--- rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2003/12/17 23:21:56 1.2 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.configure 2004/03/06 00:12:01 1.10 @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ --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. + 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, @@ -15,14 +14,42 @@ kr korean encodings cn common chinese encodings cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs - vn vietnamese (not well-supported, though) - all all of the above. + all all of the above +--enable-xim + 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 or compose keys. --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 support for unicode codepoints 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. +--enable-combining + enable automatic composition of combining characters into + composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text + where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is + done by using precomposited characters when available or creating + new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. Without + --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters + is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the + private use area, extending the number of combinations to + 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This + will also enable storage of characters >16bit. They currently + won't display properly, but they will paste correctly. + The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation + forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want + these to be used. +--enable-fallback(=CLASS) + when reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS + (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. +--with-res-name=NAME + use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name + when reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace + rxvt. +--with-res-class=CLASS + use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class + when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace + rxvt. --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. @@ -40,24 +67,21 @@ 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 - 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 --enable-ttygid change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your system uses this type of security @@ -77,7 +101,8 @@ 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 @@ -89,7 +114,7 @@ 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. @@ -114,14 +139,17 @@ 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-name=NAME + set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting + in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. --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 @@ -133,3 +161,4 @@ look for the XPM library in DIR --with-xpm not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background +