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1CONFIGURE OPTIONS 1CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 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 3 hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
4 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 4 the default configuration (i.e. no "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx"
5 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 5 switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination
6 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 6 doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
7 <rxvt@schmorp.de>. 7
8 All
8 9
9 --enable-everything 10 --enable-everything
10 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 11 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
11 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order 12 "./configure --help", except for "--enable-assert" and
12 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this 13 "--enable-256-color".
13 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
14 14
15 --enable-xft 15 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
16 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
17 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
18 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
19 arguments you want.
20
21 --enable-xft (default: on)
16 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts 22 Add support for Xft (anti-aliased, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
17 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use 23 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
18 them, you don't pay for them. 24 them, you don't pay for them.
19 25
20 --with-codesets=NAME,... 26 --enable-font-styles (default: on)
27 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
28 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
29
30 --with-codesets=CS,... (default: all)
21 Compile in support for additional codeset groups: 31 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
32 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
33 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
34 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
35 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
36 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
37 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
38 font requiring one of these encodings.
22 39
23 all all of the above 40 all all available codeset groups
24 cn common chinese encodings 41 zh common chinese encodings
25 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 42 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings
26 jp common japanese encodings 43 jp common japanese encodings
27 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 44 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
28 kr korean encodings 45 kr korean encodings
29 46 --enable-xim (default: on)
30 --enable-xim
31 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 47 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
32 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set 48 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
33 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 49 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
34 50
35 --enable-unicode3 51 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
36 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 52 Recommended to stay off unless you really need a lot of non-BMP
53 characters.
54
55 Enable support for direct storage of unicode characters above 65535
37 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements 56 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
38 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
39 extra characters, but Xft does. 58 extra characters, but Xft does.
40 59
41 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 60 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store and display unicode
42 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited 61 characters above 65535 even without this flag, but the number of
43 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next 62 such characters is limited to a few thousand (shared with combining
44 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 63 characters, see next switch).
45 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
46 64
47 --enable-combining 65 --enable-combining (default: on)
48 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite 66 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
49 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where 67 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
50 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 68 accents are encoded as separate unicode characters. This is done by
51 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 69 using precomposed characters when available or creating new
52 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 70 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
53 71
54 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 72 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
55 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use 73 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
56 the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448).
57 With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also 74 be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
58 enable storage of characters >65535. 75
76 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
77 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
59 78
60 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 79 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
61 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to 80 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
62 be used. 81 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
63 82
64 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 83 --enable-fallback[=CLASS] (default: Rxvt)
65 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 84 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
66 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use 85 To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
67 --disable-fallback.
68 86
69 --with-res-name=NAME 87 --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
70 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 88 Use the given name as default application name when reading
71 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 89 resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
72 90
73 --with-res-class=CLASS 91 --with-res-class=CLASS (default: URxvt)
74 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 92 Use the given class as default application class when reading
75 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 93 resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
94
95 --enable-pixbuf (default: on)
96 Add support for GDK-PixBuf to be used for background images. It adds
97 support for many file formats including JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, XPM,
98 BMP, ICO and TGA.
99
100 --enable-startup-notification (default: on)
101 Add support for freedesktop startup notifications. This allows
102 window managers to display some kind of progress indicator during
76 rxvt. 103 startup.
77 104
78 --enable-utmp
79 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
80 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
81
82 --enable-wtmp
83 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
84 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
85 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
86
87 --enable-lastlog
88 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
89 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
90 also be specified.
91
92 --enable-xpm-background
93 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
94
95 --enable-transparency 105 --enable-transparency (default: on)
96 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 106 Add support for using the root pixmap as background to simulate
97 transparency to the term. 107 transparency. Note that this feature depends on libXrender and on
108 the availability of the RENDER extension in the X server.
98 109
99 --enable-fading 110 --enable-fading (default: on)
100 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 111 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
101 112
102 --enable-tinting
103 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
104
105 --enable-menubar
106 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
107 dynamic locale switching currently).
108
109 --enable-rxvt-scroll 113 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
110 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 114 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
111 115
112 --enable-next-scroll 116 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
113 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 117 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
114 118
115 --enable-xterm-scroll 119 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
116 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 120 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
117 121
118 --enable-plain-scroll
119 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
120 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
121 years.
122
123 --enable-half-shadow
124 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
125 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
126
127 --enable-ttygid
128 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
129 system uses this type of security.
130
131 --disable-backspace-key 122 --disable-backspace-key
132 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 123 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
133 do it. 124 do it.
134 125
135 --disable-delete-key 126 --disable-delete-key
136 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 127 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
137 it. 128 it.
138 129
139 --disable-resources 130 --disable-resources
140 Remove all resources checking. 131 Removes any support for resource checking.
141
142 --enable-xgetdefault
143 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
144 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
145 then ~/.Xresources.
146
147 --enable-strings
148 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
149 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
150 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
151 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
152 systems).
153 132
154 --disable-swapscreen 133 --disable-swapscreen
155 Remove support for swap screen. 134 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
156 135
157 --enable-frills 136 --enable-frills (default: on)
158 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice 137 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
159 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may 138 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
160 want to disable this. 139 want to disable this.
161 140
162 --enable-linespace 141 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
163 Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text 142 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
143
144 MWM-hints
145 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
146 urgency hint
147 separate underline colour (-underlineColor)
148 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
149 visual depth selection (-depth)
150 settable extra linespacing (-lsp)
151 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
152 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
153 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
154 keysym remapping support
155 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-bc, -uc)
156 XEmbed support (-embed)
157 user-pty (-pty-fd)
158 hold on exit (-hold)
159 compile in built-in block graphics
160 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
161 separate highlight colour (-highlightColor, -highlightTextColor)
162 focus reporting mode (1004).
163 extended mouse reporting modes (1005, 1006 and 1015).
164 visual selection via -visual and -depth.
165 systemd socket activation
166 selectable rewrapmode
167 bracketed paste mode
168
169 It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such
164 rows. 170 as:
165 171
172 some round-trip time optimisations
173 nearest colour allocation on pseudocolor screens
174 UTF8_STRING support for selection
175 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
176 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
177 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
178 locale switching escape sequence
179 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
180 rectangular selections
181 trailing space removal for selections
182 verbose X error handling
183
184 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
185 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1)). Basic support
186 (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while support for
187 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
188
166 --enable-keepscrolling 189 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
167 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the 190 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
168 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 191 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
169 192
193 --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
194 Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
195 bottom of the screen.
196
170 --enable-mousewheel 197 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
171 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 198 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
172 199
173 --enable-slipwheeling 200 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
174 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 201 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
175 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 202 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
176 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 203 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
177 204
178 --disable-new-selection
179 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
180
181 --enable-dmalloc
182 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
183 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
184 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
185 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
186
187 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
188 use either) .
189
190 --enable-dlmalloc
191 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
192 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
193
194 --enable-smart-resize 205 --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
195 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from 206 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep
196 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which 207 the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a
197 is closest to a corner of the screen. 208 fixed position.
198 209
199 --enable-256-color 210 --enable-text-blink (default: on)
200 Add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours.
201
202 This option will likely go away in the future. Speak up if you don't
203 want this.
204
205 --enable-cursor-blink
206 Add support for a blinking cursor. 211 Add support for blinking text.
207 212
208 --enable-pointer-blank 213 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
209 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 214 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
210 215
211 --with-name=NAME 216 --enable-perl (default: on)
217 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage for
218 more info on this feature, or the files in src/perl/ for the
219 extensions that are installed by default. The perl interpreter that
220 is used can be specified via the "PERL" environment variable when
221 running configure. Even when compiled in, perl will *not* be
222 initialised when all extensions have been disabled "-pe ""
223 --perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to enable from a
224 resource standpoint.
225
226 --enable-assert (default: off)
227 Enables the assertions in the code, normally disabled. This switch
228 is only useful when developing rxvt-unicode.
229
230 --enable-256-color (default: off)
231 Force use of so-called 256 colour mode, to work around buggy
232 applications that do not support termcap/terminfo, or simply improve
233 support for applications hardcoding the xterm 256 colour table.
234
235 This switch breaks termcap/terminfo compatibility to
236 "TERM=rxvt-unicode", and consequently sets "TERM" to
237 "rxvt-unicode-256color" by default (doc/etc/ contains
238 termcap/terminfo definitions for both).
239
240 It also results in higher memory usage and can slow down rxvt
241 dramatically when more than six fonts are in use by a terminal
242 instance.
243
244 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
212 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, 245 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
213 resulting in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to 246 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
214 replace rxvt.
215 247
216 --with-term=NAME 248 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
217 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 249 Sets the default "TERM" value that rxvt sets. The default is either
218 "rxvt") 250 "rxvt-unicode" or "rxvt-unicode-256color", as appropriate.
219 251
220 --with-terminfo=PATH 252 --with-terminfo=PATH
221 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree 253 If set, rxvt will set the environment variable "TERMINFO" to the
222 to PATH. 254 given PATH, which can be useful as a last resort if installing the
255 terminfo entries system-wide is not possible.
223 256
224 --with-x 257 --with-x
225 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). 258 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
226 259
227 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
228 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
229
230 --with-xpm-library=DIR
231 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
232
233 --with-xpm
234 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
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