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131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "rxvt 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2005-02-14" "5.1" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-11" "6.3" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133.SH "NAME" 133.SH "NAME"
134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information 134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information
135.SH "SYNOPSIS" 135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" 136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137.Vb 2 137.Vb 2
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156The newest version of this document is 156The newest version of this document is
157also available on the World Wide Web at 157also available on the World Wide Web at
158<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 158<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
161.IP "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 4
162.IX Item "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
163I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
164bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
165that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
166compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
167with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
168features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
169already in use in this mode.
170.Sp
171.Vb 3
172\& text data bss drs rss filename
173\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
174\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
175.Ve
176.Sp
177When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
178and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
179libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
180.Sp
181.Vb 3
182\& text data bss drs rss filename
183\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
184\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
185.Ve
186.Sp
187The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
188encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
189and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
190encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
191compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
192memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
193few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
194not used.
195.Sp
196Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
197a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
198memory.
199.Sp
200Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
201still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
202(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
20343180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
204startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
205extremely well *g*.
206.IP "Why \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" 4
207.IX Item "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
208Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
209to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
210of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
211shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
212.Sp
213My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
214the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
215are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
216domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
217.Sp
218Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
219in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
220\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
221not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
222system with a minimal config:
223.Sp
224.Vb 4
225\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
226\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
227\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
228\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
229.Ve
230.Sp
231And here is rxvt\-unicode:
232.Sp
233.Vb 5
234\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
235\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
236\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
237\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
238\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
239.Ve
240.Sp
241No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
242except maybe libX11 :)
243.IP "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?" 4
244.IX Item "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?"
245rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
246tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs,
247and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs,
248as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl
249module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example
250embedding application.
161.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 251.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4
162.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 252.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?"
163The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape 253The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape
164sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. 254sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When
255using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
256daemon.
165.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 257.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4
166.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 258.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
167The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that 259The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
168considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before reporting a 260patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before
169bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the 261reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and
170genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to 262install the genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>)
171reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are 263and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the
172specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 264problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be
173Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug). 265reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report
266the bug).
174.Sp 267.Sp
175For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 268For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
176probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a 269probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
177bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 270bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
178might encounter the same issue. 271might encounter the same issue.
272.IP "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?" 4
273.IX Item "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
274You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
275now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
276runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
277except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
278be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
279the future) depends on it.
280.Sp
281You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
282system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
283behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
284\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
285perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
286.Sp
287If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
288one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
289\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
290encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
291.IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4
292.IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
293Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not
294bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
295+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
296secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
297runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
298interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
299.Sp
300Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some
301systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for
302ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into
303a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.
304.Sp
305So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your
306typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
307its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
308regularly.
179.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 309.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4
180.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 310.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
181The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 311The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
182as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 312as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
183.Sp 313.Sp
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205\& URxvt.termName: rxvt 335\& URxvt.termName: rxvt
206.Ve 336.Ve
207.Sp 337.Sp
208If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace 338If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace
209the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 339the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
340.ie n .IP """tic"" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4
341.el .IP "\f(CWtic\fR outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4
342.IX Item "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry."
343Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by
344\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again.
210.ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 345.ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4
211.el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 346.el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4
212.IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 347.IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@."
213.PD 0 348.PD 0
214.IP "I need a termcap file entry." 4 349.IP "I need a termcap file entry." 4
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227\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode 362\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
228.Ve 363.Ve
229.Sp 364.Sp
230Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 365Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
231.Sp 366.Sp
232.Vb 19 367.Vb 20
233\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e 368\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e
234\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e 369\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
235\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e 370\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
236\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e 371\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
237\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e 372\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e
238\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=^O:al=\eE[L:\e 373\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=\eE(B:al=\eE[L:\e
239\& :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\eE[J:ce=\eE[K:cl=\eE[H\eE[2J:cm=\eE[%i%d;%dH:\e 374\& :as=\eE(0:bl=^G:cd=\eE[J:ce=\eE[K:cl=\eE[H\eE[2J:\e
240\& :cr=^M:cs=\eE[%i%d;%dr:ct=\eE[3g:dc=\eE[P:dl=\eE[M:do=^J:\e 375\& :cm=\eE[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\eE[%i%d;%dr:ct=\eE[3g:dc=\eE[P:\e
241\& :ec=\eE[%dX:ei=\eE[4l:ho=\eE[H:i1=\eE[?47l\eE=\eE[?1l:ic=\eE[@:\e 376\& :dl=\eE[M:do=^J:ec=\eE[%dX:ei=\eE[4l:ho=\eE[H:\e
377\& :i1=\eE[?47l\eE=\eE[?1l:ic=\eE[@:im=\eE[4h:\e
242\& :im=\eE[4h:is=\eE[r\eE[m\eE[2J\eE[H\eE[?7h\eE[?1;3;4;6l\eE[4l:\e 378\& :is=\eE[r\eE[m\eE[2J\eE[H\eE[?7h\eE[?1;3;4;6l\eE[4l:\e
243\& :k1=\eE[11~:k2=\eE[12~:k3=\eE[13~:k4=\eE[14~:k5=\eE[15~:\e 379\& :k1=\eE[11~:k2=\eE[12~:k3=\eE[13~:k4=\eE[14~:k5=\eE[15~:\e
244\& :k6=\eE[17~:k7=\eE[18~:k8=\eE[19~:k9=\eE[20~:kD=\eE[3~:\e 380\& :k6=\eE[17~:k7=\eE[18~:k8=\eE[19~:k9=\eE[20~:kD=\eE[3~:\e
245\& :kI=\eE[2~:kN=\eE[6~:kP=\eE[5~:kb=\e177:kd=\eEOB:ke=\eE[?1l\eE>:\e 381\& :kI=\eE[2~:kN=\eE[6~:kP=\eE[5~:kb=\e177:kd=\eEOB:ke=\eE[?1l\eE>:\e
246\& :kh=\eE[7~:kl=\eEOD:kr=\eEOC:ks=\eE[?1h\eE=:ku=\eEOA:le=^H:\e 382\& :kh=\eE[7~:kl=\eEOD:kr=\eEOC:ks=\eE[?1h\eE=:ku=\eEOA:le=^H:\e
247\& :mb=\eE[5m:md=\eE[1m:me=\eE[m\e017:mr=\eE[7m:nd=\eE[C:rc=\eE8:\e 383\& :mb=\eE[5m:md=\eE[1m:me=\eE[m\e017:mr=\eE[7m:nd=\eE[C:rc=\eE8:\e
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405the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you 541the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
406might be forced to use a different font. 542might be forced to use a different font.
407.Sp 543.Sp
408All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding 544All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
409box data is correct. 545box data is correct.
546.IP "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide." 4
547.IX Item "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
548Seems to be a known bug, read
549<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
550following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
551.Sp
552.Vb 1
553\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
554.Ve
410.IP "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 4 555.IP "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 4
411.IX Item "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 556.IX Item "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
412The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set 557The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
413correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by 558correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
414your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and 559your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
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456.Sp 601.Sp
457As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor 602As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
458does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of 603does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
459\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. 604\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
460.Sp 605.Sp
606However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and
607\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR.
608.Sp
461However, \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support 609\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language
462multi-language apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and 610apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized)
463non\-standardized) representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to 611representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between
464convert between \fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any 612\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
465other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and 613without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
466every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything 614simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current
467except the current locale encoding. 615locale encoding.
468.Sp 616.Sp
469Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this 617Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
470by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 618by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
471with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 619with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
472conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements 620conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
473encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator). 621encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
474.Sp 622.Sp
475The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 623The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
476system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 624system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
477complete replacements for them :) 625complete replacements for them :)
626.IP "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." 4
627.IX Item "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
628Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
629problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
630.IP "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 4
631.IX Item "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
632rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
633the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
634longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
635single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or
636\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
637old libW11 emulation.
638.Sp
639At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
640encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
641to 8\-bit encodings.
478.IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4 642.IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4
479.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 643.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
480.PD 0 644.PD 0
481.IP "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 4 645.IP "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 4
482.IX Item "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 646.IX Item "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
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602rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. 766rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
603.IP "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 4 767.IP "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 4
604.IX Item "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 768.IX Item "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
605Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as 769Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
606it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable 770it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
607antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialiasing=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of 771antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
608memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 772memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
609.IP "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 4 773.IP "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 4
610.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 774.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
611Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 775Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
612fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 776fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
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691\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 855\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
692\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 856\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
693.Ve 857.Ve
694.IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4 858.IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4
695.IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 859.IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
696Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a 860Try \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the
697server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background 861display, create the listening socket and then fork.
698itself.
699.Sp
700To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
701following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
702.Sp
703.Vb 1
704\& { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
705.Ve
706.IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4 862.IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4
707.IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 863.IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
708Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 864Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
709BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 865BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
710question) there are two standard values that can be used for 866question) there are two standard values that can be used for
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1555l l . 1711l l .
1556h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1712h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1557l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1713l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1558.TE 1714.TE
1559 1715
1716.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1717.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1718.IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)"
1719.TS
1720l l .
1721h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1722l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1723.TE
1724
1560.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 1725.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1561.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 1726.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1562.IX Item "Ps = 1047" 1727.IX Item "Ps = 1047"
1563.TS 1728.TS
1564l l . 1729l l .
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1609Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1774Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1610Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1775Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1611Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1776Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1612Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1777Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1613Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1778Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1614Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1779Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1615Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1780Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1616Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1781Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1617Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1782Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1618Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1783Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1619Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1784Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1620Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n 1785Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n
1621Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1786Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1622Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 1787Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1623Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension) 1788Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1624Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1789Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1625Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt 1790Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1791Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1792Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1626Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1793Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1627Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1794Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1628Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1795Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1629Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1796Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1797Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1798Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1799Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1630.TE 1800.TE
1631 1801
1632.PP 1802.PP
1633 1803
1634.IX Xref "menuBar" 1804.IX Xref "menuBar"
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2162.TE 2332.TE
2163 2333
2164.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2334.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2165.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2335.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2166General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2336General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2167hasn't been tested well. Either try with \-\-enable\-everything or use the 2337hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2168\&./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2338the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2169so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2339myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2170report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2340always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2171<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2341Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2342.PP
2343All
2172.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4 2344.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4
2173.IX Item "--enable-everything" 2345.IX Item "--enable-everything"
2174Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure 2346Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure
2175\&\-\-help\*(R". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2347\&\-\-help\*(R".
2348.Sp
2176You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2349You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2177\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate commands. 2350\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments,
2178.IP "\-\-enable\-xft" 4 2351or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2179.IX Item "--enable-xft" 2352\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR and than adding just the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments
2353you want.
2354.IP "\-\-enable\-xft (default: enabled)" 4
2355.IX Item "--enable-xft (default: enabled)"
2180Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2356Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2181slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2357slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2182don't pay for them. 2358don't pay for them.
2183.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles" 4 2359.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles (default: on)" 4
2184.IX Item "--enable-font-styles" 2360.IX Item "--enable-font-styles (default: on)"
2185Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font 2361Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font
2186styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2362styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2187.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,..." 4 2363.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)" 4
2188.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,..." 2364.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)"
2189Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 2365Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR
2190always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These 2366are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These
2191codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 2367codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2192are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary 2368for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2193bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 2369replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2370binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2194you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 2371memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2195.TS 2372.TS
2196l l . 2373l l .
2197all all available codeset groups 2374all all available codeset groups
2198zh common chinese encodings 2375zh common chinese encodings
2199zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 2376zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2200jp common japanese encodings 2377jp common japanese encodings
2201jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2378jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2202kr korean encodings 2379kr korean encodings
2203.TE 2380.TE
2204 2381
2205.IP "\-\-enable\-xim" 4 2382.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2206.IX Item "--enable-xim" 2383.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2207Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2384Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2208alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2385alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2209set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2386set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2210.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3" 4 2387.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2211.IX Item "--enable-unicode3" 2388.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2212Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2389Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
221365535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 239065535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2214requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2391requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2215support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2392support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2216.Sp 2393.Sp
2217Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2394Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2218even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2395even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2219limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2396limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2220see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2397see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2221(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2398(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2222.IP "\-\-enable\-combining" 4 2399.IP "\-\-enable\-combining (default: on)" 4
2223.IX Item "--enable-combining" 2400.IX Item "--enable-combining (default: on)"
2224Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2401Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2225composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2402composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2226where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2403where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2227done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2404done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2228new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2405new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
… …
2236beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified. 2413beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2237.Sp 2414.Sp
2238The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2415The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2239but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2416but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2240tell me how these are to be used...). 2417tell me how these are to be used...).
2241.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS)" 4 2418.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2242.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS)" 2419.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2243When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0 2420When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2244(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2245.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME" 4 2421.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2246.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME" 2422.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2247Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2423Use the given name as default application name when
2248reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2424reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2249.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS" 4 2425.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2250.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS" 2426.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)"
2251Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2427Use the given class as default application class
2252when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace 2428when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace
2253rxvt. 2429rxvt.
2254.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp" 4 2430.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp (default: on)" 4
2255.IX Item "--enable-utmp" 2431.IX Item "--enable-utmp (default: on)"
2256Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at 2432Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at
2257start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2433start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2258.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp" 4 2434.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp (default: on)" 4
2259.IX Item "--enable-wtmp" 2435.IX Item "--enable-wtmp (default: on)"
2260Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at 2436Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at
2261start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2437start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2262option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2438option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2263.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog" 4 2439.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog (default: on)" 4
2264.IX Item "--enable-lastlog" 2440.IX Item "--enable-lastlog (default: on)"
2265Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2441Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2266\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2442\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2267\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2443\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2268.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background" 4 2444.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2269.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background" 2445.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2270Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps. 2446Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2271.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency" 4 2447.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2272.IX Item "--enable-transparency" 2448.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2273Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2449Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2274transparency to the term. 2450transparency to the term.
2275.IP "\-\-enable\-fading" 4 2451.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2276.IX Item "--enable-fading" 2452.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2277Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2453Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2278.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting" 4 2454.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2279.IX Item "--enable-tinting" 2455.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2280Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2456Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2281.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar" 4 2457.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar (default: off) [\s-1DEPRECATED\s0]" 4
2282.IX Item "--enable-menubar" 2458.IX Item "--enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]"
2283Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 2459Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with dynamic
2284dynamic locale switching currently). 2460locale switching currently). This option is \s-1DEPRECATED\s0 and will be removed
2461in the future.
2285.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll" 4 2462.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2286.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll" 2463.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2287Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2464Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2288.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll" 4 2465.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2289.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll" 2466.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2290Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2467Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2291.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll" 4 2468.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2292.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll" 2469.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)"
2293Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2470Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2294.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll" 4 2471.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2295.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll" 2472.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2296Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2473Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2297is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2474is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2298many years. 2475many years.
2299.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow" 4 2476.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow (default: off)" 4
2300.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow" 2477.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow (default: off)"
2301Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 2478Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2302only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. 2479only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2303.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid" 4 2480.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2304.IX Item "--enable-ttygid" 2481.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2305Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if 2482Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2306your system uses this type of security. 2483your system uses this type of security.
2307.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4 2484.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2308.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key" 2485.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key"
2309Disable any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server 2486Removes any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server do it.
2310do it.
2311.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4 2487.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4
2312.IX Item "--disable-delete-key" 2488.IX Item "--disable-delete-key"
2313Disable any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2489Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2314do it. 2490do it.
2315.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2491.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2316.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2492.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2317Remove all resources checking. 2493Removes any support for resource checking.
2318.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4 2494.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2319.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault" 2495.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2320Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small 2496Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2321version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then 2497version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2322~/.Xresources. 2498~/.Xresources.
2323.Sp 2499.Sp
2324Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and 2500Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2325use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very 2501use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2326small, if nonexistant. 2502small, if nonexistant.
2327.IP "\-\-enable\-strings" 4 2503.IP "\-\-enable\-strings (default: off)" 4
2328.IX Item "--enable-strings" 2504.IX Item "--enable-strings (default: off)"
2329Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other 2505Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2330various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 2506various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2331have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 2507have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2332to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many 2508to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2333GNU/Linux systems). 2509GNU/Linux systems).
2334.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4 2510.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2335.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen" 2511.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2336Remove support for swap screen. 2512Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2337.IP "\-\-enable\-frills" 4 2513.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2338.IX Item "--enable-frills" 2514.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2339Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2515Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2340have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2516have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2341disable this. 2517disable this.
2342.Sp 2518.Sp
2343A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly 2519A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2344in combination with other switches) is: 2520in combination with other switches) is:
2345.Sp 2521.Sp
2346.Vb 11 2522.Vb 17
2347\& MWM-hints 2523\& MWM-hints
2524\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2348\& seperate underline colour 2525\& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2349\& settable border widths and borderless switch 2526\& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2350\& settable extra linespacing 2527\& settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2351\& extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
2352\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2528\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2353\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2529\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2354\& window op and locale change escape sequences 2530\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2355\& tripleclickwords 2531\& tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2356\& settable insecure mode 2532\& settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2357\& keysym remapping support 2533\& keysym remapping support
2534\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2535\& XEmbed support (-embed)
2536\& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2537\& hold on exit (-hold)
2538\& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2539\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2358.Ve 2540.Ve
2359.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755" 4 2541.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2360.IX Item "--enable-iso14755" 2542.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2361Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2543Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2362\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2544\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2363\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2545\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2364this switch. 2546this switch.
2365.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling" 4 2547.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2366.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling" 2548.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2367Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2549Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2368the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2550the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2369.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel" 4 2551.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2370.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel" 2552.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2371Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2553Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2372.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling" 4 2554.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2373.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling" 2555.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2374Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2556Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2375accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2557accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2376requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified. 2558requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2377.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4 2559.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2378.IX Item "--disable-new-selection" 2560.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2379Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2561Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2380.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc" 4 2562.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2381.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc" 2563.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2382Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See 2564Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2383http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2565http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2384next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2566next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2385\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places. 2567\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2386.Sp 2568.Sp
2387You can only use either this option and the following (should 2569You can only use either this option and the following (should
2388you use either) . 2570you use either) .
2389.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc" 4 2571.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2390.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc" 2572.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2391Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version 2573Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2392See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2574See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2393.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize" 4 2575.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4
2394.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize" 2576.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)"
2395Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2577Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2396keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2578keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2397closest to a corner of the screen. 2579the screen in a fixed position.
2398.IP "\-\-enable\-cursor\-blink" 4
2399.IX Item "--enable-cursor-blink"
2400Add support for a blinking cursor.
2401.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank" 4 2580.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2402.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank" 2581.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2403Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2582Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2583.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: off)" 4
2584.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: off)"
2585Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2586manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2587in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2588perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2589variable when running configure.
2404.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME" 4 2590.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2405.IX Item "--with-name=NAME" 2591.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2406Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, resulting 2592Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2407in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with 2593in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with
2408\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. 2594\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.
2409.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME" 4 2595.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME (default: rxvt\-unicode)" 4
2410.IX Item "--with-term=NAME" 2596.IX Item "--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)"
2411Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0 (default 2597Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0.
2412\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR)
2413.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4 2598.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4
2414.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH" 2599.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH"
2415Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2600Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2416\&\s-1PATH\s0. 2601\&\s-1PATH\s0.
2417.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4 2602.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4

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