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22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
23 The new selection selects pieces that are too big/too small, can I
24 change this?
25 Yes. For example, if you want to select smaller pieces ("words") you
26 can use the following resource:
27
28 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
29
30 If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more
31 and more.
32
33 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this
34 pattern:
35
36 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
37
38 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
39 change/disable it?
40 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
41 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps
42 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
43
44 If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
45 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the
46 section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For
47 example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify
48 this perl-ext-common resource:
49
50 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
51
52 This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
53 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
54 scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any
55 other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback
56 resource:
57
58 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
59
60 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
61 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause
62 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you
63 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables
64 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS)
65 after startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is
66 a bit unfair, as many features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding
67 conversion, iso14755 etc.) are already in use in this mode.
68
69 text data bss drs rss filename
70 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
71 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
72
73 When you "--enable-everything" (which _is_ unfair, as this involves
74 xft and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11
75 and my libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
76
77 text data bss drs rss filename
78 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
79 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
80
81 The very large size of the text section is explained by the
82 east-asian encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but
83 nothing else and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core
84 fonts that use those encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k
85 emergency buffer that my c++ compiler allocates (but of course
86 doesn't use unless you are out of memory). Also, using an xft font
87 instead of a core font immediately adds a few megabytes of RSS. Xft
88 indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when not used.
89
90 Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of
91 one, a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use
92 more memory.
93
94 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k),
95 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like
96 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or
97 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after
98 exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of
99 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*.
100
101 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
102 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is:
103 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a
104 fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me).
105 Put even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
106
107 My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but
108 in the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability
109 limits are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale
110 support and unix domain sockets, which are all less portable than
111 C++ itself.
112
113 Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write
114 programs in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to
115 write programs in C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large
116 libraries, but this is not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is
117 what rxvt links against on my system with a minimal config:
118
119 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
120 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
121 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
122 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
123
124 And here is rxvt-unicode:
125
126 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
127 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
128 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
129 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
130 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
131
132 No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in
133 statically), except maybe libX11 :)
134
135 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
136 rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
137 tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing
138 programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into
139 other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming
140 "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt)
141 terminal as an example embedding application.
142
23 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 143 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
24 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 144 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. 145 sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
146 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
147 daemon.
26 148
27 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 149 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
28 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches 150 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
29 that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before 151 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
30 reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download 152 Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please
31 and install the genuine version 153 download and install the genuine version
32 (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the 154 (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the
33 problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific 155 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 156 to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
35 Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). 157 Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
36 158
37 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 159 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 160 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 161 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for
40 other users that might encounter the same issue. 162 other users that might encounter the same issue.
163
164 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
165 recommendation?
166 You should build one binary with the default options. configure now
167 enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
168 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling
169 them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl
170 interpreter should be enabled, as important functionality (menus,
171 selection, likely more in the future) depends on it.
172
173 You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext"
174 resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will
175 result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory,
176 add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file.
177 This will keep the perl interpreter disabled until the user enables
178 it.
179
180 If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
181 one with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with
182 "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot
183 of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely
184 used).
185
186 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this
187 safe?
188 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably
189 not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of
190 freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode
191 itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options
192 when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice.
193 Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for
194 security problems easily multiplies.
195
196 Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on
197 some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra
198 privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is
199 planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not
200 yet done.
201
202 So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on
203 your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always
204 remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked
205 for security issues regularly.
41 206
42 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 207 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 208 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
44 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same 209 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same
45 problem often arises). 210 problem often arises).
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66 URxvt.termName: rxvt 231 URxvt.termName: rxvt
67 232
68 If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also 233 If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also
69 replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 234 replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
70 235
236 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
237 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
238 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
239
71 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt. 240 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
72 I need a termcap file entry. 241 I need a termcap file entry.
73 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or 242 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
74 operating systems still compile some programs using the 243 operating systems still compile some programs using the
75 long-obsoleted termcap (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely 244 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example)
76 on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode". 245 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode".
77 246
78 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many 247 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many
79 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's 248 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's
80 infocmp program like this: 249 infocmp program like this:
81 250
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83 252
84 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 253 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
85 254
86 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ 255 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
87 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ 256 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
88 :co#80:it#8:li#24:\ 257 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
89 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ 258 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
90 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ 259 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
91 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\ 260 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
92 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\ 261 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
93 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\ 262 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
94 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\ 263 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
264 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
95 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\ 265 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
96 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\ 266 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
97 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\ 267 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
98 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\ 268 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
99 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\ 269 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
100 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\ 270 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
101 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\ 271 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
102 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\ 272 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
103 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ 273 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
104 :vs=\E[?25h: 274 :vs=\E[?25h:
105 275
106 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? 276 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output?
107 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 277 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
108 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 278 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
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246 that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font. 416 that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font.
247 417
248 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their 418 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their
249 bounding box data is correct. 419 bounding box data is correct.
250 420
421 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
422 Seems to be a known bug, read
423 <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
424 following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
425
426 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
427
251 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. 428 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
252 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not 429 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not
253 set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported 430 set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported
254 by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and 431 by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and
255 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose 432 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose
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299 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl 476 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl
300 nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal 477 nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal
301 representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with 478 representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with
302 respect to standards. 479 respect to standards.
303 480
481 However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1"
482 and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t.
483
304 However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support 484 "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language
305 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and 485 apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
306 non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to 486 representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between
307 convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and 487 wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other
308 any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for 488 encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
309 each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t 489 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into
310 into anything except the current locale encoding. 490 anything except the current locale encoding.
311 491
312 Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this 492 Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this
313 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set 493 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set
314 handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or 494 handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or
315 doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the 495 doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the
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317 emulator). 497 emulator).
318 498
319 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in 499 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in
320 the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app 500 the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app
321 to carry complete replacements for them :) 501 to carry complete replacements for them :)
502
503 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
504 Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst
505 problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem.
506
507 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
508 rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
509 the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
510 longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
511 single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or
512 "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as
513 the old libW11 emulation.
514
515 At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any
516 multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are
517 likely limited to 8-bit encodings.
322 518
323 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? 519 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
324 Is there an option to switch encodings? 520 Is there an option to switch encodings?
325 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, 521 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,
326 and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't 522 and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't
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409 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and 605 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and
410 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not 606 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not
411 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, 607 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then,
412 as your input method limits you. 608 as your input method limits you.
413 609
610 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
611 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
612 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
613 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering
614 at exit time. kinput2 (and derived input methods) generally
615 succeeds, while SCIM (or similar input methods) fails. In the end,
616 however, crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides
617 cooperate.
618
619 So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
620
414 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? 621 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
415 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for 622 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for
416 something you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure 623 something you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure
417 out all settings that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a 624 out all settings that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a
418 resource hog by design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no 625 resource hog by design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no
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427 it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. 634 it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
428 635
429 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? 636 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
430 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, 637 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely,
431 as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to 638 as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to
432 disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialiasing=false"), which 639 disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves
433 saves lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 640 lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
434 641
435 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? 642 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
436 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 643 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
437 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 644 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
438 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It 645 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It
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510 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 717 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
511 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 718 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
512 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 719 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
513 720
514 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way? 721 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
515 Despite it's name, rxvtd is not a real daemon, but more like a 722 Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
516 server that answers rxvtc's requests, so it doesn't background 723 listening socket and then fork.
517 itself.
518
519 To ensure rxvtd is listening on it's socket, you can use the
520 following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
521
522 { rxvtd & } | read
523 724
524 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 725 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
525 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 726 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
526 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 727 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
527 question) there are two standard values that can be used for 728 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
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1110 1311
1111 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt) 1312 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt)
1112 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1313 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1113 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1314 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1114 1315
1316 "Ps = 1021" (rxvt)
1317 h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1318 l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1319
1115 "Ps = 1047" 1320 "Ps = 1047"
1116 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1321 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1117 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1322 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1118 1323
1119 "Ps = 1048" 1324 "Ps = 1048"
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1141 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1346 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1142 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1347 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1143 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1348 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1144 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1349 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1145 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1350 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1146 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1351 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1147 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1352 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1148 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1353 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1149 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1354 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1150 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1355 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1151 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1356 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1152 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 1357 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
1153 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1358 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1154 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension) 1359 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1155 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension) 1360 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1156 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1361 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1157 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt 1362 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1363 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1364 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1158 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1365 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1159 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1366 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1160 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1367 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1161 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1368 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1369 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1370 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1371 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1162 1372
1163 1373
1164 1374
1165menuBar 1375menuBar
1166 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to 1376 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
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1203 [menu] 1413 [menu]
1204 access the current menuBar for alteration 1414 access the current menuBar for alteration
1205 1415
1206 [title:+*string*] 1416 [title:+*string*]
1207 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the 1417 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the
1208 following format specifiers: %% : literal % character %n : rxvt name 1418 following format specifiers:
1209 (as per the -name command-line option) %v : rxvt version 1419
1420 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1421 B<%v> rxvt version
1422 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1210 1423
1211 [done] 1424 [done]
1212 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*] 1425 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*]
1213 operations. 1426 operations.
1214 1427
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1628 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x 1841 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
1629 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y 1842 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
1630 1843
1631CONFIGURE OPTIONS 1844CONFIGURE OPTIONS
1632 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 1845 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
1633 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the 1846 hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
1634 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 1847 the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
1635 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 1848 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
1636 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 1849 should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
1637 <rxvt@schmorp.de>. 1850 fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
1851
1852 All
1638 1853
1639 --enable-everything 1854 --enable-everything
1640 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 1855 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
1641 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order 1856 "./configure --help".
1642 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
1643 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
1644 1857
1645 --enable-xft 1858 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
1859 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
1860 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
1861 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
1862 arguments you want.
1863
1864 --enable-xft (default: enabled)
1646 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts 1865 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
1647 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use 1866 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
1648 them, you don't pay for them. 1867 them, you don't pay for them.
1649 1868
1650 --enable-font-styles 1869 --enable-font-styles (default: on)
1651 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The 1870 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
1652 fonts can be set manually or automatically. 1871 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
1653 1872
1654 --with-codesets=NAME,... 1873 --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
1655 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn 1874 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
1656 are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). 1875 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
1657 These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core 1876 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
1658 fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will 1877 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
1659 make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't 1878 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
1660 increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of 1879 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
1661 these encodings. 1880 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
1881 font requiring one of these encodings.
1662 1882
1663 all all available codeset groups 1883 all all available codeset groups
1664 zh common chinese encodings 1884 zh common chinese encodings
1665 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 1885 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
1666 jp common japanese encodings 1886 jp common japanese encodings
1667 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 1887 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
1668 kr korean encodings 1888 kr korean encodings
1669 1889
1670 --enable-xim 1890 --enable-xim (default: on)
1671 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 1891 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
1672 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set 1892 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
1673 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 1893 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
1674 1894
1675 --enable-unicode3 1895 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
1676 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 1896 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
1677 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements 1897 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
1678 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these 1898 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
1679 extra characters, but Xft does. 1899 extra characters, but Xft does.
1680 1900
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1682 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited 1902 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
1683 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next 1903 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
1684 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 1904 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
1685 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 1905 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
1686 1906
1687 --enable-combining 1907 --enable-combining (default: on)
1688 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite 1908 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
1689 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where 1909 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
1690 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 1910 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
1691 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 1911 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
1692 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1912 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1693 1913
1694 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 1914 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
1695 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use 1915 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
1696 the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). 1916 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
1697 With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also 1917 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
1698 enable storage of characters >65535. 1918
1919 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
1920 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
1699 1921
1700 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 1922 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
1701 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to 1923 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
1702 be used. 1924 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
1703 1925
1704 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 1926 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
1705 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 1927 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
1706 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use 1928 To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
1707 --disable-fallback.
1708 1929
1709 --with-res-name=NAME 1930 --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1710 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 1931 Use the given name as default application name when reading
1711 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 1932 resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
1712 1933
1713 --with-res-class=CLASS 1934 --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
1714 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 1935 Use the given class as default application class when reading
1715 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 1936 resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
1716 rxvt.
1717 1937
1718 --enable-utmp 1938 --enable-utmp (default: on)
1719 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start 1939 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
1720 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 1940 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
1721 1941
1722 --enable-wtmp 1942 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
1723 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at 1943 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
1724 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 1944 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
1725 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 1945 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
1726 1946
1727 --enable-lastlog 1947 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1728 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 1948 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1729 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 1949 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1730 also be specified. 1950 also be specified.
1731 1951
1732 --enable-xpm-background 1952 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1733 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1953 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1734 1954
1735 --enable-transparency 1955 --enable-transparency (default: on)
1736 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1956 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1737 transparency to the term. 1957 transparency to the term.
1738 1958
1739 --enable-fading 1959 --enable-fading (default: on)
1740 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 1960 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
1961 "--enable-transparency").
1741 1962
1742 --enable-tinting 1963 --enable-tinting (default: on)
1743 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 1964 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
1965 "--enable-transparency").
1744 1966
1745 --enable-menubar 1967 --enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]
1746 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 1968 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1747 dynamic locale switching currently). 1969 dynamic locale switching currently). This option is DEPRECATED and
1970 will be removed in the future.
1748 1971
1749 --enable-rxvt-scroll 1972 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1750 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 1973 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1751 1974
1752 --enable-next-scroll 1975 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
1753 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 1976 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
1754 1977
1755 --enable-xterm-scroll 1978 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
1756 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 1979 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
1757 1980
1758 --enable-plain-scroll 1981 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1759 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 1982 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
1760 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many 1983 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
1761 years. 1984 years.
1762 1985
1763 --enable-half-shadow 1986 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
1764 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 1987 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1765 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. 1988 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1766 1989
1767 --enable-ttygid 1990 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
1768 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your 1991 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
1769 system uses this type of security. 1992 system uses this type of security.
1770 1993
1771 --disable-backspace-key 1994 --disable-backspace-key
1772 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 1995 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
1773 do it. 1996 do it.
1774 1997
1775 --disable-delete-key 1998 --disable-delete-key
1776 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 1999 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
1777 it. 2000 it.
1778 2001
1779 --disable-resources 2002 --disable-resources
1780 Remove all resources checking. 2003 Removes any support for resource checking.
1781 2004
1782 --enable-xgetdefault 2005 --enable-strings (default: off)
1783 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1784 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1785 then ~/.Xresources.
1786
1787 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
1788 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
1789 might be very small, if nonexistant.
1790
1791 --enable-strings
1792 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other 2006 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1793 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have 2007 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1794 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link 2008 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1795 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux 2009 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1796 systems). 2010 systems).
1797 2011
1798 --disable-swapscreen 2012 --disable-swapscreen
1799 Remove support for swap screen. 2013 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1800 2014
1801 --enable-frills 2015 --enable-frills (default: on)
1802 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice 2016 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
1803 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may 2017 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
1804 want to disable this. 2018 want to disable this.
1805 2019
1806 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 2020 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1807 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 2021 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1808 2022
1809 MWM-hints 2023 MWM-hints
2024 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1810 seperate underline colour 2025 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1811 settable border widths and borderless switch 2026 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1812 settable extra linespacing 2027 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1813 extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
1814 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2028 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1815 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2029 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1816 window op and locale change escape sequences 2030 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1817 tripleclickwords 2031 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1818 settable insecure mode 2032 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
1819 keysym remapping support 2033 keysym remapping support
2034 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2035 XEmbed support (-embed)
2036 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2037 hold on exit (-hold)
2038 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2039 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1820 2040
1821 --enable-iso14755 2041 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1822 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 2042 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1823 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 2043 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1824 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 2044 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1825 2045
1826 --enable-keepscrolling 2046 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1827 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the 2047 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
1828 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2048 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
1829 2049
1830 --enable-mousewheel 2050 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
1831 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2051 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
1832 2052
1833 --enable-slipwheeling 2053 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
1834 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2054 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
1835 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2055 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
1836 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2056 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
1837 2057
1838 --disable-new-selection 2058 --disable-new-selection
1839 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2059 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
1840 2060
1841 --enable-dmalloc 2061 --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
1842 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2062 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
1843 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this 2063 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
1844 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after 2064 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
1845 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2065 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
1846 2066
1847 You can only use either this option and the following (should you 2067 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
1848 use either) . 2068 use either) .
1849 2069
1850 --enable-dlmalloc 2070 --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
1851 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See 2071 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
1852 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2072 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
1853 2073
1854 --enable-smart-resize 2074 --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
1855 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from 2075 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
1856 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which 2076 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
1857 is closest to a corner of the screen. 2077 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1858 2078
1859 --enable-cursor-blink
1860 Add support for a blinking cursor.
1861
1862 --enable-pointer-blank 2079 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1863 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2080 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1864 2081
1865 --with-name=NAME 2082 --enable-perl (default: off)
2083 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
2084 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
2085 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2086 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
2087 environment variable when running configure.
2088
2089 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1866 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt", 2090 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
1867 resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to 2091 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
1868 replace with "rxvt".
1869 2092
1870 --with-term=NAME 2093 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
1871 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2094 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
1872 "rxvt-unicode")
1873 2095
1874 --with-terminfo=PATH 2096 --with-terminfo=PATH
1875 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree 2097 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
1876 to PATH. 2098 to PATH.
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