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Disable bold font in urxvt
I want to disable the bold font in my urxvt config (.Xresources). xterm has the option allowBoldFonts. Is there a similar option for urxvt? I can't find anything similar.
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Is there a (light-weight) replacement for `rxvt-unicode`?
I am currently using rxvt-unicode as a terminal emulator. Since I also like the configurability of terminal emulators from GNOME and KDE, I wonder whether there is some kind of replacement for ...
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rxvt-unicode + mc - strange characters in root shell only
Using rxvt-unicode-9.11 and mc-4.7.5.2, and using zsh-4.3.11 as my login shell, I find that I get strange characters, eg â instead of lines being drawn.
Interestingly however, launching urxvt from ...
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Select text in urxvt terminal using Shift+Arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
I'm using zsh + rxvt-unicode as a terminal simulator in Archlinux. I've successfully setup navigation in the terminal using Ctrl+Arrow keys, but I can't setup the terminal to be able to select text ...
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Force telnet / ssh to use crtl-H for backspace
I have some devices connected to a Cisco serial term server; many work fine when I telnet directly to the port on the Cisco. However, I have a few stubborn devices that will not use Backspace as it ...
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Porting GNOME keyboard shortcuts to URXVT
I recently switched from gnome terminal to urxvt. I am also a heavy emacs w. tabs user which uses a lot of key combinations similar to urxvt (tab related stuff) like Shift-Left and Shift-Right. These ...
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Italics in Emacs on a text terminal (rxvt-unicode)
I am using Emacs running in an urxvt, and I cannot get italics to work in Emacs although the terminal supports it.
Here’s my current setup:
I haven’t set $TERM, so it is the default ...
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urxvt: how to scroll terminal output / hide mouse pointer
Two things that I miss in urxvt from xterm are:
How do you scroll up and down with the keyboard? In xterm I used Shift + Page Up (or Down), but that doesn't work.
A cool xterm feature is that when ...
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How can I open a new terminal in the same directory of the last used one from a window manager keybind?
I'm using a tiling window manager and I switched from gnome-terminal with multiple tabs to multiple urxvt instances managed by the window manager. One of the features I miss is the ability to open a ...
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Tmux border split in rxvt
I'm attempting to connect to my Arch server running tmux from my work Windows PC. I've found that while Console2 does a decent job with most things, it's not perfect, and I get all sorts of graphical ...
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Copy/Paste with keyboard in rxvt
I know that I can copy and paste text in rxvt by using the middle mouse button, but I was wondering if there was a way to define keyboard-shortcuts in the .Xdefaults for copy and pasting text.
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Why do different terminals have different values for keys in the .inputrc file?
This question really started from here. I would like to know why different terminals like rxvt and xterm use different values when mapping key combinations? Whilst I am in rxvt or xterm how can I find ...
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Strange terminal behavior: 'j' key not working in urxvt
For some bizarre reason my 'j' key stopped working properly. Every time I hit the key, it prints "true". If I type 'jake', the terminal prints:
>>trueake
I don't know what lead to this. I ...
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Increase font size in rxvt-unicode without editing ~/.Xdefaults
I am a loyal Linux fan who has been spending a lot of time using iTerm on a mac lately. One thing I really like about the mac, and iTerm in particular, is the ability to use a keyboard shortcut to ...
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urxvt transparent cursor
I've changed my .Xdefaults for a black background, white foreground, but my cursor is now opague. I can't see the letter I'm over, and worse, I can't see my screen hardstatus.
Google is just pulling ...
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Passing clicked links in rxvt to a script
I start my browser vimprobable in tabbed like so:
"`tabbed -d > /tmp/tabbed.xid`; vimprobable2 -e `cat /tmp/tabbed.xid`" [1]
I am then able to send all new instances of vimprobable to tabbed (and ...
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What does %F mean and how can I stop it meaning it?
On an rxvt-clone (I'm using rxvt-unicode but it seems to happen on plain, old rxvt as well), the sequence of characters %F seems to have some sort of special meaning (as do a few others, such as %S). ...
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rxvt and Inconsolata (a font)
Is it possible to use the rxvt terminal emulator with Inconsolata? Is it possible to use any TrueType fonts with rxvt? I'd like to use rxvt but would love to use my own fonts.
