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Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:14:44 -0600
From: Gregory Borota <gregclau@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Issue with rxvt
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I am just guessing here, but I might be right (You may check with rxvt 
source code and/or 'man rxvt', I no time and don't use it).

Without '-e bash', rxvt calls the much simpler, scaled-down 'ash' which 
is not able to understand more advanced terminal control escape 
sequences but bash is. And see to it that '- e bash' is always the last 
on command line (if you give rxvt other options, that's how xterm 
behaves I guess rxvt follows that too)

Glad it helps,
Greg

Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:

> Thank you very much, Gregory!
> 
> What is different about a -e that turns on the escape-code
> recognition?
> 
> 
>>What about trying?:
> 
> 
>>rxvt -e bash
> 
> 
>>Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 

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