Hook 256-color support in configure.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2cbb05a3aca61c8b9e58d81d8ca2b4586e4d3106..190d397b08d759014eebff93594411f8c5d20283 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -198,6 +198,16 @@ if test x$GXX = xyes; then
   fi
 fi
 
+support_256_color=no
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(256-color,
+  [  --enable-256-color      enable 256-color support],
+  [if test x$enableval = xyes; then
+    support_256_color=yes
+  fi])
+if test x$support_256_color = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(USE_256_COLORS, 1, Define if you want 256-color support)
+fi
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode3,
   [  --enable-unicode3       use 21 instead of 16 bits to represent unicode characters],
   [if test x$enableval = xyes -o x$enableval = xno; then

diff --git a/doc/rxvt.7.pod b/doc/rxvt.7.pod
index e621a9a9b2a7d664327ad2f4394f41f1a66f6c20..5140f0d52295c165a37814ff8026b86fdedae46d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rxvt.7.pod
+++ b/doc/rxvt.7.pod
@@ -1221,12 +1221,6 @@ possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like
 
 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c
 
-=head3 I want 256 colors
-
-Are you sure you need 256 colors? 88 colors should be enough for most
-purposes. If you really need more, there is an unsupported patch for
-it in the doc directory, but please do not ask for it to be applied.
-
 =head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
 
 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
@@ -2270,6 +2264,10 @@ or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
 C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
 you want.
 
+=item --enable-256-color (default: off)
+
+Add support for 256 colors.
+
 =item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
 
 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are