--- rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2007/06/26 00:40:18 1.55 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2010/07/24 14:20:48 1.66 @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ 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. "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"). Of - course, you should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it - can be fixed. Marc Lehmann . + 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 . All --enable-everything Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in - "./configure --help". + "./configure --help", except for "--enable-assert" and + "--enable-256-color". You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or @@ -36,13 +37,12 @@ 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 - + 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 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ --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 + accents are encoded as separate unicode characters. This is done by using precomposited characters when available or creating new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ 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) + --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. @@ -106,20 +106,29 @@ 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-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 + (). + + 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 inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake - transparency to the term. + 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 (requires - "--enable-transparency"). - - --enable-tinting (default: on) - Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires - "--enable-transparency"). + Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. @@ -130,15 +139,6 @@ --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. @@ -164,26 +164,27 @@ MWM-hints EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) urgency hint - seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) + separate underline colour (-underlineColor) settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) visual depth selection (-depth) - settable extra linespacing /-lsp) + 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) + cursor blinking and underline cursor (-bc, -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) + separate highlight colour (-highlightColor, -highlightTextColor) It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as: some round-trip time optimisations - nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens + nearest colour allocation on pseudocolor screens UTF8_STRING support for selection sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences @@ -195,14 +196,18 @@ 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 extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1)). 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. @@ -211,39 +216,47 @@ 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-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-dmalloc (default: off) - Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See - 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 - 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-text-blink (default: on) + Add support for blinking text. --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. + Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage for + more info on this feature, or the files in src/perl/ 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. + + --enable-assert (default: off) + Enables the assertions in the code, normally disabled. This switch + is only useful when developing rxvt-unicode. + + --enable-256-color (default: off) + Force use of so-called 256 colour mode, to work around buggy + applications that do not support termcap/terminfo, or simply improve + support for applications hardcoding the xterm 256 colour table. + + This switch breaks termcap/terminfo compatibility to + "TERM=rxvt-unicode", and consequently sets "TERM" to + "rxvt-unicode-256color" by default (doc/etc/ contains + termcap/terminfo definitions for both). + + It also results in higher memory usage and can slow down rxvt + dramatically when more than six fonts are in use by a terminal + instance. + + --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", @@ -259,12 +272,3 @@ --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. -