--- rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2014/04/26 14:31:44 1.78 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2021/11/23 10:54:27 1.87 @@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ 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. + Recommended to stay off unless you really need a lot of non-BMP + characters. - Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 + Enable support for direct storage of unicode characters 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). + Please note that rxvt-unicode can store and display unicode + characters above 65535 even without this flag, but the number of + such characters is limited to a few thousand (shared with combining + characters, see next switch). --enable-combining (default: on) Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite @@ -92,20 +92,6 @@ 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-pixbuf (default: on) Add support for GDK-PixBuf to be used for background images. It adds support for many file formats including JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, @@ -173,8 +159,12 @@ compile in built-in block graphics skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) separate highlight colour (-highlightColor, -highlightTextColor) - extended mouse reporting modes (1005 and 1015). + focus reporting mode (1004). + extended mouse reporting modes (1005, 1006 and 1015). visual selection via -visual and -depth. + systemd socket activation + selectable rewrapmode + bracketed paste mode It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as: @@ -256,11 +246,13 @@ "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. + Sets the default "TERM" value that urxvt sets. The default is either + "rxvt-unicode" or "rxvt-unicode-256color", as appropriate. --with-terminfo=PATH - Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree - to PATH. + If set, urxvt will set the environment variable "TERMINFO" to the + given PATH, which can be useful as a last resort if installing the + terminfo entries system-wide is not possible. --with-x Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).