Quoting <http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1> >-embed windowid
> Tells urxvt to embed its windows into an already-existing window, which > enables >applications to easily embed a terminal. > Right now, urxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it > shouldn't be a top-level window. Quoting <http://awesome.naquadah.org/changelogs/v3.4.5> >can one unmap the root window at all...? I've shut down my Linux/X11 machine, and am about to fall asleep. Maybe an X11 guru on the list may eloborate on whether -embed is XEmbed or something else entirely, and whether creating an XEmbed wrapper to host the terminal makes sense.