Rxvt-unicode
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| urxvt | |
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 Urxvt in the X Window System |
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| Developed by | Marc Lehmann |
| Initial release | November 2003 |
| Latest release | 9.02 / January 29, 2008 |
| OS | Unix-like |
| Genre | Terminal emulator |
| License | GPL |
| Website | 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.[1]
