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From: | Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: rxvt and path problems |
Date: | Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:04:40 -0700 |
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Paul Tomsic wrote: > Looks like I fixed this. Seems if i take off the rcfile option and > replace it w/ a "--login" option, all's good. > > Thanks > > --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Paul Tomsic <ptomsic AT yahoo DOT com> wrote: > >> From: Paul Tomsic <ptomsic AT yahoo DOT com> >> Subject: rxvt and path problems >> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >> Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:16 AM >> Hi - I'm having trouble setting up >> RXVT on WinXP. >> I've got the following shortcut set up to launch RXVT: >> >> C:\viper\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 1500 -fn "Lucida >> Console-12" -bg black -fg yellow -sr -e bash --rcfile >> "/cygdrive/c/viper/.bashrc" >> >> My $HOME directory is set to the following, as seen in the >> RXVT: >> >> ptomsic:bin> echo $HOME >> /cygdrive/c/viper >> >> and as seen in the DOS prompt: >> >> C:\>set HOME >> HOME=/cygdrive/c/viper >> >> When I launch the shortcut for RXVT, all is good but it >> opens in "/usr/bin" >> >> If i type `cd ~` then I lose my $PATH, or so it would >> seem. If i `echo $PATH` it looks like it's in tact, >> but i can't do simple things, like `ls` or `which ping` or >> `who` >> >> Why would it be okay when I first launch the RXVT shortcut, >> but then simply changing to my $HOME directory causes >> everything to start misbehaving? >> >> thanks - Paul Also try: $ cat >> ~/.Xresources <<END Rxvt*saveLines: 1500 Rxvt*font: "Lucida Console-12" Rxvt*loginShell: true Rxvt*background: black Rxvt*foregrouind: yellow Rxvt*scrollBar_right: true END Add Cygwin's bin to the Windows System Environment Variable PATH and your above command reduces to: "rxvt". Then you can get fancy and add: $ cat >> ~/.Xresources <<END machine1:background: midnightblue machine1:foreground: green machine2:background:navyblue machine2:foreground: white END And then do things like rxvt -name machine1 -e ssh machine1 or -name machine2 -e ssh machine2 to identify which machines your on by color coding... -- Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com> When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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