--- rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2003/11/24 17:28:07 1.1 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2004/03/01 01:06:45 1.7 @@ -1,18 +1,26 @@ --enable-everything - add support for all enable options marked with an asterisk listed - in "./configure --help". Note that unlike other enable options this - is order dependant. You can specify this and then disable options - which this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate - commands. ---enable-languages - add support for languages which require multiple character glyphs - to display. ---with-encoding=NAME - set the default encoding for multi-char glyph languages to NAME. - Options are: "eucj" EUC Japanese encoding; "sjis" Shift JIS encoding; - "big5" BIG5 encoding; "gb" GB encoding; "kr" EUC Korean encoding; - "noenc" no encoding. This option requires --enable-languages to - also be specified. + add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure + --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order + dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which + this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate commands. +--enable-xft + 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. +--with-codesets=NAME,... + compile in support for additional codeset groups: + jp common japanese encodings + jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings + kr korean encodings + cn common chinese encodings + cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs + all all of the above +--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-utmp write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. @@ -30,24 +38,25 @@ add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake transparency to the term --enable-menubar - add support for our menu bar system ---enable-graphics - add support for our graphics mode (see src/graphics) + add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with + dynamic locale switching currently) --enable-rxvt-scroll add support for the original rxvt scrollbar --enable-next-scroll add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar --enable-xterm-scroll add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar +--enable-plain-scroll + 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-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 + 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. ---enable-greek - add support for greek keyboard + 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 @@ -67,7 +76,8 @@ add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries - to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems). + to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many + GNU/Linux systems). --disable-swapscreen remove support for swap screen --enable-frills @@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow --enable-mousewheel add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 --enable-slipwheeling +--enable-slipwheeling 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. @@ -104,14 +114,14 @@ via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen --enable-256-color - add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours + add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours --enable-cursor-blink add support for a blinking cursor --enable-pointer-blank add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive --with-term=NAME change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME - (default "xterm") + (default "rxvt") --with-terminfo=PATH change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to PATH @@ -123,3 +133,4 @@ look for the XPM library in DIR --with-xpm not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background +