rxvt-unicode/README.configure

CONFIGURE OPTIONS
    General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
    hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
    the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
    myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
    should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
    fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.

    All

    --enable-everything
        Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
        "./configure --help".

        You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
        *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
        you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
        "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
        arguments you want.

    --enable-xft (default: enabled)
        Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
        are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
        them, you don't pay for them.

    --enable-font-styles (default: on)
        Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
        fonts can be set manually or automatically.

    --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
        Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
        "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
        sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
        they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
        in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
        Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
        about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
        font requiring one of these encodings.

           all             all available codeset groups 
           zh              common chinese encodings 
           zh_ext          rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 
           jp              common japanese encodings 
           jp_ext          rarely used but big japanese encodings 
           kr              korean encodings 

    --enable-xim (default: on)
        Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
        alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
        up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.

    --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
        Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.

        Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
        (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
        per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
        extra characters, but Xft does.

        Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
        even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
        to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
        switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
        (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).

    --enable-combining (default: on)
        Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
        characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
        accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
        using precomposited characters when available or creating new
        pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.

        Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
        characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
        be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.

        This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
        beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.

        The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
        forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
        be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).

    --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
        When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
        To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.

    --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
        Use the given name as default application name when reading
        resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.

    --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
        Use the given class as default application class when reading
        resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.

    --enable-utmp (default: on)
        Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
        of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.

    --enable-wtmp (default: on)
        Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
        start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
        option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.

    --enable-lastlog (default: on)
        Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
        at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
        also be specified.

    --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
        Add support for XPM background pixmaps.

    --enable-transparency (default: on)
        Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
        transparency to the term.

    --enable-fading (default: on)
        Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
        "--enable-transparency").

    --enable-tinting (default: on)
        Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
        "--enable-transparency").

    --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
        Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.

    --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
        Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.

    --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
        Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.

    --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
        Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
        the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
        years.

    --enable-ttygid (default: off)
        Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
        system uses this type of security.

    --disable-backspace-key
        Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
        do it.

    --disable-delete-key
        Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
        it.

    --disable-resources
        Removes any support for resource checking.

    --disable-swapscreen
        Remove support for secondary/swap screen.

    --enable-frills (default: on)
        Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
        to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
        want to disable this.

        A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
        (possibly in combination with other switches) is:

          MWM-hints
          EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
          seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
          settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
          visual depth selection (-depth)
          settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
          iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
          tripleclickwords (-tcw)
          settable insecure mode (-insecure)
          keysym remapping support
          cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
          XEmbed support (-embed)
          user-pty (-pty-fd)
          hold on exit (-hold)
          skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
          separate highlightcolor support (-hc)

        It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
        as:

          some round-trip time optimisations
          nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
          UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
          sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
          backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
          view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
          locale switching escape sequence
          window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
          rectangular selections
          trailing space removal for selections
          verbose X error handling

    --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
        Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
        Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
        support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.

    --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
        Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
        mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.

    --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
        Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.

    --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
        Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
        accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
        requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.

    --disable-new-selection
        Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.

    --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
        Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
        <http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this
        or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
        compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.

        You can only use either this option and the following (should you
        use either) .

    --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
        Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
        <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.

    --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
        Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
        keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
        corner of the screen in a fixed position.

    --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
        Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.

    --enable-perl (default: on)
        Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
        (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
        src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
        perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
        environment variable when running configure.

    --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
        Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
        "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".

    --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
        Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.

    --with-terminfo=PATH
        Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
        to PATH.

    --with-x
        Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).

    --with-xpm-includes=DIR
        Look for the XPM includes in DIR.

    --with-xpm-library=DIR
        Look for the XPM library in DIR.

    --with-xpm
        Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.

Revision:	1.51
Committed:	Thu Nov 2 17:37:47 2006 UTC (17 years, 7 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rel-8_1, rel-8_0
Changes since 1.50:	+7 -6 lines
Log Message:	* empty log message *
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.16	CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2			General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
3	root	1.29	hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
4			the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
5			myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
6			should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
7			fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
8
9			All
10	root	1.16
11			--enable-everything
12	root	1.29	Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
13			"./configure --help".
14
15			You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
16			following this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
17			you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
18			"--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
19			arguments you want.
20	root	1.16
21	root	1.29	--enable-xft (default: enabled)
22	root	1.16	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
23			are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
24			them, you don't pay for them.
25
26	root	1.29	--enable-font-styles (default: on)
27	root	1.20	Add support for bold, italic and bold italic font styles. The
28			fonts can be set manually or automatically.
29
30	root	1.29	--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
31	root	1.28	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
32			"vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
33			sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
34			they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
35			in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
36			Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
37			about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
38			font requiring one of these encodings.
39	root	1.16
40	root	1.51	all all available codeset groups
41			zh common chinese encodings
42			zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
43			jp common japanese encodings
44			jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
45			kr korean encodings
46
47	root	1.29	--enable-xim (default: on)
48	root	1.16	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
49			alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
50			up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
51
52	root	1.29	--enable-unicode3 (default: off)
53	root	1.44	Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
54
55	root	1.16	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
56			(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
57			per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
58	pcg	1.10	extra characters, but Xft does.
59	root	1.16
60			Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
61			even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
62			to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
63			switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
64			(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
65
66	root	1.29	--enable-combining (default: on)
67	root	1.16	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
68			characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
69			accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
70			using precomposited characters when available or creating new
71			pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
72
73			Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
74	root	1.44	characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
75			be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
76	root	1.24
77			This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
78			beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
79	root	1.16
80	pcg	1.10	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
81	root	1.16	forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
82	root	1.24	be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
83	root	1.16
84	root	1.29	--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
85			When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
86			To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
87
88			--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
89			Use the given name as default application name when reading
90			resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
91
92			--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
93			Use the given class as default application class when reading
94			resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
95	root	1.16
96	root	1.29	--enable-utmp (default: on)
97	root	1.16	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
98			of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
99
100	root	1.29	--enable-wtmp (default: on)
101	root	1.16	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
102			start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
103			option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
104
105	root	1.29	--enable-lastlog (default: on)
106	root	1.16	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
107			at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
108			also be specified.
109
110	root	1.38	--enable-xpm-background (default: on)
111	root	1.16	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
112
113	root	1.38	--enable-transparency (default: on)
114	root	1.16	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
115			transparency to the term.
116
117	root	1.29	--enable-fading (default: on)
118			Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
119			"--enable-transparency").
120
121			--enable-tinting (default: on)
122			Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
123			"--enable-transparency").
124	root	1.16
125	root	1.29	--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
126	root	1.16	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
127
128	root	1.29	--enable-next-scroll (default: on)
129	root	1.16	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
130
131	root	1.29	--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
132	root	1.16	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
133
134	root	1.29	--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
135	root	1.16	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
136			the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
137			years.
138
139	root	1.44	--enable-ttygid (default: off)
140			Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
141			system uses this type of security.
142
143	root	1.16	--disable-backspace-key
144	root	1.29	Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
145	root	1.16	do it.
146
147			--disable-delete-key
148	root	1.29	Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
149	root	1.16	it.
150
151			--disable-resources
152	root	1.29	Removes any support for resource checking.
153	root	1.16
154			--disable-swapscreen
155	root	1.29	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
156	root	1.16
157	root	1.29	--enable-frills (default: on)
158	root	1.16	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
159			to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
160			want to disable this.
161
162	root	1.21	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
163			(possibly in combination with other switches) is:
164
165			MWM-hints
166	root	1.26	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
167	root	1.36	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
168			settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
169	root	1.46	visual depth selection (-depth)
170	root	1.36	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
171	root	1.21	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
172	root	1.36	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
173			settable insecure mode (-insecure)
174	root	1.23	keysym remapping support
175	root	1.36	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
176			XEmbed support (-embed)
177			user-pty (-pty-fd)
178			hold on exit (-hold)
179			skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
180	root	1.48	separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
181	root	1.46
182	root	1.48	It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
183	root	1.46	as:
184
185			some round-trip time optimisations
186			nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
187			UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
188	root	1.36	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
189	root	1.46	backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
190			view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
191			locale switching escape sequence
192			window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
193			rectangular selections
194			trailing space removal for selections
195			verbose X error handling
196	root	1.21
197	root	1.29	--enable-iso14755 (default: on)
198	root	1.50	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
199	root	1.17	Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
200			support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
201
202	root	1.29	--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
203	root	1.16	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
204			mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
205
206	root	1.29	--enable-mousewheel (default: on)
207	root	1.16	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
208
209	root	1.29	--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
210	root	1.16	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
211			accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
212			requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
213
214			--disable-new-selection
215			Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
216
217	root	1.29	--enable-dmalloc (default: off)
218	root	1.16	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
219	root	1.47	<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this
220	root	1.16	or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
221			compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
222
223			You can only use either this option and the following (should you
224			use either) .
225
226	root	1.29	--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
227	root	1.16	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
228			<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
229
230	root	1.29	--enable-smart-resize (default: on)
231	root	1.30	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
232	root	1.31	keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
233			corner of the screen in a fixed position.
234	root	1.16
235	root	1.29	--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
236	root	1.16	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
237
238	root	1.44	--enable-perl (default: on)
239	root	1.50	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
240	root	1.35	(doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
241	root	1.37	src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
242			perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
243			environment variable when running configure.
244	root	1.35
245	root	1.29	--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
246			Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
247			"urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
248
249			--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
250			Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
251	root	1.16
252			--with-terminfo=PATH
253			Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
254			to PATH.
255
256			--with-x
257			Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
258
259			--with-xpm-includes=DIR
260			Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
261
262			--with-xpm-library=DIR
263			Look for the XPM library in DIR.
264
265			--with-xpm
266			Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
267	pcg	1.7