source: xsoft/other/rxvt-unicode.xml@ 622c1021

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-download-http "http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Attic/rxvt-unicode-&rxvt-unicode-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-md5sum        "93782dec27494eb079467dacf6e48185">
  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-size          "910 KB">
  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-buildsize     "23 MB (plus 9 MB if gdk-pixbuf is present)">
  <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="rxvt-unicode" xreflabel="rxvt-unicode-&rxvt-unicode-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="rxvt-unicode.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>rxvt-unicode-&rxvt-unicode-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="rxvt-unicode">
    <primary sortas="a-rxvt-unicode">rxvt-unicode</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to rxvt-unicode</title>

    <para>
      <application>rxvt-unicode</application> is a clone of the terminal
      emulator <application>rxvt</application>, an X Window System terminal
      emulator which includes support for XFT and Unicode.
    </para>

    &lfs91_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&rxvt-unicode-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&rxvt-unicode-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &rxvt-unicode-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &rxvt-unicode-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &rxvt-unicode-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &rxvt-unicode-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">rxvt-unicode Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/> (for background images) and
      <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/rxvt-unicode'/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of rxvt-unicode</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>rxvt-unicode</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-everything &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>--enable-everything</parameter>: Add support for all
      non-multichoice options. Details about the different options can be
      found in the file <filename>README.configure</filename>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-xft</option>: Remove support for Xft fonts.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-perl</option>: Disable the embedded
      <application>Perl</application> interpreter.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-afterimage</option>: Remove support for
      libAfterImage.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring rxvt-unicode</title>

    <para>
      The <application>rxvt-unicode</application> terminal emulator uses the
      resource class <classname>URxvt</classname> and the resource name
      <classname>urxvt</classname>. You can add X resource definitions to a
      user's <filename>~/.Xresources</filename> or
      <filename>~/.Xdefaults</filename> files or to the system-wide
      <filename>/etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt</filename> file. The following
      example will load the <classname>matcher</classname>
      <application>Perl</application> extension (assuming
      <application>Perl</application> support wasn't disabled), which enables
      a left button click to open an underlined URL in the specified browser,
      sets a background and foreground color and loads an Xft font (as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>! Use the specified colour as the windows background colour [default white]
URxvt*background: black

! Use the specified colour as the windows foreground colour [default black]
URxvt*foreground: yellow

! Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=18

! Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: "default")
URxvt*perl-ext: matcher

! Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by
URxvt*url-launcher: firefox

! When clicked with the mouse button specified in the "matcher.button" resource
! (default 2, or middle), the program specified in the "matcher.launcher"
! resource (default, the "url-launcher" resource, "sensible-browser") will be
! started with the matched text as first argument.
! Below, default modified to mouse left button.
URxvt*matcher.button:     1</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      In order to view the defined X resources, issue:
    </para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>xrdb -query</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      In order to add the modifications of the new user configuration file,
      keeping previously X configurations (of course, unless you are changing
      any on previously define), issue:
    </para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The <application>rxvt-unicode</application> application can also run
      in a daemon mode, which makes it possible to open multiple terminal
      windows within the same process. The <command>urxvtc</command> client
      then connects to the <command>urxvtd</command> daemon and requests a
      new terminal window.  Use this option with caution. If the daemon
      crashes, all the running processes in the terminal windows are
      terminated.
    </para>

    <para>
      You can start the <command>urxvtd</command> daemon in the system or
      personal startup <command>X</command> session script (e.g.,
      <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>) by adding the following lines near the
      top of the script:
    </para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput><literal># Start the urxvtd daemon
urxvtd -q -f -o &amp;</literal></userinput></screen>

    <para>
      For more information, examine the <command>urxvt</command>,
      <command>urxvtd</command>, <command>urxvtc</command>, and
      <filename>urxvtperl</filename> man pages.
    </para>

    <para>
      If you use a Desktop Environment, a menu entry can be included,
      issuing, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/share/applications/urxvt.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
<literal>[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Rxvt-Unicode Terminal
Comment=Use the command line
GenericName=Terminal
Exec=urxvt
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=utilities-terminal
Categories=GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;
#StartupNotify=true
Keywords=console;command line;execute;</literal>
EOF

update-desktop-database -q</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      For that, you need <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> and at least
      one of <xref linkend="gnome-icon-theme"/>, <xref linkend="oxygen-icons5"/>
      and <xref linkend="lxde-icon-theme"/>. Uncomment the line with
      <quote>StartupNotify=true</quote> if <xref
      linkend="startup-notification"/> is installed.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>urxvt, urxvtd, and urxvtc</seg>
        <seg>Many <application>Perl</application> extensions located under
        <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/urxvt/perl</filename></seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/urxvt</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="urxvt-bin">
        <term><command>urxvt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="rxvt-unicode urxvt-bin">
            <primary sortas="b-urxvt-bin">urxvt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="urxvtd">
        <term><command>urxvtd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <command>urxvt</command> terminal daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="rxvt-unicode urxvtd">
            <primary sortas="b-urxvtd">urxvtd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="urxvtc">
        <term><command>urxvtc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            controls the <command>urxvtd</command> daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="rxvt-unicode urxvtc">
            <primary sortas="b-urxvtc">urxvtc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>