---
name: "urxvt-readline"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rxvt-unicode"
version: "9.31-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/urxvt-readline"
---

# urxvt-readline(1)

improve readline editing

## NAME

readline - improve readline editing

## DESCRIPTION

A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier. At the moment, it reacts to clicking shift-left mouse button by trying to move the text cursor to this position. It does so by generating as many cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as required (this only works for programs that correctly support wide characters).

To avoid too many false positives, this is only done when:

- \- the tty is in ICANON state.

  - \- the text cursor is visible.

  - \- the primary screen is currently being displayed.

  - \- the mouse is on the same (multi-row-) line as the text cursor.

  The normal selection mechanism isn't disabled, so quick successive clicks might interfere with selection creation in harmless ways.