2 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
3 hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
4 the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
5 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
6 should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
7 fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
12 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
15 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
16 *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
17 you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
18 "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
21 --enable-xft (default: enabled)
22 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
23 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
24 them, you don't pay for them.
26 --enable-font-styles (default: on)
27 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
28 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
30 --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
31 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
32 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
33 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
34 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
35 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
36 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
37 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
38 font requiring one of these encodings.
40 all all available codeset groups
41 zh common chinese encodings
42 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
43 jp common japanese encodings
44 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
47 --enable-xim (default: on)
48 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
49 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
50 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
52 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
53 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
54 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
55 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
56 extra characters, but Xft does.
58 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
59 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
60 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
61 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
62 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
64 --enable-combining (default: on)
65 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
66 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
67 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
68 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
69 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
71 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
72 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
73 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
74 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
76 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
77 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
79 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
80 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
81 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
83 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
84 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
85 To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
87 --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
88 Use the given name as default application name when reading
89 resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
91 --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
92 Use the given class as default application class when reading
93 resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
95 --enable-utmp (default: on)
96 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
97 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
99 --enable-wtmp (default: on)
100 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
101 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
102 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
104 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
105 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
106 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
109 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
110 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
112 --enable-transparency (default: on)
113 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
114 transparency to the term.
116 --enable-fading (default: on)
117 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
118 "--enable-transparency").
120 --enable-tinting (default: on)
121 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
122 "--enable-transparency").
124 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
125 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
127 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
128 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
130 --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
131 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
133 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
134 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
135 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
138 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
139 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
140 system uses this type of security.
142 --disable-backspace-key
143 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
147 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
151 Removes any support for resource checking.
154 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
156 --enable-frills (default: on)
157 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
158 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
159 want to disable this.
161 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
162 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
165 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
166 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
167 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
168 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
169 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
170 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
171 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
172 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
173 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
174 keysym remapping support
175 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
176 XEmbed support (-embed)
179 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
180 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
182 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
183 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
184 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
185 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
187 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
188 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
189 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
191 --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
192 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
194 --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
195 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
196 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
197 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
199 --disable-new-selection
200 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
202 --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
203 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
204 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
205 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
206 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
208 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
211 --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
212 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
213 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
215 --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
216 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
217 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
218 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
220 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
221 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
223 --enable-perl (default: off)
224 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
225 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
226 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
227 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
228 environment variable when running configure.
230 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
231 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
232 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
234 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
235 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
238 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
242 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
244 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
245 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
247 --with-xpm-library=DIR
248 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
251 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.