left; resource scrollBar_right.

       -st|+st
	      Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar	without/with a trough;
	      resource scrollBar_floating.

       -iconic
	      Start  iconified,	 if  the  window manager supports that option.
	      Alternative form is -ic.

       -sl number
	      Save number lines	in the scrollback buffer; resource  saveLines.

       -tn termname
	      This option specifies the	name of	the terminal type to be	set in
	      the TERM environment variable. This terminal type	must exist  in
	      the  termcap(5)  database	 and  should have li# and co# entries;
	      resource termName.

       -e command [arguments]
	      Run the command with its command-line arguments in the rxvt win-
	      dow; also	sets the window	title and icon name to be the basename
	      of the program being executed if neither -title (-T) nor -n  are
	      given  on	 the command line.  If this option is used, it must be
	      the last on the command-line.  If	there is no -e option then the
	      default is to run	the program specified by the SHELL environment
	      variable or, failing that, sh(1).

       -title text
	      Window title (-T still respected);  the  default	title  is  the
	      basename	of  the	program	specified after	the -e option, if any,
	      otherwise	the application	name; resource title.

       -n text
	      Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program spec-
	      ified  after  the	 -e  option, if	any, otherwise the application
	      name; resource iconName.

       -C     Capture system console messages.

       -pt style
	      Compile XIM: input style for input method; OverTheSpot, OffTheS-
	      pot, Root; resource preeditType.

       -im text
	      Compile XIM: input method	name.  resource	inputMethod.

       -mod modifier
	      Override	detection  of  Meta  modifier with specified key: alt,
	      meta, hyper, super, mod1,	mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5;	resource modi-
	      fier.

       -xrm resourcestring
	      No effect	on rxvt.  Simply passes	through	an argument to be made
	      available	in the instance's argument list.  Appears  in  WM_COM-
	      MAND in some window managers.

RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
       Note:  `rxvt  --help' gives a list of all resources (long options) com-
       piled into your version.	 If compiled with internal Xresources  support
       (i.e.  rxvt -h lists .Xdefaults)	then rxvt accepts application defaults
       set    in    XAPPLOADDIR/Rxvt	(compile-time	  defined:     usually
       /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt)	and  resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or
       ~/.Xresources if	~/.Xdefaults does not exist.  Note that	when reading X
       resources,  rxvt	recognizes two class names: XTerm and Rxvt.  The class
       name XTerm allows resources common to both rxvt and xterm to be	easily
       configured,  while the class name Rxvt allows resources unique to rxvt,
       notably colours and key-handling, to be shared between  different  rxvt
       configurations.	 If no resources are specified,	suitable defaults will
       be used.	 Command-line arguments	can be used to override	resource  set-
       tings.  The following resources are allowed:

       geometry: geom
	      Create  the window with the specified X window geometry [default
	      80x24]; option -geometry.

       background: colour
	      Use the specified	 colour	 as  the  window's  background	colour
	      [default White]; option -bg.

       foreground: colour
	      Use  the	specified  colour  as  the  window's foreground	colour
	      [default Black]; option -fg.

       colorn: colour
	      Use the specified	colour for the colour value n, where 0-7  cor-
	      responds	to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds
	      to high-intensity	(bold =	 bright	 foreground,  blink  =	bright
	      background)  colours.   The  canonical  names  are  as  follows:
	      0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow,  4=blue,  5=magenta,  6=cyan,
	      7=white, but the actual colour names used	are listed in the COL-
	      ORS AND GRAPHICS section.

       colorBD:	colour
	      Use the specified	colour to display  bold	 characters  when  the
	      foreground colour	is the default.

       colorUL:	colour
	      Use  the	specified colour to display underlined characters when
	      the foreground colour is the default.

       cursorColor: colour
	      Use the specified	colour for the cursor.	The default is to  use
	      the foreground colour; option -cr.

       cursorColor2: colour
	      Use the specified	colour for the colour of the cursor text.  For
	      this to take effect, cursorColor must also  be  specified.   The
	      default is to use	the background colour.

       reverseVideo: boolean
	      True:  simulate  reverse	video  by  foreground  and  background
	      colours; option -rv, False: regular  screen  colours  [default];
	      option +rv.  See note in COLORS AND GRAPHICS section.

       inheritPixmap: boolean
	      True:  make  the	background inherit the parent windows' pixmap,
	      giving artificial	transparency.  False: do not inherit the  par-
	      ent windows' pixmap.

       scrollColor: colour
	      Use the specified	colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].

       troughColor: colour
	      Use  the	specified  colour  for	the  scrollbar's  trough  area
	      [default #969696].  Only relevant	for  normal  (non  XTerm/NeXT)
	      scrollbar.

       backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]
	      Use  the	specified  XPM	file  (note  the  `.xpm'  extension is
	      optional)	for the	background and	also  optionally  specify  its
	      scaling with a geometry string WxH+X+Y, in which "W" / "H" spec-
	      ify the horizontal/vertical scale	(percent) and "X" / "Y"	locate
	      the  image  centre  (percent).   A scale of 0 displays the image
	      with tiling.  A scale of 1 displays the image without any	 scal-
	      ing.  A scale of 2 to 9 specifies	an integer number of images in
	      that direction.  No image	will be	magnified beyond 10 times  its
	      original	size.	The maximum permitted scale is 1000.  [default
	      0x0+50+50]

       menu: file[;tag]
	      Read in the specified menu file (note the	`.menu'	 extension  is
	      optional)	 and  also  optionally specify a starting tag to find.
	      See the reference	documentation for details on  the  syntax  for
	      the menuBar.

       path: path
	      Specify  the  colon-delimited search path	for finding files (XPM
	      and menus), in addition to the paths specified by	 the  RXVTPATH
	      and PATH environment variables.

       font: fontname
	      Select the main text font	used [default 7x14]; option -fn.

       fontn: fontname
	      Specify the alternative font n.  The default font	values:

       boldFont: fontname
	      Specify the name of the bold font	to use if colorBD has not been
	      specified	and it is not possible to map the  default  foreground
	      colour  to  colour  8-15	[default NONE].	 This font must	be the
	      same height and width as the normal font;	option -fb.

       mfont: fontname
	      Select the main multiple-character text font used	[default k14];
	      option -fk.

       mfontn: fontname
	      Specify  the alternative multiple-character font n.  If compiled
	      for multiple-character fonts, the	Roman  and  multiple-character
	      font sizes should	match.

       multichar_encoding: mode
	      Set the encoding mode to be used when multicharacter encoding is
	      received;	eucj:  EUC  Japanese  encoding	[default  for  Kanji].
	      sjis:  Shift  JIS	encoding.  big5: BIG5 encoding.	 gb: GB	encod-
	      ing; option -km.

       greek_keyboard: mode
	      Set the  Greek  keyboard	translation  mode  to  be  used;  iso:
	      ISO-8859	mapping	 (elot-928)  [default].	  ibm: IBM-437 mapping
	      (DOS codepage 737); option -grk.	Use Mode_switch	to toggle key-
	      board  input.   For  more	 details,  see	the  distributed  file
	      README.greek.

       selectstyle: text
	      Set mouse	selection style	to old which is	2.20, oldword which is
	      xterm style with 2.20 old	word selection,	or anything else which
	      gives xterm style	selection.

       title: text
	      Set window title string, the default title is  the  command-line
	      specified	after the -e option, if	any, otherwise the application
	      name; option -title.

       iconName: text
	      Set the name used	to label the window's icon or displayed	in  an
	      icon  manager  window, it	also sets the window's title unless it
	      is explicitly set; option	-n.

       mapAlert: boolean
	      True: de-iconify (map) on	receipt	of a bell  character.	False:
	      no de-iconify (map) on receipt of	a bell character [default].

       visualBell: boolean
	      True:  use  visual  bell	on receipt of a	bell character;	option
	      -vb.  False: no visual bell [default]; option +vb.

       loginShell: boolean
	      True: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to  argv[0]  of
	      the  shell;  option  -ls.	  False:  start	 as a normal sub-shell
	      [default]; option	+ls.

       utmpInhibit: boolean
	      True: inhibit writing record into	 the  system  log  file	 utmp;
	      option  -ut.   False: write record into the system log file utmp
	      [default]; option	+ut.

       print-pipe: string
	      Specify a	command	pipe for vt100 printer [default	lpr(1)].   Use
	      Print to initiate	a screen dump to the printer and Ctrl-Print or
	      Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well.

       scrollBar: boolean
	      True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb.	  False:  dis-
	      able the scrollbar; option +sb.

       scrollBar_right:	boolean
	      True:  place  the	 scrollbar  on the right of the	window;	option
	      -sr.  False: place the scrollbar on  the	left  of  the  window;
	      option +sr.

       scrollBar_floating: boolean
	      True:  display  an  rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option -st.
	      False: display an	rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option +st.

       scrollTtyOutput:	boolean
	      True: scroll to bottom when tty  receives	 output;  option(+si).
	      False:  do  not  scroll  to  bottom  when	 tty  receives output;
	      option(-si).

       scrollTtyKeypress: boolean
	      True: scroll to bottom when a non-special	key is pressed.	  Spe-
	      cial  keys  are  those which are intercepted by rxvt for special
	      handling and are not passed onto the shell; option(-sk).	False:
	      do  not  scroll  to  bottom  when	 a non-special key is pressed;
	      option(+sk).

       smallfont_key: keysym
	      If enabled, use Alt-keysym to toggle to a	smaller	font  [default
	      Alt-<]

       bigfont_key: keysym
	      If  enabled,  use	Alt-keysym to toggle to	a bigger font [default
	      Alt->]

       saveLines: number
	      Save number lines	in the scrollback buffer [default 64];	option
	      -sl.

       termName: termname
	      Specifies	 the terminal type name	to be set in the TERM environ-
	      ment variable; option -tn.

       meta8: boolean
	      True: handle Meta	(Alt) +	keypress to set	the 8th	 bit.	False:
	      handle Meta (Alt)	+ keypress as an escape	prefix [default].

       backspacekey: string
	      The string to send when the backspace key	is pressed.  If	set to
	      DEC or unset it will send	Delete	(code  127)  or,  if  shifted,
	      Backspace	 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate
	      DEC private mode escape sequence.

       deletekey: string
	      The string to send when the delete key (not  the	keypad	delete
	      key)  is pressed.	 If unset it will send the sequence tradition-
	      ally associated with the Execute key.

       cutchars: string
	      The characters used as delimiters	for double-click  word	selec-
	      tion.  The built-in default:
	      BACKSLASH	`"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}

       preeditType: style
	      OverTheSpot, OffTheSpot, Root; option -pt.

       inputMethod: name
	      name of inputMethod to use; option -im.

       modifier: modifier
	      Set  the	key  to	 be interpreted	as the Meta key	to: alt, meta,
	      hyper, super, mod1, mod2,	mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod.

       keysym.sym: string
	      Associate	string with keysym sym (0xFF00 - 0xFFFF).  It may con-
	      tain escape values (\a: bell, \b:	backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
	      newline, \r: return, \t: tab, \000:  octal  number)  or  control
	      characters  (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A ...) and may enclosed with
	      double quotes so that it can start or end	with whitespace.   The
	      intervening  resource  name  keysym.  cannot  be	omitted.  This
	      resource is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE.

THE SCROLLBAR
       Lines of	text that scroll off the top of	 the  rxvt  window  (resource:
       saveLines)  and	can  be	 scrolled  back	using the scrollbar or by key-
       strokes.	 The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows  and  its	 behaviour  is
       fairly intuitive.  The xterm-scrollbar is without arrows	and its	behav-
       iour mimics that	of xterm

       Scroll down with	Button1	(xterm-scrollbar) or  Shift-Next.   Scroll  up
       with  Button3 (xterm-scrollbar) or Shift-Prior.	Continuous scroll with
       Button2.

MOUSE REPORTING
       To temporarily override mouse reporting,	for either  the	 scrollbar  or
       the  normal text	selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
       (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.

       If mouse	reporting mode is active, the  normal  scrollbar  actions  are
       disabled	 --  on	the assumption that we are using a fullscreen applica-
       tion.  Instead, pressing	Button1	and Button3 sends  ESC[6~  (Next)  and
       ESC[5~  (Prior),	 respectively.	Similarly, clicking on the up and down
       arrows sends ESC[A (Up) and ESC[B (Down), respectively.

TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
       The behaviour of	text selection and insertion mechanism is  similar  to
       xterm(1).

       Selection:
	      Left  click  at  the beginning of	the region, drag to the	end of
	      the region and release; Right click to extend the	marked region;
	      Left  double-click to select a word; Left	triple-click to	select
	      the entire line.

       Insertion:
	      Pressing and releasing the Middle	mouse button (or Shift-Insert)
	      in  an  rxvt  window  causes  the	 current  text selection to be
	      inserted as if it	had been typed on the keyboard.

CHANGING FONTS
       You can change fonts on-the-fly,	which is  to  say  cycle  through  the
       default	font  and  others  of various sizes, by	using Shift-KP_Add and
       Shift-KP_Subtract.  Or,	alternatively  (if  enabled)  with  Alt->  and
       Alt-<,  where  the  actual  key	can be selected	using resources	small-
       font_key/bigfont_key.

LOGIN STAMP
       rxvt tries to write an entry into the utmp(5) file so that  it  can  be
       seen  via  the  who(1) command, and can accept messages.	 To allow this
       feature,	rxvt must be installed setuid root on some systems.

COLORS AND GRAPHICS
       If graphics support was enabled at compile-time,	rxvt  can  be  queried
       with ANSI escape	sequences and can address individual pixels instead of
       text characters.	 Note the graphics support is  still  considered  beta
       code.

       In  addition to the default foreground and background colours, rxvt can
       display up to 16	colours	(8 ANSI	colours	plus high-intensity bold/blink
       versions	 of  the  same).   Here	 is  a	list of	the colours with their
       rgb.txt names.

       It is also possible to specify the colour values	of  foreground,	 back-
       ground,	cursorColor,  cursorColor2, colorBD, colorUL as	a number 0-15,
       as  a  convenient  shorthand  to	  reference   the   colour   name   of
       color0-color15.

       Note  that -rv ("reverseVideo: True") simulates reverse video by	always
       swapping	the foreground/background colours.  This  is  in  contrast  to
       xterm(1)	 where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
       been specified.	For example,

       rxvt -fg	Black -bg White	-rv
	      would yield White	on Black, while	on  xterm(1)  it  would	 yield
	      Black on White.

ENVIRONMENT
       rxvt sets the environment variables TERM, COLORTERM and COLORFGBG.  The
       environment variable WINDOWID is	set to the X window id number  of  the
       rxvt  window and	it also	uses and sets the environment variable DISPLAY
       to specify which	display	terminal to use.  rxvt	uses  the  environment
       variables RXVTPATH and PATH to find XPM files.

FILES
       /etc/utmp
	      System file for login records.

       /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt
	      Color names.

SEE ALSO
       xterm(1), sh(1),	resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)

       See  rxvtRef.html  rxvtRef.txt  for  detailed information on recognized
       escape sequences	and menuBar syntax, etc.

BUGS
       Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.

       Cursor change support is	not yet	implemented.

       Click-and-drag doesn't work with	X11 mouse report overriding.

       Graphics	support	is fairly crude.

FTP LOCATION
       rxvt-2.6.4.tar.gz  can  be   found   at	 the   following   ftp	 sites
       ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt

CURRENT	PROJECT	COORDINATOR
       Project Coordinator
	      Geoff Wing <gcw@rxvt.org>

       Web page	maintainter
	      Oezguer Kesim <oec@rxvt.org>
	      <http://www.rxvt.org/>

       Mailing list
	      The  Rxvt	 Workers <rxvt-workers@rxvt.org> mailing list has also
	      been established for rxvt	development, to	 subscribe,  email  to
	      <rxvt-workers-subscribe@rxvt.org>.  There	is also	a mailing list
	      for announcements	of new releases	of rxvt. To  subscribe,	 email
	      to <rxvt-announce-subscribe@rxvt.org>.

AUTHORS
       John Bovey
	      University of Kent, 1992,	wrote the original Xvt.

       Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
	      very heavily modified Xvt	and came up with Rxvt

       Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
	      wrote the	Greek Keyboard Input

       mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
	      Wrote the	menu system.
	      Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)

       Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
	      Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to	2.4.5)

       Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
	      Rewrote screen display and text selection	routines.
	      Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - )

X Version 11		       02 NOVEMBER 2001			       1(RXVT)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | RESOURCES (available also as long-options) | THE SCROLLBAR | MOUSE REPORTING | TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION | CHANGING FONTS | LOGIN STAMP | COLORS AND GRAPHICS | ENVIRONMENT | FILES | SEE ALSO | BUGS | FTP LOCATION | CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR | AUTHORS

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