Questions tagged [rxvt]
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Mapping otherwise conflicting or unmappable keys in terminal Vim
Resources in the network (1, 2, 3) claim that some key
combinations, among which Ctrl-Shift-letter, Ctrl-number,
Ctrl-i/Tab, Ctrl-m/Enter,
Esc/Ctrl-[, cannot be mapped reliably in Vim because the
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Copy-paste between urxvt and abiword
Trying to cut + copy + paste from the standard urxvt shell in Puppy Linux Wary 5.3.
If I follow this post and I press:
in urxvt: ctrl + insert = copy
in abiword: shift + insert = paste
It doesn't ...
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Reset background to transparent with tmux?
I recently set up tmux-powerline and noticed that the background color on the status-left, if changed, refuses to go back to default and transparent (if transparency is enabled).
I was able to fix ...
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Font rendering issue in urxvt -- too much space between characters
Starting earlier today I am getting font rendering issues with rxvt-unicode. Specifically with many fonts I get an abundance of extra space between characters. In other fonts rxvt refuses to change ...
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Copying & Pasting with URxvt
I'm using URxvt 9.20 on debian jessie and I'm looking for a way to copy & paste text like I was used to with the gnome-terminal (Ctrl+Insert for copying, Shift+Insert for pasting).
It works ...
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Set dynamic window title based on command input [duplicate]
I am looking for a way to dynamically set the urxvt window title based on the command input.
Let's take an example.
If I run mplayer http://66.197.229.245:8082 in an urxvt window, I would like the ...
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Rebinding CTRL-ALT-[C|V] to CTRL-SHIFT-[C|V] in URxvt >= 9.20
Since URxvt 9.20, text can be copied to the clipboard with Ctrl+Alt+C (and also pasted from with Ctrl+Alt+V).
But, I already use these bindings for another thing.
So how can I rebind, in URxvt >=9....
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paste url into terminal(urxvt, zsh) failed, some characters get escaped
In recent months, I find that if I copy the URL in Chrome and then Shift-Insert in the urxvt, the pasted URL is escaped.
For example, the original URL is:
http://example.com/?a=c
the pasted content ...
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urxvt: scroll just one line
I can scroll a chunk of output with Shift+PageUp (or PageDown), but is there a way to scroll just one line up and down? Often, you'd like to read something that is small enough to fit in one screen, ...
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Set tab width in GUI terminal
I found that
setterm -regtabs 4
doesn't work in xterm or urxvt.
But, this
xterm_set_tabs () {
TERM=linux;
export $TERM;
setterm -regtabs 4
}
will circumvent the problem.
But, I suspect it ...
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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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How to disable the Ctrl+Shift binding (ISO 14755) in urxvt?
Whenever the Ctrl+Shift key combo is pressed, the text ISO 14755 mode text pops up at the corner of the terminal window in urxvt. Is there a way to remove this without having to rebuild urxvt?
I'm ...
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Urxvt: change background color on the fly
Is there away to change the background color of a rxvt-unicode session on the fly? Like with Ctrl key?
I have a bunch of Urxvt windows and I would like to color some dynamically to help me ...
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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 rxvt-unicode-...
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Debian chroot blocking PTTYs on host
I've created a Debian-based chroot environment using debootstrap under Arch Linux, and fill it with life like this:
#!/bin/sh
mount -t proc proc $CHROOT/proc
mount -t devpts devpts $CHROOT/dev/pts
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No Unicode Symbols in URXVT
I'm using urxvt with DejaVu Sans Mono as font:
urxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono
But I'm not possible to see Unicode characters like '⌚'.
Why that ?
Is urxvt able to display these symbols?
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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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Terminal does not open under dwm -- is there an error log file?
I am running DWM under Arch Linux in combination with the urxvt terminal. I have a urxvt daemon running but when I press the key combination for opening a terminal window, nothing happens.
Is there ...
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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 rxvt-...
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Is it possible to select tabs as tabs with mouse in urxvt?
I am running urxvt on Arch Linux. I can select the output with mouse for copy / paste. The problem occurs when output contains tabulators. All tabulators are selected and copied as spaces. That makes ...
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Apply changes from .Xdefaults to running rxvt terminals
Is there a way to apply (for example the font(size)) changes to .Xdefaults to all running terminals in a session?
I can apply it to new terminals via loading xrdb -load .Xdefaults, but this doesn't ...
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How can I have colored emoji in URxvt?
Let me first clarify that xfce4-terminal does show colored emojis on the very same system for which I ask the question.
URxvt, on the other hand, doesn't show them. Based on archlinux wiki,
Emojis ...
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Midnight commander confused by mouse wheel use
I use mc frequently and it has been running perfectly for years. A while ago (weeks?) mc seems to get confused by the mouse wheel and prints what seem to be ANSI Escape sequences on the screen similar ...
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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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urxvt screen flashing when redrawing
I have a simple test script that runs fine with xterm but I cannot see the output when using urxvt because the screen flashes and I only see the cursor on the top left corner. Here is the script:
i=0
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How is a font path added to urxvt when using .Xresources?
Using xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/terminus I'm able to subsequently start urxvt with the following command and get support for the font that I want (terminus):
urxvt -fn -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-...
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Text insertion bindings in zsh
In zsh, how can I bind (say) c-<cr> to insert &>/dev/null &<cr> at point?
I use urxvt.