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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
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
1--enable-everything 10 --enable-everything
2 add support for all enable options marked with an asterisk listed 11 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
3 in "./configure --help". Note that unlike other enable options this 12 "./configure --help".
4 is order dependant. You can specify this and then disable options 13
5 which this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate 14 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
6 commands. 15 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
7--enable-languages 16 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
8 add support for languages which require multiple character glyphs 17 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
9 to display. 18 arguments you want.
10--with-encoding=NAME 19
11 set the default encoding for multi-char glyph languages to NAME. 20 --enable-xft (default: enabled)
12 Options are: "eucj" EUC Japanese encoding; "sjis" Shift JIS encoding; 21 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
13 "big5" BIG5 encoding; "gb" GB encoding; "kr" EUC Korean encoding; 22 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
14 "noenc" no encoding. This option requires --enable-languages to 23 them, you don't pay for them.
15 also be specified. 24
16--enable-utmp 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 few 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)
17 write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at 96 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
18 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 97 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
19--enable-wtmp 98
99 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
20 write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like ``last'') at 100 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
21 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 101 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
22 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 102 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
23--enable-lastlog 103
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
24 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 105 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
25 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 106 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
26 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 107 also be specified.
27--enable-xpm-background 108
109 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
28 add support for XPM background pixmaps 110 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
29--enable-transparency 111
112 --enable-afterimage (default: on)
113 Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and
114 background images. It adds support for many file formats including
115 JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep
116 image XML
117 (<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
118
119 This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the
120 root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of
121 background images.
122
123 Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
124 increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used
125 (mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory
126 footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured
127 without support for SVG.
128
129 --enable-transparency (default: on)
30 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 130 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
31 transparency to the term 131 transparency to the term.
32--enable-menubar 132
33 add support for our menu bar system 133 --enable-fading (default: on)
34--enable-graphics 134 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
35 add support for our graphics mode (see src/graphics) 135
36--enable-rxvt-scroll 136 --enable-tinting (default: on)
137 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
138 "--enable-transparency").
139
140 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
37 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 141 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
38--enable-next-scroll 142
143 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
39 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 144 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
40--enable-xterm-scroll 145
146 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
41 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 147 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
42--enable-half-shadow 148
43 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 149 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
44 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 150 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
45--enable-xim 151 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
46 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 152 years.
47 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 153
48 set up the input for people using dead keys. 154 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
49--enable-greek
50 add support for greek keyboard
51--enable-ttygid
52 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 155 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
53 your system uses this type of security 156 system uses this type of security.
157
54--disable-backspace-key 158 --disable-backspace-key
55 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 159 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
56 do it 160 do it.
161
57--disable-delete-key 162 --disable-delete-key
58 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 163 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
59 do it 164 it.
165
60--disable-resources 166 --disable-resources
61 remove all resources checking 167 Removes any support for resource checking.
62--enable-xgetdefault 168
63 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
64 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
65 then ~/.Xresources
66--enable-strings
67 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
68 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
69 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
70 to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems).
71--disable-swapscreen 169 --disable-swapscreen
72 remove support for swap screen 170 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
73--enable-frills 171
74 add support for some lesser used features 172 --enable-frills (default: on)
75--enable-linespace 173 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
76 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows 174 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
77--enable-keepscrolling 175 want to disable this.
176
177 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
178 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
179
180 MWM-hints
181 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
182 urgency hint
183 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
184 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
185 visual depth selection (-depth)
186 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
187 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
188 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
189 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
190 keysym remapping support
191 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
192 XEmbed support (-embed)
193 user-pty (-pty-fd)
194 hold on exit (-hold)
195 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
196 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
197
198 It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
199 as:
200
201 some round-trip time optimisations
202 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
203 UTF8_STRING support for selection
204 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
205 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
206 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
207 locale switching escape sequence
208 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
209 rectangular selections
210 trailing space removal for selections
211 verbose X error handling
212
213 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
214 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
215 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
216 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
217
218 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
78 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 219 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
79 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 220 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
80--enable-mousewheel 221
222 --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
223 Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
224 bottom of the screen.
225
226 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
81 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 227 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
82-enable-slipwheeling 228
229 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
83 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 230 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
84 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 231 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
85 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 232 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
86--enable-old-selection 233
87 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that 234 --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
88 of v2.20 (and prior) 235 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep
89--disable-new-selection
90 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm
91--enable-dmalloc
92 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging
93 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details
94 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to
95 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to
96 the right places.
97 You can only use either this option and the following (should
98 you use either)
99--enable-dlmalloc
100 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
101 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details
102--enable-smart-resize
103 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size
104 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the
105 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 236 the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a
106--enable-256-color 237 fixed position.
107 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours 238
108--enable-cursor-blink 239 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
109 add support for a blinking cursor
110--enable-pointer-blank
111 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 240 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
112--with-term=NAME 241
242 --enable-perl (default: on)
243 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
244 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
245 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
246 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
247 environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in,
248 perl will *not* be initialised when all extensions have been
249 disabled "-pe "" --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to
250 enable from a resource standpoint.
251
252 --with-afterimage-config=DIR
253 Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
254
255 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
256 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
257 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
258
259 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
113 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 260 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
114 (default "xterm") 261
115--with-terminfo=PATH 262 --with-terminfo=PATH
116 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 263 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
117 tree to PATH 264 to PATH.
265
118--with-x 266 --with-x
119 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 267 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
268
120--with-xpm-includes=DIR 269 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
121 look for the XPM includes in DIR 270 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
271
122--with-xpm-library=DIR 272 --with-xpm-library=DIR
123 look for the XPM library in DIR 273 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
274
124--with-xpm 275 --with-xpm
125 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background 276 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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