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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-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
76 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
77 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
78 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
79 --disable-fallback.
80
81 --with-res-name=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
87 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
88 rxvt.
89
26--enable-utmp 90 --enable-utmp
27 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
28 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 92 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
93
29--enable-wtmp 94 --enable-wtmp
30 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
31 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 96 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
32 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 97 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
98
33--enable-lastlog 99 --enable-lastlog
34 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 100 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
35 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 101 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
36 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 102 also be specified.
103
37--enable-xpm-background 104 --enable-xpm-background
38 add support for XPM background pixmaps 105 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
106
39--enable-transparency 107 --enable-transparency
40 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 108 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
41 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
42--enable-menubar 117 --enable-menubar
43 add support for our menu bar system 118 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
44--enable-graphics 119 dynamic locale switching currently).
45 add support for our graphics mode (see src/graphics) 120
46--enable-rxvt-scroll 121 --enable-rxvt-scroll
47 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 122 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
123
48--enable-next-scroll 124 --enable-next-scroll
49 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 125 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
126
50--enable-xterm-scroll 127 --enable-xterm-scroll
51 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 128 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
129
130 --enable-plain-scroll
131 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
132 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
133 years.
134
52--enable-half-shadow 135 --enable-half-shadow
53 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 136 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
54 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 137 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
55--enable-xim 138
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 139 --enable-ttygid
62 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 140 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
63 your system uses this type of security 141 system uses this type of security.
142
64--disable-backspace-key 143 --disable-backspace-key
65 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
66 do it 145 do it.
146
67--disable-delete-key 147 --disable-delete-key
68 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
69 do it 149 it.
150
70--disable-resources 151 --disable-resources
71 remove all resources checking 152 Remove all resources checking.
153
72--enable-xgetdefault 154 --enable-xgetdefault
73 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small 155 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
74 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist 156 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
75 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
76--enable-strings 163 --enable-strings
77 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other 164 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
78 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 165 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
79 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 166 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
80 to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems). 167 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
168 systems).
169
81--disable-swapscreen 170 --disable-swapscreen
82 remove support for swap screen 171 Remove support for swap screen.
172
83--enable-frills 173 --enable-frills
84 add support for some lesser used features 174 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
85--enable-linespace 175 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 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
87--enable-keepscrolling 199 --enable-keepscrolling
88 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 200 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
89 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 201 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
202
90--enable-mousewheel 203 --enable-mousewheel
91 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 204 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
205
92-enable-slipwheeling 206 --enable-slipwheeling
93 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 207 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
94 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 208 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
95 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 209 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
96--enable-old-selection 210
97 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that
98 of v2.20 (and prior)
99--disable-new-selection 211 --disable-new-selection
100 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm 212 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
213
101--enable-dmalloc 214 --enable-dmalloc
102 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging 215 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
103 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details 216 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 217 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
105 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to 218 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
106 the right places. 219
107 You can only use either this option and the following (should 220 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
108 you use either) 221 use either) .
222
109--enable-dlmalloc 223 --enable-dlmalloc
110 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
111 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details 225 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
226
112--enable-smart-resize 227 --enable-smart-resize
113 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size 228 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
114 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
115 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 230 is closest to a corner of the screen.
116--enable-256-color 231
117 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours
118--enable-cursor-blink 232 --enable-cursor-blink
119 add support for a blinking cursor 233 Add support for a blinking cursor.
234
120--enable-pointer-blank 235 --enable-pointer-blank
121 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 236 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
237
238 --with-name=NAME
239 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",
240 resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to
241 replace with "rxvt".
242
122--with-term=NAME 243 --with-term=NAME
123 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 244 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
124 (default "xterm") 245 "rxvt-unicode")
246
125--with-terminfo=PATH 247 --with-terminfo=PATH
126 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 248 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
127 tree to PATH 249 to PATH.
250
128--with-x 251 --with-x
129 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 252 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
253
130--with-xpm-includes=DIR 254 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
131 look for the XPM includes in DIR 255 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
256
132--with-xpm-library=DIR 257 --with-xpm-library=DIR
133 look for the XPM library in DIR 258 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
259
134--with-xpm 260 --with-xpm
135 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background 261 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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