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Revision 1.43 by ayin, Sun Jan 22 17:05:15 2006 UTC vs.
Revision 1.47 by root, Thu Feb 2 18:04:45 2006 UTC

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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
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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
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133 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) 134 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
134 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 135 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 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
136 years. 137 years.
137 138
139 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
140 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
141 system uses this type of security.
142
138 --disable-backspace-key 143 --disable-backspace-key
139 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 144 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
140 do it. 145 do it.
141 146
142 --disable-delete-key 147 --disable-delete-key
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159 164
160 MWM-hints 165 MWM-hints
161 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 166 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
162 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 167 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
163 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 168 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
169 visual depth selection (-depth)
164 settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 170 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
165 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 171 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
166 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
167 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
168 tripleclickwords (-tcw) 172 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
169 settable insecure mode (-insecure) 173 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
170 keysym remapping support 174 keysym remapping support
171 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) 175 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
172 XEmbed support (-embed) 176 XEmbed support (-embed)
173 user-pty (-pty-fd) 177 user-pty (-pty-fd)
174 hold on exit (-hold) 178 hold on exit (-hold)
175 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
176 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
177 195
178 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 196 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
179 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).
180 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 198 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
181 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.
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195 --disable-new-selection 213 --disable-new-selection
196 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 214 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
197 215
198 --enable-dmalloc (default: off) 216 --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
199 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 217 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
200 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this 218 <http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this
201 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after 219 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
202 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 220 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
203 221
204 You can only use either this option and the following (should you 222 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
205 use either) . 223 use either) .
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214 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 232 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
215 233
216 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 234 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
217 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 235 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
218 236
219 --enable-perl (default: off) 237 --enable-perl (default: on)
220 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage 238 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
221 (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
222 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
223 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL" 241 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
224 environment variable when running configure. 242 environment variable when running configure.

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