--- rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2004/03/01 01:06:45 1.7 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2004/03/11 20:26:48 1.11 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +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 cnya be fixed. Marc Lehmann +. + --enable-everything add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order @@ -15,12 +22,41 @@ cn common chinese encodings cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs all all of the above +--enable-xim + 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 - enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic - multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per character - from 2 to 4 bytes and is not too useful as font support in X11 and Xft - is largely missing, although cut & paste will work correctly, as will - displaying, if you have the right font(s). + enable support for 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. +--enable-combining + 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 rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the + private use area, extending the number of combinations to + 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This + will also enable storage of characters >16bit. They currently + won't display properly, but they will paste correctly. + 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. +--enable-fallback(=CLASS) + when reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS + (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. +--with-res-name=NAME + use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name + when reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace + rxvt. +--with-res-class=CLASS + use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class + when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace + rxvt. --enable-utmp write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. @@ -53,10 +89,6 @@ --enable-half-shadow make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. only applicable to rxvt scrollbars ---enable-xim - 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-ttygid change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your system uses this type of security @@ -119,6 +151,9 @@ add support for a blinking cursor --enable-pointer-blank add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive +--with-name=NAME + set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting + in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. --with-term=NAME change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default "rxvt")