Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/10/17/02:02:18
David Christensen wrote:
> 1. The font looks like a scalable font; I prefer the 7x12 bit-mapped
> font so that I can put six consoles on my desktop (1280x1024) and
> the stroke width makes the characters legible. "man rxvt" and
> playing around with the "-fn" (7x14, 7x13, 7x12) option didn't
> produce a desirable result. Nor did Shift+KP_Add or
> Shift+KP_Minus. "locate font" led me to
> /usr/share/groff/1.18.1/font, but grep'ing for "7x14" found
> nothing. Is there a way I can get the 7x12 bit-mapped font in
> rxvt?
Try -fn "FixedSys". There might be other ways to get the bitmap fonts
by name. There are a ton of .fon files in the %WINDIR%\Fonts directory,
you can try specifying them by name. Maybe -fn "8514fix".
The above applies to W11 mode. If you're using X11 mode then you'll
have to use a proper X11 font specifier such as
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*".
Personally, I can't stand the bitmapped fonts. Your objection seems to
revolve around the size, but you can change that. I use -fn "Lucida
Console-11" and find it the best of all the monospaced fonts. Vary the
number to change the size.
> 2. It looks like there's a slight problem with the rxvt man page:
>
> dpchrist AT p42800e:~$ man rxvt
> /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:310: `.' not last character on lin
> e
> /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:310: giving up on this table
>
> Looking at the same page using cmd.exe./Bash, the error message
> flashes by just before the man page is displayed, and is gone after
> exiting the man page.
The rxvt manpage has always had problems. I don't think the above
warning detracts from the ability to read the output though.
> 3. Copying from the rxvt console to the Windows (XP Professional SP2)
> clipboard using Ctrl+C causes a new prompt to be displayed. Is
> there a way to avoid/ prevent this? "man rxvt" "/copy" reveals
> nothing.
That's because ^C is not the copy command in rxvt. (It's being
interpreted by bash as "abort this command".) In rxvt you don't do
anything to copy, it's done as soon as you highlight.
> 4. How do I paste from the clipboard to rxvt? "man rxvt" "/paste"
> reveals nothing.
Press the middle mouse button or shift-Ins to paste. (section TEXT
SELECTION AND INSERTION in the manpage.)
> 5. The rxvt consoles appear to be always on top. How do I turn this
> mode off?
I've never had that happen. Are you using W11 (native) or X11?
Brian
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