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1CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
3 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
4 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
5 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
6 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
7 <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
8
1--enable-everything 9 --enable-everything
2 add support for all enable options marked with an asterisk listed 10 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
3 in "./configure --help". Note that unlike other enable options this 11 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order
4 is order dependant. You can specify this and then disable options 12 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
5 which this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate 13 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
6 commands. 14
7--enable-xft 15 --enable-xft
8 add support for xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. xft fonts are 16 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
9 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, 17 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
10 you don't pay for them. 18 them, you don't pay for them.
19
20 --enable-font-styles
21 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
22 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
23
11--with-codesets=NAME,... 24 --with-codesets=NAME,...
12 compile in support for additional codeset groups: 25 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
26 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
27 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
28 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
29 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
30 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
31 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
32 font requiring one of these encodings.
33
34 all all available codeset groups
35 zh common chinese encodings
36 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
13 jp common japanese encodings 37 jp common japanese encodings
14 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 38 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
15 kr korean encodings 39 kr korean encodings
16 cn common chinese encodings 40
17 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 41 --enable-xim
18 vn vietnamese (not well-supported, though) 42 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
19 all all of the above. 43 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
44 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
45
20--enable-unicode3 46 --enable-unicode3
21 enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic 47 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
22 multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per character 48 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
23 from 2 to 4 bytes and is not too useful as font support in X11 and Xft 49 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
24 is largely missing, although cut & paste will work correctly, as will 50 extra characters, but Xft does.
25 displaying, if you have the right font(s). 51
52 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
53 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
54 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
55 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
56 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
57
58 --enable-combining
59 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
60 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
61 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
62 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
63 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
64
65 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
66 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
67 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
68 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
69
70 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
71 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
72
73 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
74 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
75 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
76
77 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
78 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
79 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
80 --disable-fallback.
81
82 --with-res-name=NAME
83 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
84 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
85
86 --with-res-class=CLASS
87 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
88 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
89 rxvt.
90
26--enable-utmp 91 --enable-utmp
27 write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at 92 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
28 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 93 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
94
29--enable-wtmp 95 --enable-wtmp
30 write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like ``last'') at 96 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
31 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 97 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
32 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 98 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
99
33--enable-lastlog 100 --enable-lastlog
34 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 101 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
35 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 102 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
36 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 103 also be specified.
104
37--enable-xpm-background 105 --enable-xpm-background
38 add support for XPM background pixmaps 106 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
107
39--enable-transparency 108 --enable-transparency
40 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 109 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
41 transparency to the term 110 transparency to the term.
111
112 --enable-fading
113 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
114
115 --enable-tinting
116 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
117
42--enable-menubar 118 --enable-menubar
43 add support for our menu bar system 119 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
44--enable-graphics 120 dynamic locale switching currently).
45 add support for our graphics mode (see src/graphics) 121
46--enable-rxvt-scroll 122 --enable-rxvt-scroll
47 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 123 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
124
48--enable-next-scroll 125 --enable-next-scroll
49 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 126 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
127
50--enable-xterm-scroll 128 --enable-xterm-scroll
51 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 129 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
130
131 --enable-plain-scroll
132 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
133 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
134 years.
135
52--enable-half-shadow 136 --enable-half-shadow
53 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 137 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
54 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 138 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
55--enable-xim 139
56 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
57 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
58 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
59--enable-greek
60 add support for greek keyboard
61--enable-ttygid 140 --enable-ttygid
62 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 141 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
63 your system uses this type of security 142 system uses this type of security.
143
64--disable-backspace-key 144 --disable-backspace-key
65 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 145 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
66 do it 146 do it.
147
67--disable-delete-key 148 --disable-delete-key
68 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 149 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
69 do it 150 it.
151
70--disable-resources 152 --disable-resources
71 remove all resources checking 153 Remove all resources checking.
154
72--enable-xgetdefault 155 --enable-xgetdefault
73 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small 156 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
74 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist 157 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
75 then ~/.Xresources 158 then ~/.Xresources.
159
160 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
161 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
162 might be very small, if nonexistant.
163
76--enable-strings 164 --enable-strings
77 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other 165 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
78 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 166 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
79 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 167 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
80 to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems). 168 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
169 systems).
170
81--disable-swapscreen 171 --disable-swapscreen
82 remove support for swap screen 172 Remove support for swap screen.
173
83--enable-frills 174 --enable-frills
84 add support for some lesser used features 175 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
85--enable-linespace 176 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
86 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows 177 want to disable this.
178
179 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
180 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
181
182 MWM-hints
183 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
184 seperate underline colour
185 settable border widths and borderless switch
186 settable extra linespacing
187 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
188 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
189 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
190 tripleclickwords
191 settable insecure mode
192 keysym remapping support
193 cursor blinking and underline cursor
194 -embed and -pty-fd options
195
196 --enable-iso14755
197 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
198 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
199 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
200
87--enable-keepscrolling 201 --enable-keepscrolling
88 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 202 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
89 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 203 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
204
90--enable-mousewheel 205 --enable-mousewheel
91 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 206 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
207
92--enable-slipwheeling 208 --enable-slipwheeling
93 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 209 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
94 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 210 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
95 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 211 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
96--enable-old-selection 212
97 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that
98 of v2.20 (and prior)
99--disable-new-selection 213 --disable-new-selection
100 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm 214 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
215
101--enable-dmalloc 216 --enable-dmalloc
102 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging 217 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
103 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details 218 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
104 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to 219 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
105 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to 220 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
106 the right places. 221
107 You can only use either this option and the following (should 222 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
108 you use either) 223 use either) .
224
109--enable-dlmalloc 225 --enable-dlmalloc
110 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 226 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
111 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details 227 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
228
112--enable-smart-resize 229 --enable-smart-resize
113 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size 230 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
114 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the 231 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
115 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 232 is closest to a corner of the screen.
116--enable-256-color 233
117 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours
118--enable-cursor-blink
119 add support for a blinking cursor
120--enable-pointer-blank 234 --enable-pointer-blank
121 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 235 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
236
237 --with-name=NAME
238 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",
239 resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to
240 replace with "rxvt".
241
122--with-term=NAME 242 --with-term=NAME
123 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 243 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
124 (default "xterm") 244 "rxvt-unicode")
245
125--with-terminfo=PATH 246 --with-terminfo=PATH
126 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 247 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
127 tree to PATH 248 to PATH.
249
128--with-x 250 --with-x
129 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 251 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
252
130--with-xpm-includes=DIR 253 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
131 look for the XPM includes in DIR 254 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
255
132--with-xpm-library=DIR 256 --with-xpm-library=DIR
133 look for the XPM library in DIR 257 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
258
134--with-xpm 259 --with-xpm
135 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background 260 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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