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<h1>1</h1>
<h2>X Version 11</h2>
<h2>25 SEPTEMBER 1998</h2>
<h2>NAME</h2>
rxvt (ouR XVT) - a VT102 emulator for the X window system
<p><br>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<p><br><strong>rxvt</strong> [options] [-e command [ args ]]
<p><br>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><br><strong>rxvt</strong>, version <strong>2.4.8</strong>, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator
intended as an <em>xterm</em>(1) replacement for users who do not require
features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability.
As a result, <strong>rxvt</strong> uses much less swap space -- a significant
advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
<p><br>
<p><br><a name="rxvt-options.yo"></a>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<p><br>The <strong>rxvt</strong> options (mostly a subset of <em>xterm</em>'s) are listed below.
In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated
or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed
may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system.
<p><br>Note that <strong>rxvt</strong> 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'.
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong><strong>-help</strong>, <strong>--help</strong></strong>
Print out a message describing available options.
<li><strong><strong>-display</strong> <em>displayname</em></strong>
Attempt to open a window on the named X display (<strong>-d</strong> still
respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified
by the <strong>DISPLAY</strong> environment variable is used.
<li><strong><strong>-geometry</strong> <em>geom</em></strong>
Window geometry (-g still respected);
resource <strong>geometry</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-rv</strong>|<strong>+rv</strong></strong>
Turn on/off simulated reverse video;
resource <strong>reverseVideo</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-bg</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Window background colour;
resource <strong>background</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-fg</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Window foreground colour;
resource <strong>foreground</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-pixmap:</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></strong>
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 <strong>backgroundPixmap</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-cr</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
The cursor colour;
resource <strong>cursorColor</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-pr</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
The mouse pointer colour;
resource <strong>pointerColor</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-bd</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
resource <strong>borderColor</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-fn</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Main normal text font;
resource <strong>font</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-fb</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Main bold text font;
resource <strong>boldFont</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-fm</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Main multicharacter font;
resource <strong>mfont</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-km</strong> <em>mode</em></strong>
Multiple-character font-set encoding mode;
<strong>eucj</strong>: EUC Japanese encoding.
<strong>sjis</strong>: Shift JIS encoding;
resource <strong>multichar_encoding</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-grk</strong> <em>mode</em></strong>
Greek keyboard translation;
<strong>iso</strong>: ISO-8859 mapping.
<strong>ibm</strong>: IBM-437 mapping;
resource <strong>greek_keyboard</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-name</strong> <em>name</em></strong>
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.
<li><strong><strong>-ls</strong>|<strong>+ls</strong></strong>
Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
resource <strong>loginShell</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-ut</strong>|<strong>+ut</strong></strong>
Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
resource <strong>utmpInhibit</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-vb</strong>|<strong>+vb</strong></strong>
Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
resource <strong>visualBell</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-sb</strong>|<strong>+sb</strong></strong>
Turn on/off scrollbar;
resource <strong>scrollBar</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-si</strong>|<strong>+si</strong></strong>
Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
resource <strong>scrollTtyOutput</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-sk</strong>|<strong>+sk</strong></strong>
Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
resource <strong>scrollKeypress</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-sr</strong>|<strong>+sr</strong></strong>
Put scrollbar on right/left;
resource <strong>scrollBar_right</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-st</strong>|<strong>+st</strong></strong>
Display scrollbar without/with a trough;
resource <strong>scrollBar_floating</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-iconic</strong></strong>
Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
<li><strong><strong>-sl</strong> <em>number</em></strong>
Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer;
resource <strong>saveLines</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-tn</strong> <em>termname</em></strong>
This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
<strong>TERM</strong> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
<em>termcap(5)</em> database and should have <em>li#</em> and <em>co#</em> entries;
resource <strong>termName</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-e</strong> <em>command [arguments]</em></strong>
Run the command with its command-line arguments in the <strong>rxvt</strong>
window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
of the program being executed if neither <em>-title</em> (<em>-T</em>) nor
<em>-n</em> are given on the command line. If this option is used, it
must be the last on the command-line. If there is no <strong>-e</strong> option
then the default is to run the program specified by the <strong>SHELL</strong>
environment variable or, failing that, <em>sh(1)</em>.
<li><strong><strong>-title</strong> <em>text</em></strong>
Window title <strong>-T</strong> still respected); the default title is the
basename of the program specified after the \f3\-e\fP option, if
any, otherwise the application name;
resource <strong>title</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-n</strong> <em>text</em></strong>
Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
after the \f3\-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application name;
resource <strong>iconName</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>-C</strong></strong> Capture system console messages.
</ul>
<a name="rxvt-resources.yo"></a>
<h2>RESOURCES (available also as long-options)</h2>
<p><br><strong>rxvt</strong> accepts application defaults set in XAPPLOADDIR/Rxvt (compile-time
defined: usually <strong>/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt</strong>) and resources set in
<strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong> or <strong>~/.Xresources</strong>. Note that when reading X resources,
<strong>rxvt</strong> recognizes two class names: <strong>XTerm</strong> and <strong>Rxvt</strong>. The class name
<strong>XTerm</strong> allows resources common to both <strong>rxvt</strong> and <em>xterm</em> to be easily
configured, while the class name <strong>Rxvt</strong> allows resources unique to <strong>rxvt</strong>,
notably colours and key-handling, to be shared between different <strong>rxvt</strong>
configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will be
used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource settings. The
following resources are allowed:
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong><strong>geometry:</strong> <em>geom</em></strong>
Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default
80x24];
option <strong>-geometry</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>background:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
White];
option <strong>-bg</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>foreground:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
Black];
option <strong>-fg</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>color</strong><em>n</em><strong>:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour for the colour value <em>n</em>, where 0-7
corresponds 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
<strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
<li><strong><strong>colorBD:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the
foreground colour is the default.
<li><strong><strong>colorUL:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
foreground colour is the default.
<li><strong><strong>cursorColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
foreground colour;
option <strong>-cr</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>cursorColor2:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this
to take effect, <strong>cursorColor</strong> must also be specified. The default
is to use the background colour.
<li><strong><strong>reverseVideo:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
option <strong>-rv</strong>,
<strong>False</strong>: regular screen colours [default];
option <strong>+rv</strong>.
See note in <strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
<li><strong><strong>scrollColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
<li><strong><strong>troughColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></strong>
Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
#969696].
<li><strong><strong>backgroundPixmap:</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></strong>
Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional)
for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a
geometry string <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>, in which <strong>"W" / "H"</strong> specify the
horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and <strong>"X" / "Y"</strong> locate the
image centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling.
A scale of 1 displays the image without any scaling. 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]
<li><strong><strong>menu:</strong> <em>file[;tag]</em></strong>
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.
<li><strong><strong>path:</strong> <em>path</em></strong>
Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
menus), in addition to the paths specified by the <strong>RXVTPATH</strong> and
<strong>PATH</strong> environment variables.
<li><strong><strong>font:</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Select the main text font used [default 7x14];
option <strong>-fn</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>font</strong><em>n</em><strong>:</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Specify the alternative font <em>n</em>. The default font values: <br><ul><table>
<tr>
<td> <strong>font</strong>: </td>
<td> 7x14 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>font1</strong>: </td>
<td> 6x10 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>font2</strong>: </td>
<td> 6x13 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>font3</strong>: </td>
<td> 8x13 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>font4</strong>: </td>
<td> 9x15 <br></td>
</tr>
</table> </ul>
<p><br><li><strong><strong>boldFont:</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Specify the name of the bold font to use if <strong>colorBD</strong> 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 <strong>-fb</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>mfont:</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Select the main multiple-character text font used [default k14];
option <strong>-fk</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>mfont</strong><em>n</em><strong>:</strong> <em>fontname</em></strong>
Specify the alternative multiple-character font <em>n</em>. If compiled
for multiple-character fonts, the Roman and multiple-character font
sizes should match.
<li><strong><strong>multichar_encoding:</strong> <em>mode</em></strong>
Set the encoding mode to be used when multicharacter encoding is
received;
<strong>eucj</strong>: EUC Japanese encoding [default for Kanji].
<strong>sjis</strong>: Shift JIS encoding.
<strong>big5</strong>: BIG5 encoding;
option <strong>-km</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>greek_keyboard:</strong> <em>mode</em></strong>
Set the Greek keyboard translation mode to be used;
<strong>iso</strong>: ISO-8859 mapping (elot-928) [default].
<strong>ibm</strong>: IBM-437 mapping (DOS codepage 737);
option <strong>-grk</strong>.
Use <strong>Mode_switch</strong> to toggle keyboard input. For more details,
see the distributed file <strong>README.greek</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>title:</strong> <em>text</em></strong>
Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
specified after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the application
name;
option <strong>-title</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>iconName:</strong> <em>text</em></strong>
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 <strong>-n</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>mapAlert:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character.
<strong>False</strong>: no de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character
[default].
<li><strong><strong>visualBell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
option <strong>-vb</strong>.
<strong>False</strong>: no visual bell [default];
option <strong>+vb</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>loginShell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to <strong>argv[0]</strong>
of the shell;
option <strong>-ls</strong>.
<strong>False</strong>: start as a normal sub-shell [default];
option <strong>+ls</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>utmpInhibit:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: inhibit writing record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong>;
option <strong>-ut</strong>.
<strong>False</strong>: write record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong> [default];
option <strong>+ut</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>print-pipe:</strong> <em>string</em></strong>
Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default <em>lpr(1)</em>]. Use
<strong>Print</strong> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and <strong>Ctrl-Print</strong>
or <strong>Shift-Print</strong> to include the scrollback as well.
<li><strong><strong>scrollBar:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: enable the scrollbar [default];
option <strong>-sb</strong>.
<strong>False</strong>: disable the scrollbar;
option <strong>+sb</strong>.
Note that the scrollbar type (with/without arrows) is compile-time
selected.
<li><strong><strong>smallfont_key:</strong> <em>keysym</em></strong>
If enabled, use <strong>Alt-</strong><em>keysym</em> to toggle to a smaller font
[default <strong>Alt-<</strong>]
<li><strong><strong>bigfont_key:</strong> <em>keysym</em></strong>
If enabled, use <strong>Alt-</strong><em>keysym</em> to toggle to a bigger font
[default <strong>Alt-></strong>]
<li><strong><strong>saveLines:</strong> <em>number</em></strong>
Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64];
option <strong>-sl</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>termName:</strong> <em>termname</em></strong>
Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the <strong>TERM</strong>
environment variable;
option <strong>-tn</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>meta8:</strong> <em>boolean</em></strong>
<strong>True</strong>: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit.
<strong>False</strong>: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
<li><strong><strong>modifier:</strong> <em>string</em></strong>
Set the Meta key to be enabled by modifier <strong>Mod1</strong>, <strong>Mod2</strong>, <strong>Mod3</strong>,
<strong>Mod4</strong> or <strong>Mod5</strong>.
<li><strong><strong>backspacekey:</strong> <em>string</em></strong>
The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to
<strong>DEC</strong> or unset it will send <strong>Delete</strong> (code 127) or, if shifted,
<strong>Backspace</strong> (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate
DEC private mode escape sequence.
<li><strong><strong>deletekey:</strong> <em>string</em></strong>
The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
with the <strong>Execute</strong> key.
<li><strong><strong>cutchars:</strong> <em>string</em></strong>
The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection.
The built-in default: <br><strong>BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}</strong>
<li><strong><strong>keysym.</strong><em>sym</em>: <em>string</em></strong>
Associate <em>string</em> with keysym <em>sym</em> (<strong>0xFF00 - 0xFFFF</strong>). It
may contain 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 <strong>keysym.</strong> cannot be omitted. This
resource is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE.
</ul>
<a name="rxvt-scrollbar.yo"></a>
<h2>THE SCROLLBAR</h2>
<p><br>Lines of text that scroll off the top of the <strong>rxvt</strong> window (resource:
<strong>saveLines</strong>) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by keystrokes.
The normal <strong>rxvt</strong> scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is fairly
intuitive. The <strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong> is without arrows and its behaviour
mimics that of <em>xterm</em>
<p><br>Scroll down with <strong>Button1</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Next</strong>.
Scroll up with <strong>Button3</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Prior</strong>.
Continuous scroll with <strong>Button2</strong>.
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<h2>MOUSE REPORTING</h2>
<p><br>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.
<p><br>If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are disabled
-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen application.
Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends
<strong>ESC[6~</strong> (Next) and <strong>ESC[5~</strong> (Prior), respectively.
Similarly, clicking on the up and down arrows sends <strong>ESC[A</strong> (Up) and
<strong>ESC[B</strong> (Down), respectively.
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<h2>TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION</h2>
<p><br>The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
<em>xterm</em>(1).
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong><strong>Selection</strong>:</strong>
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.
<p><br><li><strong><strong>Insertion</strong>:</strong>
Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or <strong>Shift-Insert</strong>)
in an <strong>rxvt</strong> window causes the current text selection to be inserted
as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
</ul>
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<h2>CHANGING FONTS</h2>
<p><br>You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the default
font and others of various sizes, by using <strong>Shift-KP_Add</strong> and
<strong>Shift-KP_Subtract</strong>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with
<strong>Alt-></strong> and <strong>Alt-<</strong>, where the actual key
can be selected using resources <strong>smallfont_key</strong>/<strong>bigfont_key</strong>.
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<h2>LOGIN STAMP</h2>
<p><br><strong>rxvt</strong> tries to write an entry into the <em>utmp</em>(5) file so that it can be
seen via the <em>who(1)</em> command, and can accept messages. To allow this
feature, <strong>rxvt</strong> must be installed setuid root on some systems.
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<h2>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</h2>
<p><br>If graphics support was enabled at compile-time, <strong>rxvt</strong> 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.
<p><br>In addition to the default foreground and background colours, <strong>rxvt</strong>
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 <strong>rgb.txt</strong> names.
<p><br><table>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color0</strong> </td>
<td> (black) </td>
<td> = Black <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color1</strong> </td>
<td> (red) </td>
<td> = Red3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color2</strong> </td>
<td> (green) </td>
<td> = Green3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color3</strong> </td>
<td> (yellow) </td>
<td> = Yellow3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color4</strong> </td>
<td> (blue) </td>
<td> = Blue3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color5</strong> </td>
<td> (magenta) </td>
<td> = Magenta3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color6</strong> </td>
<td> (cyan) </td>
<td> = Cyan3 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color7</strong> </td>
<td> (white) </td>
<td> = AntiqueWhite <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color8</strong> </td>
<td> (bright black) </td>
<td> = Grey25 <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color9</strong> </td>
<td> (bright red) </td>
<td> = Red <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color10</strong> </td>
<td> (bright green) </td>
<td> = Green <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color11</strong> </td>
<td> (bright yellow) </td>
<td> = Yellow <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color12</strong> </td>
<td> (bright blue) </td>
<td> = Blue <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color13</strong> </td>
<td> (bright magenta) </td>
<td> = Magenta <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color14</strong> </td>
<td> (bright cyan) </td>
<td> = Cyan <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>color15</strong> </td>
<td> (bright white) </td>
<td> = White <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>foreground</strong> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> = Black <br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <strong>background</strong> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> = White <br></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><br>It is also possible to specify the colour values of <strong>foreground</strong>,
<strong>background</strong>, <strong>cursorColor</strong>, <strong>cursorColor2</strong>, <strong>colorBD</strong>, <strong>colorUL</strong>
as a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
color0-color15.
<p><br>Note that <strong>-rv</strong> (<strong>"reverseVideo: True"</strong>) simulates reverse video by
always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
<em>xterm</em>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise been
specified.
For example,
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong><strong>rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv</strong></strong>
would yield White on Black, while on <em>xterm</em>(1) it would yield
Black on White.
</ul>
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<h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2>
<p><br><strong>rxvt</strong> sets the environment variables <strong>TERM</strong>, <strong>COLORTERM</strong> and
<strong>COLORFGBG</strong>. The environment variable <strong>WINDOWID</strong> is set to the X window
id number of the <strong>rxvt</strong> window and it also uses and sets the environment
variable <strong>DISPLAY</strong> to specify which display terminal to use. <strong>rxvt</strong> uses
the environment variables <strong>RXVTPATH</strong> and <strong>PATH</strong> to find XPM files.
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<h2>FILES</h2>
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong><strong>/etc/utmp</strong></strong> System file for login records.
<li><strong><strong>/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt</strong></strong> Color names.
</ul>
<p><br>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><br><em>xterm</em>(1), <em>sh</em>(1), <em>resize</em>(1), <em>X</em>(1), <em>pty</em>(4), <em>tty</em>(4),
<em>utmp</em>(5)
<p><br>See rxvtRef.html rxvtRef.txt for detailed information on recognized escape
sequences and menuBar syntax, etc.
<p><br>
<h2>BUGS</h2>
<p><br>Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
<p><br>Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
<p><br>Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
<p><br>Graphics support is fairly crude.
<p><br>
<h2>FTP LOCATION</h2>
<p><br>rxvt-2.4.8.tar.gz can be found at the following ftp sites
<a href="RXVTFTPSITE()">ftp://ftp.math.fu-berlin.de/pub/rxvt</a>
<p><br>
<h2>CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR</h2>
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong>Project Coordinator</strong>
Geoff Wing <a href="mailto:RXVTMAINTEMAIL()"><em><gcw@pobox.com></em></a><br><li><strong>Web page maintainter</strong>
Oezguer Kesim <a href="mailto:RXVTWEBMAINTEMAIL()"><em><Oec.Kesim@alcatel.de></em></a><br><a href="RXVTWEBPAGE()"><http://babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de/~rxvt/></a><br><li><strong>Mailing list</strong>
The Rxvt Workers <a href="mailto:<rxvt-workers@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de>"><em><rxvt-workers@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de></em></a>
mailing list has also been established for rxvt development, to
subscribe, email to
<a href="mailto:<rxvt-workers-subscribe@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de>"><em><rxvt-workers-subscribe@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de></em></a>.
There is also a mailing list for announcements of new releases of
rxvt. To subscribe, email to
<a href="mailto:<rxvt-announce-subscribe@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de>"><em><rxvt-announce-subscribe@babayaga.math.fu-berlin.de></em></a>.
</ul>
<p><br>
<h2>AUTHORS</h2>
<p><br><ul>
<li><strong>John Bovey</strong>
University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
<li><strong>Rob Nation <a href="mailto:<nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"><em><nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com></em></a></strong>
very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
<li><strong>Angelo Haritsis <a href="mailto:<ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"><em><ah@doc.ic.ac.uk></em></a></strong>
wrote the Greek Keyboard Input
<li><strong>mj olesen <a href="mailto:<olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"><em><olesen@me.QueensU.CA></em></a></strong>
Wrote the menu system. <br>Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
<li><strong>Oezguer Kesim <a href="mailto:<kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"><em><kesim@math.fu-berlin.de></em></a></strong>
Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
<li><strong>Geoff Wing <a href="mailto:<gcw@pobox.com>"><em><gcw@pobox.com></em></a></strong>
Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. <br>Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - )
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