Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <281450-2200212123152613404@M2W069.mail2web.com> X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: lhall AT rfk DOT com X-Originating-IP: 209.113.174.244 From: "lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com" To: cgame AT bigfoot DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rxvt, once again... Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:26:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Dec 2002 15:26:13.0280 (UTC) FILETIME=[A0B51200:01C2AA97] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id gBNFsrZ09822 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: ----------------- 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? -- =========================================== Chris Game =========================================== -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/