How do I build the non-X version of rxvt.exe?

Sat May 3 18:41:00 GMT 2003

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Short answer: unset your DISPLAY.
>> Long answer: rxvt is compiled with support for both X11 and W11 (which is
> rxvt's emulation of X on native Windows). At runtime, it checks whether X
> is running, and if it isn't (DISPLAY is unset), rxvt loads and uses the
> W11 library.

Igor,
Thanks, but that did not solve the problem. I found the code that makes
that decision in function XOpenDisplay() in rxvt/W11/wrap/wrap.c:
Display * XOpenDisplay(const char *name) {
 ATOM class;
 char *env_var=NULL;
 if (_libname==NULL)
 {
	env_var = getenv("W11_LIBRARY");
	if (env_var!=NULL) _libname = strdup(env_var);
	else if (name==NULL || !strcmp(name,":0")) {
	 _libname="libW11";
	 class = _register_window_class();
	 _set_atom(class);
	 func_W11AddEventHandler=(proto_W11AddEventHandler *)_loadfunc("W11AddEventHandler");
	}	
	else _libname="libX11";
 }
 ...
}
But that function does not seem to be linked into the executable:
	bash$ strings -a src/rxvt.exe | grep W11_LIBRARY
	bash$
wrap.c is compiled and built into W11/lib/libX11.a, but for some reason
that library isn't linked into the executable, so the above
implementation of XOpenDisplay() isn't being used. Here are some
relevant excerpts from the build:
	gcc -O -c wrap.c -I.. -mwin32
	windres -i rxvt.rc -o rxvt_res.o
	ar r ../lib/libX11.a wrap.o rxvt_res.o
	...
	/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 rxvt.o librxvt.la -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o rxvt
	gcc -g -O2 rxvt.o -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/X11R6/lib -o rxvt ./.libs/librxvt.a -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
Here's the exact sequence of commands I'm using:
	bzcat rxvt-2.7.10-3-src.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
	cd rxvt
	./configure --prefix=/usr/local
	make
	unset DISPLAY
	env | grep DISPLAY	# To verify previous command.
	src/rxvt.exe
Then there's a pause for six or seven seconds, and I see:
	rxvt: can't open display :0
Am I configuring the source incorrectly? Any help is appreciated.
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