rxvt-unicode

Created Sunday 15 January 2017

rxvt-unicode (URxvt) is a terminal emulator that a.a. supports extensions and multiple fonts2.

Installation

# Install the Terminal
$ pacman -S rxvt-unicode

Extensions

# The Extensions are all included in my configuration file (Github) - see further down for more information

# Change fonts on the fly
$ yaourt -S urxvt-resize-font-git

# For Vi-like navigation in Terminal
$ pacman -S urxvt-perls

Configuration

# URxvt reads its configuration from ~/.Xresources (Github)

Extensions

# URxvt accepts perl extensions
# Add them to your .Xresources - extensions should NOT be space separated!

URxvt.perl-ext-common: extension_name_1,extension_name_2,...

# Here is some of the favorites;

Resize Font

# Add resize-font to the extension list (extension)
# Resize with Ctrl+Up/Down

Clipboard instead of Primary

# Add selection_to_clipboard for Ctrl+Shift+c/v to/from primary clipboard

urxvt-perls (Keyboard-select/ Vi-like behavior)

# Add keyboard-select to the extension list (extension)
# Use with;