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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
4 the default configuration (i.e. "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"). Of
5 course, you should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it
6 can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
7
8 All
9
1--enable-everything 10 --enable-everything
2 add support for all enable options marked with an asterisk listed 11 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
3 in "./configure --help". Note that unlike other enable options this 12 "./configure --help".
4 is order dependant. You can specify this and then disable options 13
5 which this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate 14 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
6 commands. 15 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
7--enable-xft 16 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
17 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
18 arguments you want.
19
20 --enable-xft (default: enabled)
8 add support for xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. xft fonts are 21 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, 22 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
10 you don't pay for them. 23 them, you don't pay for them.
11--with-codesets=NAME,... 24
25 --enable-font-styles (default: on)
26 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
27 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
28
29 --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
12 compile in support for additional codeset groups: 30 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
31 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
32 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
33 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
34 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
35 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
36 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
37 font requiring one of these encodings.
38
39 all all available codeset groups
40 zh common chinese encodings
41 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings
13 jp common japanese encodings 42 jp common japanese encodings
14 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 43 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
15 kr korean encodings 44 kr korean encodings
16 cn common chinese encodings 45
17 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 46 --enable-xim (default: on)
18 vn vietnamese (not well-supported, though) 47 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
19 all all of the above. 48 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
20--enable-unicode3 49 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
21 enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic 50
51 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
52 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
53
54 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
22 multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per character 55 (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 56 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 57 extra characters, but Xft does.
25 displaying, if you have the right font(s). 58
26--enable-utmp 59 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
60 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
61 to a few thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
62 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
63 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
64
65 --enable-combining (default: on)
66 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
67 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
68 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
69 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
70 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
71
72 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
73 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
74 be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
75
76 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
77 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
78
79 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
80 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
81 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
82
83 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
84 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
85 To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
86
87 --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
88 Use the given name as default application name when reading
89 resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
90
91 --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
92 Use the given class as default application class when reading
93 resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
94
95 --enable-utmp (default: on)
27 write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at 96 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. 97 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
29--enable-wtmp 98
99 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
30 write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like ``last'') at 100 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 101 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
32 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 102 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
33--enable-lastlog 103
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
34 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 105 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
35 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 106 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
36 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 107 also be specified.
37--enable-xpm-background 108
109 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
38 add support for XPM background pixmaps 110 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
39--enable-transparency 111
112 --enable-afterimage (default: on)
113 Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and
114 background images. It adds support for many file formats including
115 JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep
116 image XML
117 (<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
118
119 This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the
120 root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of
121 background images.
122
123 Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
124 increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used
125 (mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory
126 footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured
127 without support for SVG.
128
129 --enable-transparency (default: on)
40 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 130 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
41 transparency to the term 131 transparency to the term.
42--enable-menubar 132
43 add support for our menu bar system 133 --enable-fading (default: on)
44--enable-rxvt-scroll 134 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
135
136 --enable-tinting (default: on)
137 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
138 "--enable-transparency").
139
140 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
45 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 141 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
46--enable-next-scroll 142
143 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
47 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 144 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
48--enable-xterm-scroll 145
146 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
49 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 147 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
50--enable-plain-scroll 148
51 add support for a very plain-looking scrollbar that I used for many years 149 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
52--enable-half-shadow 150 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
53 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 151 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
54 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 152 years.
55--enable-xim 153
56 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 154 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
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-ttygid
60 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 155 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
61 your system uses this type of security 156 system uses this type of security.
157
62--disable-backspace-key 158 --disable-backspace-key
63 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 159 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
64 do it 160 do it.
161
65--disable-delete-key 162 --disable-delete-key
66 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 163 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
67 do it 164 it.
165
68--disable-resources 166 --disable-resources
69 remove all resources checking 167 Removes any support for resource checking.
70--enable-xgetdefault 168
71 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
72 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
73 then ~/.Xresources
74--enable-strings
75 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
76 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
77 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
78 to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems).
79--disable-swapscreen 169 --disable-swapscreen
80 remove support for swap screen 170 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
81--enable-frills 171
82 add support for some lesser used features 172 --enable-frills (default: on)
83--enable-linespace 173 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
84 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows 174 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
85--enable-keepscrolling 175 want to disable this.
176
177 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
178 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
179
180 MWM-hints
181 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
182 urgency hint
183 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
184 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
185 visual depth selection (-depth)
186 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
187 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
188 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
189 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
190 keysym remapping support
191 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
192 XEmbed support (-embed)
193 user-pty (-pty-fd)
194 hold on exit (-hold)
195 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
196 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
197
198 It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
199 as:
200
201 some round-trip time optimisations
202 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
203 UTF8_STRING support for selection
204 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
205 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
206 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
207 locale switching escape sequence
208 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
209 rectangular selections
210 trailing space removal for selections
211 verbose X error handling
212
213 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
214 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
215 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
216 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
217
218 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
86 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 219 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
87 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 220 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
88--enable-mousewheel 221
222 --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
223 Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
224 bottom of the screen.
225
226 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
89 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 227 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
90--enable-slipwheeling 228
229 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
91 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 230 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
92 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 231 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
93 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 232 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
94--enable-old-selection 233
95 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that 234 --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
96 of v2.20 (and prior) 235 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep
97--disable-new-selection
98 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm
99--enable-dmalloc
100 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging
101 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details
102 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to
103 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to
104 the right places.
105 You can only use either this option and the following (should
106 you use either)
107--enable-dlmalloc
108 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
109 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details
110--enable-smart-resize
111 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size
112 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the
113 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 236 the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a
114--enable-256-color 237 fixed position.
115 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours 238
116--enable-cursor-blink 239 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
117 add support for a blinking cursor
118--enable-pointer-blank
119 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 240 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
120--with-term=NAME 241
242 --enable-perl (default: on)
243 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
244 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
245 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
246 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
247 environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in,
248 perl will *not* be initialised when all extensions have been
249 disabled "-pe "" --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to
250 enable from a resource standpoint.
251
252 --with-afterimage-config=DIR
253 Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
254
255 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
256 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
257 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
258
259 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
121 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 260 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
122 (default "rxvt") 261
123--with-terminfo=PATH 262 --with-terminfo=PATH
124 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 263 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
125 tree to PATH 264 to PATH.
265
126--with-x 266 --with-x
127 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 267 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
268
128--with-xpm-includes=DIR 269 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
129 look for the XPM includes in DIR 270 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
271
130--with-xpm-library=DIR 272 --with-xpm-library=DIR
131 look for the XPM library in DIR 273 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
274
132--with-xpm 275 --with-xpm
133 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background 276 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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