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Revision 1.41 by root, Mon Jan 16 14:48:39 2006 UTC vs.
Revision 1.46 by root, Mon Jan 30 22:49:30 2006 UTC

48 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 48 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
49 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set 49 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
50 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 50 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
51 51
52 --enable-unicode3 (default: off) 52 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
53 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
54
53 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 55 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
54 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements 56 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
55 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these 57 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
56 extra characters, but Xft does. 58 extra characters, but Xft does.
57 59
67 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 69 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
68 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 70 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
69 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 71 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
70 72
71 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 73 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
72 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode 74 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
73 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
74 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. 75 be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
75 76
76 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 77 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
77 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. 78 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
78 79
79 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 80 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
133 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) 134 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
134 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 135 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
135 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many 136 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
136 years. 137 years.
137 138
138 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
139 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
140 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
141
142 --enable-ttygid (default: off) 139 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
143 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your 140 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
144 system uses this type of security. 141 system uses this type of security.
145 142
146 --disable-backspace-key 143 --disable-backspace-key
167 164
168 MWM-hints 165 MWM-hints
169 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 166 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
170 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 167 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
171 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 168 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
169 visual depth selection (-depth)
172 settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 170 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
173 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 171 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
174 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
175 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
176 tripleclickwords (-tcw) 172 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
177 settable insecure mode (-insecure) 173 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
178 keysym remapping support 174 keysym remapping support
179 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) 175 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
180 XEmbed support (-embed) 176 XEmbed support (-embed)
181 user-pty (-pty-fd) 177 user-pty (-pty-fd)
182 hold on exit (-hold) 178 hold on exit (-hold)
183 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) 179 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
180
181 It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
182 as:
183
184 some round-trip time optimisations
185 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
186 UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
184 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 187 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
188 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
189 view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
190 locale switching escape sequence
191 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
192 rectangular selections
193 trailing space removal for selections
194 verbose X error handling
185 195
186 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 196 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
187 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 197 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
188 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 198 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
189 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 199 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
222 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 232 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
223 233
224 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 234 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
225 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 235 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
226 236
227 --enable-perl (default: off) 237 --enable-perl (default: on)
228 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage 238 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
229 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in 239 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
230 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The 240 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
231 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL" 241 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
232 environment variable when running configure. 242 environment variable when running configure.

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