urxvt configuration reload

This plugin allows you to reload urxvt configuration at runtime by sending SIGUSR1 to the urxvt process.

What can be reloaded?

Currently only color, font and geometry settings are reloaded.

Why?

• To switch between a high-contrast and low-constrast color schemes based on sunlight levels.
• To switch font sizes when the terminal is moved to another screen with a different DPI.
• ... and much more!

Usage

To reload the current terminal (will only work from the prompt):

kill -s USR1 $(ps -p $$ -o ppid=)

To reload all terminals

killall -SIGUSR1 urxvt

Dependencies

• urxvt (obviously)
• Perl ≥ 5.20 (could be easily fixed to work with more ancient versions if needed)
• Linux::FD
• common::sense

You can install the needed packages with CPAN:

sudo cpan Linux::FD common::sense

Installation

Copy config-reload into ~/.urxvt/ext/ (local) or /usr/lib/urxvt/perl (system-wide). Alternatively, add the folder path to your .Xresources:

URxvt.perl-lib: /your/folder/

You must add config-reload to the URxvt.perl-ext-common resource in Xresources:

URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,clipboard,...,config-reload