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 the
4 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
5 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
6 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
10 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
11 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order
12 dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
13 enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
16 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
17 are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
18 them, you don't pay for them.
20 --with-codesets=NAME,...
21 Compile in support for additional codeset groups:
24 cn common chinese encodings
25 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
26 jp common japanese encodings
27 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
31 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
32 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
33 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
36 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
37 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
38 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
39 extra characters, but Xft does.
41 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
42 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
43 to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
44 switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
45 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
48 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
49 characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
50 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
51 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
52 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
54 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
55 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use
56 the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448).
57 With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also
58 enable storage of characters >65535.
60 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
61 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
64 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
65 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
66 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
70 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
71 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
73 --with-res-class=CLASS
74 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
75 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
79 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
80 of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
83 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
84 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
85 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
88 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
89 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
92 --enable-xpm-background
93 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
96 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
97 transparency to the term.
100 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
103 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
106 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
107 dynamic locale switching currently).
110 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
113 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
115 --enable-xterm-scroll
116 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
118 --enable-plain-scroll
119 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
120 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
124 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
125 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
128 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
129 system uses this type of security.
131 --disable-backspace-key
132 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
136 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
140 Remove all resources checking.
143 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
144 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
148 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
149 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
150 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
151 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
155 Remove support for swap screen.
158 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
159 to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
160 want to disable this.
163 Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text
166 --enable-keepscrolling
167 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
168 mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
171 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
173 --enable-slipwheeling
174 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
175 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
176 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
178 --disable-new-selection
179 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
182 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
183 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
184 or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
185 compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
187 You can only use either this option and the following (should you
191 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
192 <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
194 --enable-smart-resize
195 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
196 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
197 is closest to a corner of the screen.
200 Add support for 256 colours rather than the base 16 colours.
202 This option will likely go away in the future. Speak up if you don't
205 --enable-cursor-blink
206 Add support for a blinking cursor.
208 --enable-pointer-blank
209 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
212 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt,
213 resulting in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to
217 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
221 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
225 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
227 --with-xpm-includes=DIR
228 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
230 --with-xpm-library=DIR
231 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
234 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.