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CONFIGURE OPTIONS |
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General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration |
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hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use |
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the default configuration (i.e. no "--enable-xxx" or "--disable-xxx" |
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switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination |
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doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>. |
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All |
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--enable-everything |
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Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in |
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"./configure --help", except for "--enable-assert" and |
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"--enable-256-color". |
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You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by |
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*following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or |
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you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying |
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"--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..." |
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arguments you want. |
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--enable-xft (default: enabled) |
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Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts |
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are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use |
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them, you don't pay for them. |
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--enable-font-styles (default: on) |
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Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The |
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fonts can be set manually or automatically. |
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--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all) |
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Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu", |
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"vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character |
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sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, |
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they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled |
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in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently. |
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Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost |
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about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a |
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font requiring one of these encodings. |
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all all available codeset groups |
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zh common chinese encodings |
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zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings |
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jp common japanese encodings |
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jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings |
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kr korean encodings |
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--enable-xim (default: on) |
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Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using |
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alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set |
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up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. |
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--enable-unicode3 (default: off) |
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Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters. |
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Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 |
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(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements |
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per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these |
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extra characters, but Xft does. |
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Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 |
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even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited |
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to a few thousand (shared with combining characters, see next |
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switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them |
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(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). |
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--enable-combining (default: on) |
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Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite |
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characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where |
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accents are encoded as separate unicode characters. This is done by |
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using precomposited characters when available or creating new |
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pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. |
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Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed |
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characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will |
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be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. |
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This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters |
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beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. |
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The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation |
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forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to |
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be used (and tell me how these are to be used...). |
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--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt) |
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When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. |
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To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. |
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--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
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Use the given name as default application name when reading |
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resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. |
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--with-res-class=CLASS (default: URxvt) |
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Use the given class as default application class when reading |
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resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt. |
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--enable-utmp (default: on) |
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Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start |
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of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. |
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--enable-wtmp (default: on) |
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Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at |
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start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This |
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option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. |
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--enable-lastlog (default: on) |
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Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) |
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at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to |
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also be specified. |
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--enable-afterimage (default: on) |
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Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and |
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background images. It adds support for many file formats including |
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JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep |
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image XML |
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(<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>). |
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This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the |
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root background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of |
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background images. |
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Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might |
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increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used |
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(mostly due to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory |
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footprint may somewhat be lowered if libAfterImage is configured |
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without support for SVG. |
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--enable-transparency (default: on) |
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Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in |
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the term. |
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--enable-fading (default: on) |
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Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. |
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--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) |
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Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. |
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--enable-next-scroll (default: on) |
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Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. |
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--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on) |
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Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. |
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--disable-backspace-key |
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Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server |
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do it. |
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--disable-delete-key |
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Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do |
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it. |
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--disable-resources |
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Removes any support for resource checking. |
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--disable-swapscreen |
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Remove support for secondary/swap screen. |
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--enable-frills (default: on) |
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Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice |
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to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may |
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want to disable this. |
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A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" |
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(possibly in combination with other switches) is: |
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MWM-hints |
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EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) |
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urgency hint |
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separate underline colour (-underlineColor) |
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settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) |
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visual depth selection (-depth) |
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settable extra linespacing (-lsp) |
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iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support |
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tripleclickwords (-tcw) |
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settable insecure mode (-insecure) |
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keysym remapping support |
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cursor blinking and underline cursor (-bc, -uc) |
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XEmbed support (-embed) |
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user-pty (-pty-fd) |
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hold on exit (-hold) |
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compile in built-in block graphics |
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skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) |
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separate highlight colour (-highlightColor, -highlightTextColor) |
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It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such |
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as: |
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some round-trip time optimisations |
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nearest colour allocation on pseudocolor screens |
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UTF8_STRING support for selection |
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sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 |
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backindex and forwardindex escape sequences |
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view change/zero scrollback escape sequences |
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locale switching escape sequence |
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window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences |
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rectangular selections |
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trailing space removal for selections |
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verbose X error handling |
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--enable-iso14755 (default: on) |
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Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1)). Basic support |
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(section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while support for |
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5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. |
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--enable-keepscrolling (default: on) |
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Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the |
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mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. |
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--enable-selectionscrolling (default: on) |
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Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or |
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bottom of the screen. |
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--enable-mousewheel (default: on) |
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Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. |
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--enable-slipwheeling (default: on) |
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Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an |
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accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option |
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requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. |
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--enable-smart-resize (default: off) |
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Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. This should keep |
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the window corner which is closest to a corner of the screen in a |
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fixed position. |
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--enable-text-blink (default: on) |
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Add support for blinking text. |
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--enable-pointer-blank (default: on) |
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Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
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--enable-perl (default: on) |
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Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage for |
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more info on this feature, or the files in src/perl/ for the |
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extensions that are installed by default. The perl interpreter that |
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is used can be specified via the "PERL" environment variable when |
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running configure. Even when compiled in, perl will *not* be |
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initialised when all extensions have been disabled "-pe "" |
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--perl-ext-common """, so it should be safe to enable from a |
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resource standpoint. |
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--enable-assert (default: off) |
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Enables the assertions in the code, normally disabled. This switch |
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is only useful when developing rxvt-unicode. |
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--enable-256-color (default: off) |
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Force use of so-called 256 colour mode, to work around buggy |
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applications that do not support termcap/terminfo, or simply improve |
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support for applications hardcoding the xterm 256 colour table. |
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This switch breaks termcap/terminfo compatibility to |
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"TERM=rxvt-unicode", and consequently sets "TERM" to |
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"rxvt-unicode-256color" by default (doc/etc/ contains |
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termcap/terminfo definitions for both). |
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It also results in higher memory usage and can slow down rxvt |
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dramatically when more than six fonts are in use by a terminal |
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instance. |
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--with-afterimage-config=DIR |
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Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR. |
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--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
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Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt", |
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"urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt". |
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--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode) |
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Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME. |
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--with-terminfo=PATH |
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Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree |
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to PATH. |
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--with-x |
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Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). |
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