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From: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <gcruzicka AT earthlink DOT net>
To: <jsb AT hal-pc DOT org>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: termcap problem in RXVT?
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:18:31 -0800
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> I have installed CygWin on numerous machines using teh nice setup program
at
> cygwin.com. Recently, however, I have installed CygWin on two machines
(one
> a W2K machine and the other a Win98SE machine) and when I tried to run
rxvt
> I got strange behavior for the prompt. If I bring up a bash shell
> immediately after installing, then type "rxvt" at the bash prompt, this is
> what shows up in the rxvt console:
>
> --- start ---
> \[\033]0;\w\007
> \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
> $
> --- end ---
>
> I am at a loss to explain what to do. This has not happened to me in prior
> cygwin installs. I checked the FAQ and the mailing list archives for
March,
> but could not find any reference to anything new that should have caused
> this.
>
> Jon
>
>
i've had that problem ever since i installed cygwin several months ago, but
i never brought it up here because i mostly use tcsh instead of bash.  it
looks
like a software bug.  i'm on W2K.

gene




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