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1 CONFIGURE 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
10 --enable-everything
11 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
12 "./configure --help".
13
14 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
15 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
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)
21 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
22 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
23 them, you don't pay for them.
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)
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
42 jp common japanese encodings
43 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
44 kr korean encodings
45
46 --enable-xim (default: on)
47 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
48 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
49 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
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
55 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
56 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
57 extra characters, but Xft does.
58
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 view 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)
96 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
97 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
98
99 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
100 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
101 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
102 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
103
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
105 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 also be specified.
108
109 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
110 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
111
112 --enable-transparency (default: on)
113 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
114 transparency to the term.
115
116 --enable-fading (default: on)
117 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
118 "--enable-transparency").
119
120 --enable-tinting (default: on)
121 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
122 "--enable-transparency").
123
124 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
125 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
126
127 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
128 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
129
130 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
131 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
132
133 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
134 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 years.
137
138 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
139 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
140 system uses this type of security.
141
142 --disable-backspace-key
143 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
144 do it.
145
146 --disable-delete-key
147 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
148 it.
149
150 --disable-resources
151 Removes any support for resource checking.
152
153 --disable-swapscreen
154 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
155
156 --enable-frills (default: on)
157 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
158 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
159 want to disable this.
160
161 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
162 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
163
164 MWM-hints
165 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
166 urgency hint
167 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
168 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
169 visual depth selection (-depth)
170 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
171 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
172 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
173 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
174 keysym remapping support
175 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
176 XEmbed support (-embed)
177 user-pty (-pty-fd)
178 hold on exit (-hold)
179 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
180 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
181
182 It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
183 as:
184
185 some round-trip time optimisations
186 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
187 UTF8_STRING support for selection
188 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
189 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
190 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
191 locale switching escape sequence
192 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
193 rectangular selections
194 trailing space removal for selections
195 verbose X error handling
196
197 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
198 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
199 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
200 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
201
202 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
203 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
204 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
205
206 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
207 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
208
209 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
210 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
211 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
212 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
213
214 --disable-new-selection
215 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
216
217 --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
218 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
219 <http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this
220 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
221 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
222
223 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
224 use either) .
225
226 --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
227 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
228 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
229
230 --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
231 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
232 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
233 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
234
235 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
236 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
237
238 --enable-perl (default: on)
239 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
240 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
241 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
242 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
243 environment variable when running configure.
244
245 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
246 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
247 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
248
249 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
250 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
251
252 --with-terminfo=PATH
253 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
254 to PATH.
255
256 --with-x
257 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
258
259 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
260 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
261
262 --with-xpm-library=DIR
263 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
264
265 --with-xpm
266 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
267