Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/12/23/10:54:53
One person's trash is another's treasure.
I don't believe Randall was attempting anything more than to answer
the original poster's request for help with getting rxvt positioned
on the screen. If you're interested in knowing rxvt's capabilities
so that you can compare it with bash running from a Windows command
prompt, I'd recommend you take a look at the rxvt man page. That
should help. Generally speaking, rxvt is considered by many as a
good substitute for the DOS box on 9x/Me where scrolling is a problem
(although there are other solutions as well) but folks use it on NT/W2K/
XP too. Whether rxvt is a reasonable option for you comes down to personal
preference and needs, which brings us back to my opening statement. :-)
HTH,
Larry
Original Message:
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From: Chris Game cgame AT bigfoot DOT com
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:58:49 -0000
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: rxvt, once again...
In an earlier post, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>....
> So, create a Windows shortcut by right-dragging your RXVT executable
> icon to some new location (start with the desktop; when you're done,
> put it in the Start menu or the QuickLaunch bar, e.g.). Now open the
> properties dialog for the shortcut. In the "Shortcut" tab you can
> control the arguments (set window size and position here using usual
> X Window -g /
> -geometry option) and any other RXVT options you like (font,
> scrollback, colors, etc.). Here's what I use:
>
> D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -g 110x89+485+-1 -bg #dddddd -fg #000000 -fn
> "Lucida ConsoleP-11" -sr -sl 5000 -tn rxvt -vb -e /bin/bash --login -i
>
> I set the initial working directory ("Start in:" field) to my Cygwin
> home directory (using Windows path name notation, of course).
> ....
That's interesting, but what's the advantage of rxvt over opening
cygwin/bash in a Windows command window, where all the formatting
options (except initial placement I grant you) are available from the
prompt window properties?
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