A small collection of perl extensions for the rxvt-unicode terminal emulator. Installation ------------ Simply place the scripts you want to install in the /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/ folder for system-wide availability. You can also put them in a folder of your choice, but then you have to add this line to your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.perl-lib: /your/folder/ See the following sections for information on how to enable the scripts or set script-specific options and keyboard mappings in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources. keyboard-select --------------- Use keyboard shortcuts to select and copy text. After installing, put the following lines in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.perl-ext-common: ...,keyboard-select URxvt.keysym.M-Escape: perl:keyboard-select:activate The following line overwrites the default Meta-s binding and allows to activate keyboard-select directly in backward search mode: URxvt.keysym.M-s: perl:keyboard-select:search Use Meta-Escape to activate selection mode, then use the following keys: h/j/k/l: Move cursor left/down/up/right (also with arrow keys) g/G/0/^/$/H/M/L/f/F/;/,/w/W/b/B/e/E: More vi-like cursor movement keys '/'/?: Start forward/backward search n/N: Repeat last search, N: in reverse direction Ctrl-f/b: Scroll down/up one screen Ctrl-d/u: Scroll down/up half a screen v/V/Ctrl-v: Toggle normal/linewise/blockwise selection y/Return: Copy selection to primary buffer, Return: deactivate afterwards q/Escape: Deactivate keyboard selection mode url-select ---------- Use keyboard shortcuts to select URLs. This should be used as a replacement for the default matcher extension, it also makes URLs clickable with the middle mouse button. After installing, put the following lines in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.perl-ext-common: ...,url-select URxvt.keysym.M-u: perl:url-select:select_next Use Meta-u to activate URL selection mode, then use the following keys: j/k: Select next downward/upward URL (also with arrow keys) g/G: Select first/last URL (also with home/end key) o/Return: Open selected URL in browser, Return: deactivate afterwards y: Copy (yank) selected URL and deactivate selection mode q/Escape: Deactivate URL selection mode Options: URxvt.urlLauncher: browser/command to open selected URL with URxvt.underlineURLs: if set to true, all URLs get underlined URvxt.urlButton: mouse button to click-open URLs (default: 2) clipboard --------- Use keyboard shortcuts to copy the selection to the clipboard and to paste the clipboard contents (optionally escaping all special characters). After installing, put the following lines in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.perl-ext-common: ...,clipboard URxvt.keysym.M-c: perl:clipboard:copy URxvt.keysym.M-v: perl:clipboard:paste URxvt.keysym.M-C-v: perl:clipboard:paste_escaped You can also overwrite the system commands to use for copying/pasting. The default ones are: URxvt.copyCommand: xsel -ib URxvt.pasteCommand: xsel -ob If you prefer xclip, then put these lines in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.copyCommand: xclip -i -selection clipboard URxvt.pasteCommand: xclip -o -selection clipboard On Mac OS X, put these lines in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources: URxvt.copyCommand: pbcopy URxvt.pasteCommand: pbpaste The use of the functions should be self-explanatory!