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