1 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
3 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
4 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
5 report when a combination doesn't work, so it cnya be fixed. Marc Lehmann
9 add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
10 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order
11 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which
12 this enables by _following_ this with the appropriate commands.
14 add support for xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. xft fonts are
15 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them,
16 you don't pay for them.
17 --with-codesets=NAME,...
18 compile in support for additional codeset groups:
19 jp common japanese encodings
20 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
22 cn common chinese encodings
23 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
26 add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
27 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
28 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
30 enable support for unicode codepoints above 65535 (the basic
31 multilingual page). This increases storage requirements per
32 character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
33 extra characters, but Xft does.
35 enable automatic composition of combining characters into
36 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
37 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
38 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
39 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. Without
40 --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters
41 is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the
42 private use area, extending the number of combinations to
43 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This
44 will also enable storage of characters >16bit. They currently
45 won't display properly, but they will paste correctly.
46 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
47 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want
49 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
50 when reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
51 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
53 use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name
54 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace
56 --with-res-class=CLASS
57 use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
58 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
61 write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like ``w'') at
62 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
64 write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like ``last'') at
65 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
66 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
68 write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
69 ``lastlogin'') at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
70 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
71 --enable-xpm-background
72 add support for XPM background pixmaps
74 add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
75 transparency to the term
77 add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
78 dynamic locale switching currently)
80 add support for the original rxvt scrollbar
82 add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar
84 add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar
86 add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
87 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
90 make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
91 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars
93 change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
94 your system uses this type of security
95 --disable-backspace-key
96 disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
99 disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
102 remove all resources checking
104 make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
105 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
108 add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
109 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
110 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
111 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
114 remove support for swap screen
116 add support for some lesser used features
118 add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows
119 --enable-keepscrolling
120 add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
121 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow
123 add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5
124 --enable-slipwheeling
125 add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
126 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
127 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
128 --enable-old-selection
129 remove support for reverting the mouse selection style to that
131 --disable-new-selection
132 remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm
134 use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging
135 See http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details
136 If you use either this or the next option, you may need to
137 edit src/Makefile after compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to
139 You can only use either this option and the following (should
142 use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
143 See http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html for details
144 --enable-smart-resize
145 add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size
146 via from hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the
147 rxvt corner which is closest to a corner of the screen
149 add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours
150 --enable-cursor-blink
151 add support for a blinking cursor
152 --enable-pointer-blank
153 add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive
155 set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting
156 in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
158 change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME
161 change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo
164 use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?)
165 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
166 look for the XPM includes in DIR
167 --with-xpm-library=DIR
168 look for the XPM library in DIR
170 not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background