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Revision 1.37 by root, Wed Jan 4 21:50:12 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
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on) 105 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
105 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 106 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
106 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 107 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
107 also be specified. 108 also be specified.
108 109
109 --enable-xpm-background (default: off) 110 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
110 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 111 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
111 112
112 --enable-transparency (default: off) 113 --enable-transparency (default: on)
113 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 114 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
114 transparency to the term. 115 transparency to the term.
115 116
116 --enable-fading (default: on) 117 --enable-fading (default: on)
117 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires 118 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
118 "--enable-transparency"). 119 "--enable-transparency").
119 120
120 --enable-tinting (default: on) 121 --enable-tinting (default: on)
121 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires 122 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
122 "--enable-transparency"). 123 "--enable-transparency").
123
124 --enable-menubar (default: off)
125 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
126 dynamic locale switching currently).
127 124
128 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) 125 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
129 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 126 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
130 127
131 --enable-next-scroll (default: on) 128 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
137 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) 134 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
138 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 135 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
139 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
140 years. 137 years.
141 138
142 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
143 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
144 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
145
146 --enable-ttygid (default: off) 139 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
147 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
148 system uses this type of security. 141 system uses this type of security.
149 142
150 --disable-backspace-key 143 --disable-backspace-key
155 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 148 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
156 it. 149 it.
157 150
158 --disable-resources 151 --disable-resources
159 Removes any support for resource checking. 152 Removes any support for resource checking.
160
161 --enable-xgetdefault
162 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
163 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
164 then ~/.Xresources.
165
166 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
167 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
168 might be very small, if nonexistant.
169
170 --enable-strings (default: off)
171 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
172 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
173 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
174 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
175 systems).
176 153
177 --disable-swapscreen 154 --disable-swapscreen
178 Remove support for secondary/swap screen. 155 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
179 156
180 --enable-frills (default: on) 157 --enable-frills (default: on)
187 164
188 MWM-hints 165 MWM-hints
189 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 166 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
190 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 167 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
191 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 168 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
169 visual depth selection (-depth)
192 settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 170 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
193 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 171 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
194 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
195 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
196 tripleclickwords (-tcw) 172 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
197 settable insecure mode (-insecure) 173 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
198 keysym remapping support 174 keysym remapping support
199 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) 175 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
200 XEmbed support (-embed) 176 XEmbed support (-embed)
201 user-pty (-pty-fd) 177 user-pty (-pty-fd)
202 hold on exit (-hold) 178 hold on exit (-hold)
203 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
204 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
205 195
206 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 196 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
207 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).
208 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 198 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
209 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.
242 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 232 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
243 233
244 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 234 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
245 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 235 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
246 236
247 --enable-perl (default: off) 237 --enable-perl (default: on)
248 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage 238 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
249 (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
250 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
251 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL" 241 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
252 environment variable when running configure. 242 environment variable when running configure.

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