Install rxvt-unicode
(or urxvt for short) with apt install rxvt-unicode.
rxvt is acronym for ouR eXtended Virtual Terminator.
Color Customization
Add the following codes into ~/.Xdefaults:
!! Colorscheme
! special
*.foreground: #93a1a1
*.background: #141c21
*.cursorColor: #afbfbf
! black
*.color0: #263640
*.color8: #4a697d
! red
*.color1: #d12f2c
*.color9: #fa3935
! green
*.color2: #819400
*.color10: #a4bd00
! yellow
*.color3: #b08500
*.color11: #d9a400
! blue
*.color4: #2587cc
*.color12: #2ca2f5
! magenta
*.color5: #696ebf
*.color13: #8086e8
! cyan
*.color6: #289c93
*.color14: #33c5ba
! white
*.color7: #bfbaac
*.color15: #fdf6e3
Add a icon
Add the following lines into ~/.Xdefaults:
URxvt.iconFile: /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps/utilities-terminal-symbolic.svg
Make sure the file exists on your OS. Verified on Linux Mint 19.
Font Customization
Try a font with urxvt -fn "xft:DejaVu Sans Mono".
Add the following codes into ~/.Xdefaults:
URxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10,xft:WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono:antialias=true:size=10
Copy and Paste
Add keyboard-selection extension:
mkdir -p ~/.urxvt/ext
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/muennich/urxvt-perls/master/keyboard-select -o ~/.urxvt/ext/keyboard-select
cat << EOF >> ~/.Xdefaults
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,keyboard-select
URxvt.keysym.M-Escape: perl:keyboard-select:activate
URxvt.keyboard-select.clipboard: true
EOF
Now you can use Alt-Escape to activate keyboard-selection mode.
Then use all vi keys to move, select and copy.
Finally use q to quit selection mode.
Use Alt-Ctrl-v to paste from system clipboard to urxvt.
See urxvt-perls for details.
Window Control
Full Screen
Toggle fullscreen with
sudo apt-get install wmctrl
cat << EOF > ~/.urxvt/ext/fullscreen
#!perl
sub on_user_command {
my ($self, $cmd) = @_;
if ($cmd eq "fullscreen:switch") {
my $dummy = `wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,fullscreen` ;
}
}
EOF
cat << EOF >> ~/.Xdefaults
! FullScreen
URxvt.perl-ext-common: fullscreen
URxvt.keysym.F11: perl:fullscreen:switch
EOF
Maximize Window when Startup
The format of geometry is <row>x<column>+X+Y.
You have to test your row and column carefully
according to your screen size.
If it's too large, the X and Y will failed.
cat << EOF >> ~/.Xdefaults
URxvt.geometry: 151x41+0+0
EOF
Input Method
Add the following lines into ~/.Xdefaults:
URxvt*inputMethod: fcitx
URxvt.imLocale: en_US.UTF-8
Change fcitx to ibus if your input method is IBus.
Ref: https://github.com/posquit0/dotfiles/blob/master/X/.Xresources.d/urxvt
User Defined Perl Extension
cat << EOF > ~/.urxvt/ext/select-warnning
sub on_sel_grab {
warn "you selected ", $_[0]->selection;
()
}
EOF
urxvt -pe select-warnning # in window A, start a new urxvt window B
Now when you select some texts in urxvt window B with mouse, you can see these texts in window A.