Rxvt-unicode

Infobox Software
name = urxvt


caption = Urxvt in the X Window System
developer = Marc Lehmann
released = November 2003
latest_release_version = 9.05
latest_release_date = June 15, 2008
operating_system = Unix-like
genre = Terminal emulator
license = GPL
website = [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode Schmorpforge page]

Rxvt-unicode, commonly known as urxvt, is a color VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System. It was written by Marc Lehmann, who forked it from rxvt in November 2003. Stability, internationalization and support for Unicode is its primary focus, as well as the capability to display different fonts and locales simultaneously.

Another goal of the project is to be resource-friendly like rxvt. Even though it has features such as pseudo-transparency, Perl extensions, and support for Xft fonts, it can still be configured to be lean and efficient, according to the author. Furthermore, it has a daemon mode that reduces memory usage and startup time when using multiple terminals. [cite web
url=http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
title=rxvt-unicode
accessdate=2008-09-14]

Rxvt-unicode is the preferred terminal emulator for the Afterstep window manager. [cite web
url=http://www.afterstep.org/news.php
title=AfterStep – Latest AfterStep News
date=January 1, 2008
accessdate=2008-09-14]

ee also

* rxvt
* mrxvt
* xterm
* aterm

Notes

External links

* [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html Official website]
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/rxvt-unicode Freshmeat project page]