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Revision 1.128 by ayin, Wed May 2 23:27:09 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.135 by ayin, Sun Jun 24 23:30:17 2007 UTC

125 fi 125 fi
126 126
127=head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own? 127=head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own?
128 128
129You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>, 129You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
130one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to 130one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2xhtml> (from
131the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>. 131F<Pod::Xhtml>). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
132 132
133=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? 133=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
134 134
135I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra 135I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
136bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see 136bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
2269requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2269requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2270support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2270support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2271 2271
2272Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2272Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2273even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2273even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2274limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2274limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters,
2275see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2275see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2276(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2276(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2277 2277
2278=item --enable-combining (default: on) 2278=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2279 2279
2398 urgency hint 2398 urgency hint
2399 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 2399 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2400 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 2400 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2401 visual depth selection (-depth) 2401 visual depth selection (-depth)
2402 settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 2402 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2403 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2403 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
2404 tripleclickwords (-tcw) 2404 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2405 settable insecure mode (-insecure) 2405 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2406 keysym remapping support 2406 keysym remapping support
2407 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) 2407 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2408 XEmbed support (-embed) 2408 XEmbed support (-embed)
2445 2445
2446Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2446Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2447accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2447accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2448requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2448requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2449 2449
2450=item --disable-new-selection
2451
2452Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2453
2454=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2455
2456Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2457L<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2458next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2459DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2460
2461You can only use either this option and the following (should
2462you use either) .
2463
2464=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
2465
2466Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2467See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2468
2469=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on) 2450=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
2470 2451
2471Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot 2452Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2472keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of 2453keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2473the screen in a fixed position. 2454the screen in a fixed position.
2477Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2458Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2478 2459
2479=item --enable-perl (default: on) 2460=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2480 2461
2481Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)> 2462Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2482manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files 2463manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the
2483in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The 2464files in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by
2484perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment 2465default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the
2485variable when running configure. 2466C<PERL> environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled
2467in, perl will I<not> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2468C<-pe "" --perl-ext-common "">, so it should be safe to enable from a
2469resource standpoint.
2486 2470
2487=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 2471=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2488 2472
2489Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting 2473Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2490in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with 2474in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with

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