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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. no "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"
5 switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination
6 doesn't work, so it 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-xft 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)
8 add support for xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. xft fonts are 21 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, 22 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
10 you don't pay for them. 23 them, you don't pay for them.
11--with-codesets=NAME,... 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)
12 compile in support for additional codeset groups: 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
13 jp common japanese encodings 42 jp common japanese encodings
14 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 43 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
15 kr korean encodings 44 kr korean encodings
16 cn common chinese encodings 45
17 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 46 --enable-xim (default: on)
18 vn vietnamese (not well-supported, though) 47 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
19 all all of the above. 48 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
20--enable-unicode3 49 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
21 enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic 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
22 multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per character 55 (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 56 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 57 extra characters, but Xft does.
25 displaying, if you have the right font(s). 58
26--enable-utmp 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)
27 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
28 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 97 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
29--enable-wtmp 98
99 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
30 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
31 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 101 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
32 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 102 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
33--enable-lastlog 103
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
34 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 105 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
35 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 106 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
36 --enable-utmp to also be specified. 107 also be specified.
37--enable-xpm-background 108
38 add support for XPM background pixmaps 109 --enable-afterimage (default: on)
39--enable-transparency 110 Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and
40 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 111 background images. It adds support for many file formats including
41 transparency to the term 112 JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep
42--enable-menubar 113 image XML
43 add support for our menu bar system 114 (<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
44--enable-rxvt-scroll 115
116 This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the
117 root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of
118 background images.
119
120 Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
121 increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used
122 (mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory
123 footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured
124 without support for SVG.
125
126 --enable-transparency (default: on)
127 Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in
128 the term.
129
130 --enable-fading (default: on)
131 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
132
133 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
45 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar 134 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
46--enable-next-scroll 135
136 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
47 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar 137 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
48--enable-xterm-scroll 138
139 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
49 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar 140 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
50--enable-plain-scroll 141
51 add support for a very plain-looking scrollbar that I used for many years 142 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
52--enable-half-shadow 143 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
53 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 144 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
54 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars 145 years.
55--enable-xim 146
56 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 147 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
57 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
58 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
59--enable-ttygid
60 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 148 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
61 your system uses this type of security 149 system uses this type of security.
150
62--disable-backspace-key 151 --disable-backspace-key
63 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 152 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
64 do it 153 do it.
154
65--disable-delete-key 155 --disable-delete-key
66 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 156 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
67 do it 157 it.
158
68--disable-resources 159 --disable-resources
69 remove all resources checking 160 Removes any support for resource checking.
70--enable-xgetdefault 161
71 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
72 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
73 then ~/.Xresources
74--enable-strings
75 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
76 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
77 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
78 to link in. (This has header problems on some Linux systems).
79--disable-swapscreen 162 --disable-swapscreen
80 remove support for swap screen 163 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
81--enable-frills 164
82 add support for some lesser used features 165 --enable-frills (default: on)
83--enable-linespace 166 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
84 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows 167 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
85--enable-keepscrolling 168 want to disable this.
169
170 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
171 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
172
173 MWM-hints
174 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
175 urgency hint
176 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
177 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
178 visual depth selection (-depth)
179 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
180 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
181 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
182 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
183 keysym remapping support
184 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
185 XEmbed support (-embed)
186 user-pty (-pty-fd)
187 hold on exit (-hold)
188 compile in built-in block graphics
189 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
190 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
191
192 It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
193 as:
194
195 some round-trip time optimisations
196 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
197 UTF8_STRING support for selection
198 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
199 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
200 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
201 locale switching escape sequence
202 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
203 rectangular selections
204 trailing space removal for selections
205 verbose X error handling
206
207 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
208 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
209 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
210 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
211
212 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
86 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 213 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
87 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow 214 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
88--enable-mousewheel 215
216 --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
217 Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
218 bottom of the screen.
219
220 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
89 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5 221 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
90--enable-slipwheeling 222
223 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
91 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 224 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
92 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 225 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
93 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 226 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
94--enable-old-selection 227
95 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that 228 --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
96 of v2.20 (and prior) 229 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep
97--disable-new-selection
98 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm
99--enable-dmalloc
100 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging
101 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details
102 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to
103 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to
104 the right places.
105 You can only use either this option and the following (should
106 you use either)
107--enable-dlmalloc
108 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
109 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details
110--enable-smart-resize
111 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size
112 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the
113 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen 230 the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a
114--enable-256-color 231 fixed position.
115 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours 232
116--enable-cursor-blink 233 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
117 add support for a blinking cursor
118--enable-pointer-blank
119 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive 234 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
120--with-term=NAME 235
236 --enable-perl (default: on)
237 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
238 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
239 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
240 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
241 environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in,
242 perl will *not* be initialised when all extensions have been
243 disabled "-pe "" --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to
244 enable from a resource standpoint.
245
246 --with-afterimage-config=DIR
247 Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
248
249 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
250 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
251 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
252
253 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
121 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME 254 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
122 (default "rxvt") 255
123--with-terminfo=PATH 256 --with-terminfo=PATH
124 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo 257 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
125 tree to PATH 258 to PATH.
259
126--with-x 260 --with-x
127 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?) 261 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
128--with-xpm-includes=DIR 262
129 look for the XPM includes in DIR
130--with-xpm-library=DIR
131 look for the XPM library in DIR
132--with-xpm
133 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background

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