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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 non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 10 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
3 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order 11 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order
4 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which 12 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
5 this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate commands. 13 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
14
6--enable-xft 15 --enable-xft
7 add support for xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. xft fonts are 16 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
8 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
9 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
10--with-codesets=NAME,... 24 --with-codesets=NAME,...
11 compile in support for additional codeset groups: 25 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn
26 are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets).
27 These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core
28 fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will
29 make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't
30 increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of
31 these encodings.
32
33 all all available codeset groups
34 zh common chinese encodings
35 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
12 jp common japanese encodings 36 jp common japanese encodings
13 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 37 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
14 kr korean encodings 38 kr korean encodings
15 cn common chinese encodings 39
16 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
17 all all of the above
18--enable-xim 40 --enable-xim
19 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 41 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
20 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 42 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
21 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 43 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
44
22--enable-unicode3 45 --enable-unicode3
23 enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic 46 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
24 multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per character 47 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
25 from 2 to 4 bytes and is not too useful as font support in X11 and Xft 48 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
26 is largely missing, although cut & paste will work correctly, as will 49 extra characters, but Xft does.
27 displaying, if you have the right font(s). 50
51 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
52 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
53 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
54 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
55 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
56
57 --enable-combining
58 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
59 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
60 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
61 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
62 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
63
64 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
65 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
66 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
67 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
68
69 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
70 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
71
72 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
73 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
74 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
75
28--enable-fallback(=CLASS) 76 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
29 when reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 77 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
30 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 78 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
79 --disable-fallback.
80
31--with-res-name=NAME 81 --with-res-name=NAME
32 use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name 82 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
83 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
84
85 --with-res-class=CLASS
86 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
33 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace 87 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
34 rxvt. 88 rxvt.
35--with-res-class=CLASS 89
36 use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
37 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
38 rxvt.
39--enable-utmp 90 --enable-utmp
40 write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at 91 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
41 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 92 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
93
42--enable-wtmp 94 --enable-wtmp
43 write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like ``last'') at 95 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
44 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 96 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
45 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 97 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
98
46--enable-lastlog 99 --enable-lastlog
47 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 100 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
48 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 101 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
49 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 102 also be specified.
103
50--enable-xpm-background 104 --enable-xpm-background
51 add support for XPM background pixmaps 105 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
106
52--enable-transparency 107 --enable-transparency
53 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 108 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
54 transparency to the term 109 transparency to the term.
110
111 --enable-fading
112 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
113
114 --enable-tinting
115 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
116
55--enable-menubar 117 --enable-menubar
56 add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 118 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
57 dynamic locale switching currently) 119 dynamic locale switching currently).
120
58--enable-rxvt-scroll 121 --enable-rxvt-scroll
59 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 122 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
123
60--enable-next-scroll 124 --enable-next-scroll
61 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 125 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
126
62--enable-xterm-scroll 127 --enable-xterm-scroll
63 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 128 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
129
64--enable-plain-scroll 130 --enable-plain-scroll
65 add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 131 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
66 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 132 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
67 many years. 133 years.
134
68--enable-half-shadow 135 --enable-half-shadow
69 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 136 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
70 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 137 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
138
71--enable-ttygid 139 --enable-ttygid
72 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 140 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
73 your system uses this type of security 141 system uses this type of security.
142
74--disable-backspace-key 143 --disable-backspace-key
75 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 144 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
76 do it 145 do it.
146
77--disable-delete-key 147 --disable-delete-key
78 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 148 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
79 do it 149 it.
150
80--disable-resources 151 --disable-resources
81 remove all resources checking 152 Remove all resources checking.
153
82--enable-xgetdefault 154 --enable-xgetdefault
83 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small 155 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
84 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist 156 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
85 then ~/.Xresources 157 then ~/.Xresources.
158
159 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
160 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
161 might be very small, if nonexistant.
162
86--enable-strings 163 --enable-strings
87 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other 164 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
88 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 165 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
89 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 166 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
90 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many 167 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
91 GNU/Linux systems). 168 systems).
169
92--disable-swapscreen 170 --disable-swapscreen
93 remove support for swap screen 171 Remove support for swap screen.
172
94--enable-frills 173 --enable-frills
95 add support for some lesser used features 174 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
96--enable-linespace 175 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
97 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows 176 want to disable this.
177
178 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
179 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
180
181 MWM-hints
182 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
183 seperate underline colour
184 settable border widths and borderless switch
185 settable extra linespacing
186 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
187 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
188 window op and locale change escape sequences
189 tripleclickwords
190 settable insecure mode
191 keysym remapping support
192 -embed and -pty-fd options
193
194 --enable-iso14755
195 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
196 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
197 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
198
98--enable-keepscrolling 199 --enable-keepscrolling
99 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 200 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
100 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 201 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
202
101--enable-mousewheel 203 --enable-mousewheel
102 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 204 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
205
103--enable-slipwheeling 206 --enable-slipwheeling
104 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 207 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
105 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 208 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
106 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 209 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
107--enable-old-selection 210
108 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that
109 of v2.20 (and prior)
110--disable-new-selection 211 --disable-new-selection
111 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm 212 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
213
112--enable-dmalloc 214 --enable-dmalloc
113 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging 215 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
114 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details 216 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
115 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to 217 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
116 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to 218 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
117 the right places. 219
118 You can only use either this option and the following (should 220 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
119 you use either) 221 use either) .
222
120--enable-dlmalloc 223 --enable-dlmalloc
121 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 224 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
122 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details 225 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
226
123--enable-smart-resize 227 --enable-smart-resize
124 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size 228 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
125 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the 229 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
126 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 230 is closest to a corner of the screen.
127--enable-256-color 231
128 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours
129--enable-cursor-blink 232 --enable-cursor-blink
130 add support for a blinking cursor 233 Add support for a blinking cursor.
234
131--enable-pointer-blank 235 --enable-pointer-blank
132 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 236 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
237
133--with-name=NAME 238 --with-name=NAME
134 set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting 239 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",
135 in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 240 resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to
241 replace with "rxvt".
242
136--with-term=NAME 243 --with-term=NAME
137 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 244 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
138 (default "rxvt") 245 "rxvt-unicode")
246
139--with-terminfo=PATH 247 --with-terminfo=PATH
140 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 248 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
141 tree to PATH 249 to PATH.
250
142--with-x 251 --with-x
143 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 252 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
253
144--with-xpm-includes=DIR 254 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
145 look for the XPM includes in DIR 255 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
256
146--with-xpm-library=DIR 257 --with-xpm-library=DIR
147 look for the XPM library in DIR 258 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
259
148--with-xpm 260 --with-xpm
149 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background 261 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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