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21 21
22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
23 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
24 change/disable it?
25 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
26 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps
27 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
28
29 If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
30 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the
31 section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For
32 example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify
33 this perl-ext-common resource:
34
35 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
36
37 This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
38 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
39 scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any
40 other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback
41 resource:
42
43 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
44
45 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
46 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause
47 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you
48 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables
49 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS)
50 after startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is
51 a bit unfair, as many features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding
52 conversion, iso14755 etc.) are already in use in this mode.
53
54 text data bss drs rss filename
55 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
56 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
57
58 When you "--enable-everything" (which _is_ unfair, as this involves
59 xft and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11
60 and my libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
61
62 text data bss drs rss filename
63 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
64 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
65
66 The very large size of the text section is explained by the
67 east-asian encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but
68 nothing else and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core
69 fonts that use those encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k
70 emergency buffer that my c++ compiler allocates (but of course
71 doesn't use unless you are out of memory). Also, using an xft font
72 instead of a core font immediately adds a few megabytes of RSS. Xft
73 indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when not used.
74
75 Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of
76 one, a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use
77 more memory.
78
79 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k),
80 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like
81 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or
82 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after
83 exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of
84 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*.
85
86 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
87 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is:
88 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a
89 fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me).
90 Put even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
91
92 My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but
93 in the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability
94 limits are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale
95 support and unix domain sockets, which are all less portable than
96 C++ itself.
97
98 Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write
99 programs in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to
100 write programs in C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large
101 libraries, but this is not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is
102 what rxvt links against on my system with a minimal config:
103
104 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
105 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
106 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
107 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
108
109 And here is rxvt-unicode:
110
111 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
112 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
113 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
114 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
115 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
116
117 No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in
118 statically), except maybe libX11 :)
119
120 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
121 rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
122 tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing
123 programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into
124 other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming
125 "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt)
126 terminal as an example embedding application.
127
23 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 128 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
24 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 129 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
25 sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. 130 sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
131 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
132 daemon.
26 133
27 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 134 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
28 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches 135 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
29 that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before 136 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
30 reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download 137 Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please
31 and install the genuine version 138 download and install the genuine version
32 (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the 139 (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the
33 problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific 140 problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific
34 to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 141 to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
35 Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). 142 Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
36 143
37 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 144 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
38 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's 145 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's
39 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for 146 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for
40 other users that might encounter the same issue. 147 other users that might encounter the same issue.
148
149 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
150 recommendation?
151 You should build one binary with the default options. configure now
152 enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
153 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling
154 them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl
155 interpreter should be enabled, as important functionality (menus,
156 selection, likely more in the future) depends on it.
157
158 You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext"
159 resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will
160 result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory,
161 add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file.
162 This will keep the perl interpreter disabled until the user enables
163 it.
164
165 If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
166 one with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with
167 "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot
168 of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely
169 used).
170
171 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this
172 safe?
173 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably
174 not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of
175 freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode
176 itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options
177 when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice.
178 Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for
179 security problems easily multiplies.
180
181 Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on
182 some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra
183 privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is
184 planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not
185 yet done.
186
187 So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on
188 your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always
189 remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked
190 for security issues regularly.
41 191
42 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 192 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
43 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely 193 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
44 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same 194 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same
45 problem often arises). 195 problem often arises).
65 215
66 URxvt.termName: rxvt 216 URxvt.termName: rxvt
67 217
68 If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also 218 If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also
69 replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 219 replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
220
221 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
222 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
223 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
70 224
71 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt. 225 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
72 I need a termcap file entry. 226 I need a termcap file entry.
73 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or 227 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
74 operating systems still compile some programs using the 228 operating systems still compile some programs using the
333 487
334 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc. 488 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
335 Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst 489 Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst
336 problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem. 490 problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem.
337 491
492 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
493 rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
494 the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
495 longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
496 single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or
497 "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as
498 the old libW11 emulation.
499
500 At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any
501 multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are
502 likely limited to 8-bit encodings.
503
338 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? 504 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
339 Is there an option to switch encodings? 505 Is there an option to switch encodings?
340 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, 506 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,
341 and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't 507 and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't
342 even know about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to 508 even know about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to
453 it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. 619 it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
454 620
455 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? 621 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
456 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, 622 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely,
457 as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to 623 as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to
458 disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialiasing=false"), which 624 disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves
459 saves lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 625 lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
460 626
461 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? 627 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
462 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 628 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
463 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 629 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
464 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It 630 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It
536 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 702 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
537 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 703 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
538 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 704 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
539 705
540 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way? 706 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
541 Despite it's name, rxvtd is not a real daemon, but more like a 707 Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
542 server that answers rxvtc's requests, so it doesn't background 708 listening socket and then fork.
543 itself.
544
545 To ensure rxvtd is listening on it's socket, you can use the
546 following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
547
548 { rxvtd & } | read
549 709
550 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 710 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
551 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 711 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
552 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 712 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
553 question) there are two standard values that can be used for 713 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1136 1296
1137 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt) 1297 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt)
1138 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1298 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1139 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1299 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1140 1300
1301 "Ps = 1021" (rxvt)
1302 h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1303 l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1304
1141 "Ps = 1047" 1305 "Ps = 1047"
1142 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1306 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1143 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1307 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1144 1308
1145 "Ps = 1048" 1309 "Ps = 1048"
1167 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1331 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1168 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1332 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1169 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1333 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1170 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1334 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1171 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1335 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1172 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1336 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1173 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1337 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1174 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1338 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1175 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1339 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1176 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1340 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1177 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1341 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1178 Ps = 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 1342 Ps = 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
1179 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1343 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1180 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1344 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1181 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). 1345 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1182 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1346 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1183 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1347 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1348 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1349 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1184 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1350 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1185 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1351 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1186 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1352 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1187 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1353 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1188 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1354 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1189 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1355 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1356 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1190 1357
1191 1358
1192 1359
1193menuBar 1360menuBar
1194 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to 1361 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1659 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x 1826 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
1660 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y 1827 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
1661 1828
1662CONFIGURE OPTIONS 1829CONFIGURE OPTIONS
1663 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 1830 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
1664 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the 1831 hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
1665 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 1832 the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
1666 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 1833 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
1667 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 1834 should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
1668 <rxvt@schmorp.de>. 1835 fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
1836
1837 All
1669 1838
1670 --enable-everything 1839 --enable-everything
1671 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 1840 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
1672 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order 1841 "./configure --help".
1673 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
1674 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
1675 1842
1676 --enable-xft 1843 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
1844 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
1845 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
1846 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
1847 arguments you want.
1848
1849 --enable-xft (default: enabled)
1677 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts 1850 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
1678 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use 1851 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
1679 them, you don't pay for them. 1852 them, you don't pay for them.
1680 1853
1681 --enable-font-styles 1854 --enable-font-styles (default: on)
1682 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The 1855 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
1683 fonts can be set manually or automatically. 1856 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
1684 1857
1685 --with-codesets=NAME,... 1858 --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
1686 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu", 1859 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
1687 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character 1860 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
1688 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, 1861 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
1689 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled 1862 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
1690 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently. 1863 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
1697 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 1870 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
1698 jp common japanese encodings 1871 jp common japanese encodings
1699 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 1872 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
1700 kr korean encodings 1873 kr korean encodings
1701 1874
1702 --enable-xim 1875 --enable-xim (default: on)
1703 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 1876 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
1704 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set 1877 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
1705 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 1878 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
1706 1879
1707 --enable-unicode3 1880 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
1708 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 1881 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
1709 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements 1882 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
1710 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these 1883 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
1711 extra characters, but Xft does. 1884 extra characters, but Xft does.
1712 1885
1714 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited 1887 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
1715 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next 1888 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
1716 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 1889 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
1717 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 1890 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
1718 1891
1719 --enable-combining 1892 --enable-combining (default: on)
1720 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite 1893 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
1721 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where 1894 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
1722 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 1895 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
1723 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 1896 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
1724 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1897 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1733 1906
1734 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 1907 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
1735 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to 1908 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
1736 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...). 1909 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
1737 1910
1738 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 1911 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
1739 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 1912 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
1740 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use 1913 To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
1741 --disable-fallback.
1742 1914
1743 --with-res-name=NAME 1915 --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1744 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 1916 Use the given name as default application name when reading
1745 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 1917 resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
1746 1918
1747 --with-res-class=CLASS 1919 --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
1748 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 1920 Use the given class as default application class when reading
1749 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 1921 resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
1750 rxvt.
1751 1922
1752 --enable-utmp 1923 --enable-utmp (default: on)
1753 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start 1924 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
1754 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 1925 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
1755 1926
1756 --enable-wtmp 1927 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
1757 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at 1928 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
1758 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 1929 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
1759 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 1930 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
1760 1931
1761 --enable-lastlog 1932 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1762 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 1933 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1763 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 1934 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1764 also be specified. 1935 also be specified.
1765 1936
1766 --enable-xpm-background 1937 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1767 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1938 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1768 1939
1769 --enable-transparency 1940 --enable-transparency (default: on)
1770 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1941 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1771 transparency to the term. 1942 transparency to the term.
1772 1943
1773 --enable-fading 1944 --enable-fading (default: on)
1774 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 1945 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
1946 "--enable-transparency").
1775 1947
1776 --enable-tinting 1948 --enable-tinting (default: on)
1777 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 1949 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
1950 "--enable-transparency").
1778 1951
1779 --enable-menubar 1952 --enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]
1780 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 1953 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1781 dynamic locale switching currently). 1954 dynamic locale switching currently). This option is DEPRECATED and
1955 will be removed in the future.
1782 1956
1783 --enable-rxvt-scroll 1957 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1784 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 1958 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1785 1959
1786 --enable-next-scroll 1960 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
1787 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 1961 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
1788 1962
1789 --enable-xterm-scroll 1963 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
1790 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 1964 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
1791 1965
1792 --enable-plain-scroll 1966 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1793 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 1967 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
1794 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many 1968 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
1795 years. 1969 years.
1796 1970
1797 --enable-half-shadow 1971 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
1798 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 1972 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1799 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. 1973 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1800 1974
1801 --enable-ttygid 1975 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
1802 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your 1976 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
1803 system uses this type of security. 1977 system uses this type of security.
1804 1978
1805 --disable-backspace-key 1979 --disable-backspace-key
1806 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 1980 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
1807 do it. 1981 do it.
1808 1982
1809 --disable-delete-key 1983 --disable-delete-key
1810 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 1984 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
1811 it. 1985 it.
1812 1986
1813 --disable-resources 1987 --disable-resources
1814 Remove all resources checking. 1988 Removes any support for resource checking.
1815 1989
1816 --enable-xgetdefault 1990 --enable-strings (default: off)
1817 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1818 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1819 then ~/.Xresources.
1820
1821 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
1822 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
1823 might be very small, if nonexistant.
1824
1825 --enable-strings
1826 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other 1991 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1827 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have 1992 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1828 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link 1993 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1829 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux 1994 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1830 systems). 1995 systems).
1831 1996
1832 --disable-swapscreen 1997 --disable-swapscreen
1833 Remove support for swap screen. 1998 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1834 1999
1835 --enable-frills 2000 --enable-frills (default: on)
1836 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice 2001 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
1837 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may 2002 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
1838 want to disable this. 2003 want to disable this.
1839 2004
1840 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 2005 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1841 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 2006 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1842 2007
1843 MWM-hints 2008 MWM-hints
1844 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2009 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1845 seperate underline colour 2010 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1846 settable border widths and borderless switch 2011 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1847 settable extra linespacing 2012 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1848 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2013 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1849 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2014 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1850 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2015 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1851 tripleclickwords 2016 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1852 settable insecure mode 2017 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
1853 keysym remapping support 2018 keysym remapping support
1854 cursor blinking and underline cursor 2019 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
1855 -embed and -pty-fd options 2020 XEmbed support (-embed)
2021 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2022 hold on exit (-hold)
2023 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2024 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1856 2025
1857 --enable-iso14755 2026 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1858 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 2027 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1859 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 2028 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1860 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 2029 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1861 2030
1862 --enable-keepscrolling 2031 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1863 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the 2032 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
1864 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2033 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
1865 2034
1866 --enable-mousewheel 2035 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
1867 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2036 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
1868 2037
1869 --enable-slipwheeling 2038 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
1870 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2039 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
1871 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2040 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
1872 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2041 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
1873 2042
1874 --disable-new-selection 2043 --disable-new-selection
1875 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2044 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
1876 2045
1877 --enable-dmalloc 2046 --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
1878 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2047 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
1879 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this 2048 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
1880 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after 2049 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
1881 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2050 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
1882 2051
1883 You can only use either this option and the following (should you 2052 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
1884 use either) . 2053 use either) .
1885 2054
1886 --enable-dlmalloc 2055 --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
1887 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See 2056 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
1888 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2057 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
1889 2058
1890 --enable-smart-resize 2059 --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
1891 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from 2060 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
1892 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which 2061 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
1893 is closest to a corner of the screen. 2062 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1894 2063
1895 --enable-pointer-blank 2064 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1896 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2065 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1897 2066
1898 --with-name=NAME 2067 --enable-perl (default: off)
2068 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
2069 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
2070 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2071 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
2072 environment variable when running configure.
2073
2074 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1899 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt", 2075 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
1900 resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to 2076 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
1901 replace with "rxvt".
1902 2077
1903 --with-term=NAME 2078 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
1904 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2079 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
1905 "rxvt-unicode")
1906 2080
1907 --with-terminfo=PATH 2081 --with-terminfo=PATH
1908 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree 2082 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
1909 to PATH. 2083 to PATH.
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