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 default configuration (i.e. no "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"
    switches). 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 encodings 
           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 few 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-afterimage (default: on)
        Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and
        background images. It adds support for many file formats including
        JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep
        image XML
        (<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).

        This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the
        root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of
        background images.

        Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
        increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used
        (mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory
        footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured
        without support for SVG.

    --enable-transparency (default: on)
        Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in
        the term.

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

    --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)
          urgency hint
          seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
          settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
          visual depth selection (-depth)
          settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
          iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
          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)
          compile in built-in block graphics
          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 support for selection
          sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
          backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
          view change/zero scrollback escape 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-selectionscrolling (default: on)
        Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
        bottom of the screen.

    --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.

    --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
        Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. 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. Even when compiled in,
        perl will *not* be initialised when all extensions have been
        disabled "-pe "" --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to
        enable from a resource standpoint.

    --with-afterimage-config=DIR
        Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.

    --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?).

Revision:	1.59
Committed:	Sun Nov 25 09:35:57 2007 UTC (16 years, 5 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rel-8_7
Changes since 1.58:	+1 -0 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	root	1.57	the default configuration (i.e. no "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"
5			switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination
6			doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
7	root	1.29
8			All
9	root	1.16
10			--enable-everything
11	root	1.29	Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
12			"./configure --help".
13
14			You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
15			following this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
16			you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
17			"--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
18			arguments you want.
19	root	1.16
20	root	1.29	--enable-xft (default: enabled)
21	root	1.16	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
22			are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
23			them, you don't pay for them.
24
25	root	1.29	--enable-font-styles (default: on)
26	root	1.20	Add support for bold, italic and bold italic font styles. The
27			fonts can be set manually or automatically.
28
29	root	1.29	--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
30	root	1.28	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
31			"vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
32			sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
33			they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
34			in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
35			Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
36			about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
37			font requiring one of these encodings.
38	root	1.16
39	root	1.51	all all available codeset groups
40			zh common chinese encodings
41	ayin	1.52	zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings
42	root	1.51	jp common japanese encodings
43			jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
44			kr korean encodings
45
46	root	1.29	--enable-xim (default: on)
47	root	1.16	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
48			alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
49			up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
50
51	root	1.29	--enable-unicode3 (default: off)
52	root	1.44	Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
53
54	root	1.16	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
55			(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
56			per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
57	pcg	1.10	extra characters, but Xft does.
58	root	1.16
59			Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
60			even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
61	root	1.55	to a few thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
62	root	1.16	switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
63			(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
64
65	root	1.29	--enable-combining (default: on)
66	root	1.16	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
67			characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
68			accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
69			using precomposited characters when available or creating new
70			pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
71
72			Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
73	root	1.44	characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
74			be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
75	root	1.24
76			This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
77			beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
78	root	1.16
79	pcg	1.10	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
80	root	1.16	forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
81	root	1.24	be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
82	root	1.16
83	root	1.29	--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
84			When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
85			To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
86
87			--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
88			Use the given name as default application name when reading
89			resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
90
91			--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
92			Use the given class as default application class when reading
93			resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
94	root	1.16
95	root	1.29	--enable-utmp (default: on)
96	root	1.16	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
97			of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
98
99	root	1.29	--enable-wtmp (default: on)
100	root	1.16	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
101			start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
102			option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
103
104	root	1.29	--enable-lastlog (default: on)
105	root	1.16	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
106			at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
107			also be specified.
108
109	root	1.56	--enable-afterimage (default: on)
110			Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and
111			background images. It adds support for many file formats including
112			JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep
113			image XML
114			(<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
115
116			This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the
117			root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of
118			background images.
119
120	root	1.58	Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
121	root	1.56	increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used
122			(mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory
123			footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured
124			without support for SVG.
125
126	root	1.38	--enable-transparency (default: on)
127	root	1.58	Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in
128			the term.
129	root	1.16
130	root	1.29	--enable-fading (default: on)
131	root	1.56	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
132	root	1.29
133			--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
134	root	1.16	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
135
136	root	1.29	--enable-next-scroll (default: on)
137	root	1.16	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
138
139	root	1.29	--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
140	root	1.16	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
141
142	root	1.29	--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
143	root	1.16	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
144			the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
145			years.
146
147	root	1.44	--enable-ttygid (default: off)
148			Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
149			system uses this type of security.
150
151	root	1.16	--disable-backspace-key
152	root	1.29	Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
153	root	1.16	do it.
154
155			--disable-delete-key
156	root	1.29	Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
157	root	1.16	it.
158
159			--disable-resources
160	root	1.29	Removes any support for resource checking.
161	root	1.16
162			--disable-swapscreen
163	root	1.29	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
164	root	1.16
165	root	1.29	--enable-frills (default: on)
166	root	1.16	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
167			to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
168			want to disable this.
169
170	root	1.21	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
171			(possibly in combination with other switches) is:
172
173			MWM-hints
174	root	1.26	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
175	ayin	1.53	urgency hint
176	root	1.36	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
177			settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
178	root	1.46	visual depth selection (-depth)
179	root	1.36	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
180	root	1.54	iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
181	root	1.36	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
182			settable insecure mode (-insecure)
183	root	1.23	keysym remapping support
184	root	1.36	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
185			XEmbed support (-embed)
186			user-pty (-pty-fd)
187			hold on exit (-hold)
188	root	1.59	compile in built-in block graphics
189	root	1.36	skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
190	root	1.48	separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
191	root	1.46
192	root	1.48	It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
193	root	1.46	as:
194
195			some round-trip time optimisations
196			nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
197	ayin	1.52	UTF8_STRING support for selection
198	root	1.36	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
199	root	1.46	backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
200	ayin	1.52	view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
201	root	1.46	locale switching escape sequence
202			window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
203			rectangular selections
204			trailing space removal for selections
205			verbose X error handling
206	root	1.21
207	root	1.29	--enable-iso14755 (default: on)
208	root	1.58	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
209	root	1.17	Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
210			support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
211
212	root	1.29	--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
213	root	1.16	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
214			mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
215
216	root	1.56	--enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
217			Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
218			bottom of the screen.
219
220	root	1.29	--enable-mousewheel (default: on)
221	root	1.16	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
222
223	root	1.29	--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
224	root	1.16	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
225			accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
226			requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
227
228	root	1.56	--enable-smart-resize (default: off)
229			Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep
230			the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a
231			fixed position.
232	root	1.16
233	root	1.29	--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
234	root	1.16	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
235
236	root	1.44	--enable-perl (default: on)
237	root	1.58	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
238	root	1.35	(doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
239	root	1.37	src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
240			perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
241	root	1.55	environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in,
242			perl will not be initialised when all extensions have been
243			disabled "-pe "" --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to
244			enable from a resource standpoint.
245	root	1.35
246	root	1.56	--with-afterimage-config=DIR
247			Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
248
249	root	1.29	--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
250			Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
251			"urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
252
253			--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
254			Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
255	root	1.16
256			--with-terminfo=PATH
257			Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
258			to PATH.
259
260			--with-x
261			Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
262