rxvt-unicode

rxvt-unicode
¹
is a
VT102
²
emulator for the
X
³
window system.

Dependencies

Required

• Yay

1. Install

NOTE

• rxvt-unicode-patched is a patch for
  rxvt-unicode
  with font spacing fix
• urxvt-vtwheel is an alternative for rxvt-unicode-better-wheel-scrolling

2. Configure

2.1. Set as default terminal

NOTE

urxvt
⁴
is the shell command for rxvt-unicode

• It is the default terminal of i3 when $TERMINAL is not set
• It has the highest order of i3-sensible-terminal terminals
• It becomes the default unless $TERMINAL or x-terminal-emulator is set

2.2. Perl extensions

NOTE

• .Xresources is the modern convention filename to store X resources
• .Xdefaults was an older convention filename
• i3 window manager loads .Xresources file on login
• See Perl extensions
  ⁵

2.3. Native transparency

NOTE

See
Native transparency
⁶
.

2.4. Color scheme

NOTE

See
Configuring URxvt to Make It Usable and Less Ugly#Configurations
⁷
.

2.5. Scrollbar

NOTE

See
lgaggini's .Xresources#L115
⁸
.

IMPORTANT

Log out then log in to see changes.

• e.g. $mod+shift+e in i3

References

• Terminal emulator
  • rxvt-unicode
    ¹
  • urxvt(1)(7)
    ⁴
    • Perl extensions
      ⁵
    • Native transparency
      ⁶
• Configuring URxvt to Make It Usable and Less Ugly#Configurations
  ⁷
• lgaggini's .Xresources#L115
  ⁸
• VT102
  ²
• X
  ³