| 1 | Sketchy overview of the details: |
1 | Sketchy overview of the details: |
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| 3 | - gcc-3.x is probably required to compile this release, g++-3.x, too, as it |
3 | See also the FAQ section in doc/rxvt.1.txt, and README.configure. |
| 4 | has been re-written in C++ (and a corresponding version of libstdc++). |
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| 6 | - the options used in the ./reconf script should work. everything else |
5 | - the options used in the ./reconf script should work. everything else |
| 7 | might work and might be broken. |
6 | might work and might be broken. |
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| 9 | - wchar_t MUST be UNICODE or ISO-10646-1 on your system, or various things |
8 | - wchar_t MUST be UNICODE or ISO-10646-1 on your system, or various things |
| 10 | will break down. On GNU/Linux, this is true, on Solaris, this is true |
9 | will break down. On GNU/Linux, this is true for all locales, on Solaris, |
| 11 | only for "@ucs" locales, but you should have plenty of them. |
10 | this might be true only for locales ending in "@ucs", but you should |
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11 | have plenty of them, as there should be a corresponding @ucs-locale for |
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12 | every normal locale. |
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14 | If you know details for other operating systems, please notify me (in |
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15 | general, if your env defines __STDC_ISO_10646__ then everything should |
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16 | be fine). |
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| 13 | - rxvt will use unicode internally, but does input/output in the current |
18 | - rxvt will use unicode internally, but does input/output in the current |
| 14 | locale. so to get a utf-8 terminal, use "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 rxvt" or |
19 | locale. so to get a utf-8 terminal, use "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 rxvt" or |
| 15 | equivalent. |
20 | equivalent. |
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| 17 | - you can specify a different locale to be used for your input method |
22 | - you can specify a different locale to be used for your input method |
| 18 | using the imLocale ressource or switch, e.g.: |
23 | using the imLocale ressource or switch, e.g.: |
| 19 | LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 rxvt -imlocale ja_JP.EUC-JP |
24 | LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 rxvt -imlocale ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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| 21 | - keyboard input is limited by the selected X locale. |
26 | - keyboard input is limited by the selected locale (and X's support for |
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27 | it), tty input and output likewise. Selection support is independent of |
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28 | the locale. |
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| 23 | - "-fn" commandline switch and *.font ressource accepts a comma |
30 | - "-fn" commandline switch and *.font ressource accepts a comma |
| 24 | seperated list of fontnames: |
31 | seperated list of fontnames: |
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| 26 | x:9x15bold a x11 font |
33 | x:9x15bold a x11 font |
| 27 | 9x15bold the same |
34 | 9x15bold the same |
| 28 | xft:Andale Mono a xft font |
35 | xft:Andale Mono a xft font |
| 29 | xft:Andale Mono:pixelsize=20 |
36 | xft:Andale Mono:pixelsize=20 |
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37 | 9x15bold,terminus-15 |
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| 31 | - the _first_ font in the list selects the cell width/height. All other |
39 | - the _first_ font in the list selects the cell width/height. All other |
| 32 | fonts must be smaller or same sized, or they will be ignored or worse. |
40 | fonts must be smaller or same sized, or they will be ignored or worse. |
| 33 | xft fonts will automatically be rescaled, x11-fonts, too, if their |
41 | xft fonts will automatically be rescaled, x11-fonts, too, if their |
| 34 | size is not specified in the XLFD. |
42 | size is not specified in the XLFD. |
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| 36 | - the fonts will be tried in the order given when searching for a font |
44 | - the fonts will be tried in the order given when searching for a font |
| 37 | to display a specific character. if you are e.g. mainly interested in |
45 | to display a specific character. if you are e.g. mainly interested |
| 38 | japanese you might want to put a japanese font first to get the ascii |
46 | in japanese you might want to put a japanese font first to get the |
| 39 | characters in it. If you are mainly interested in a text terminal and |
47 | ascii characters glyphs from it. If you are mainly interested in a text |
| 40 | only want to display other characters you should put a ascii/is8859 text |
48 | terminal and only want to display other characters you should put a |
| 41 | font first (e.g. "9x15bold") and let rxvt sort it out. |
49 | ascii/is8859 text font first (e.g. "9x15bold") and let rxvt sort it out. |
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| 43 | - xft fonts require gobs of memory and generally are slow. try not to |
51 | - xft fonts require gobs of memory and generally are slow. try not to |
| 44 | antialias them ("Font:antialias=false") when possible. Often looks |
52 | antialias them ("Font:antialias=false") when possible. Might look |
| 45 | better, too, as they then match other fonts in weight. |
53 | better, too, as they then match other fonts in weight. |
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| 47 | - src/defaultfont.C lists the fallback fonts that are tried when a |
55 | - src/defaultfont.C lists the fallback fonts that are tried when a |
| 48 | character cannot be displayed with the current list of fonts. |
56 | character cannot be displayed with the current list of fonts. |
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| 50 | - using bold fonts for the bold attribute is not supported by xft |
58 | - using bold fonts for the bold attribute is not supported by xft |
| 51 | and will not be supported by rxvt-unicode, either, even for normal x11 |
59 | and will not be supported by rxvt-unicode, either, even for normal X11 |
| 52 | fonts. |
60 | fonts. |
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| 54 | - normal bold text will use reverse video unless the colorBD resource has |
62 | - normal bold text will use reverse video unless the colorBD resource has |
| 55 | been set. coloured text will use high-intensity colours for bold. |
63 | been set. coloured text will use high-intensity colours for bold. |
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