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Subject: RE: Customizing rxvt
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:55:06 -0400
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In a shortcut:

target:
C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sl 2500  -geometry 80x25 -sb -fg green -bg
midnightblue -fn "lucida console-13-bold" -e c:/cygwin/bin/bash --rcfile
/home/rthompso/.bashrc

start in
c:\cygwin\home\rthompso


reid


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elfyn McBratney [mailto:elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 4:47 PM
> To: cygwin; Steve
> Subject: Re: Customizing rxvt
> 
> 
> > When I execute it I get a small window with a white background with 
> > the scroll bar on the left.
> >
> > I would like to customize it to be white on black with the 
> scrollbar 
> > on the right.
> >
> > However, this being windows there is no .xdefaults in my home dir.
> >
> > How can I customize rxvt?
> 
> This is how I use rxvt:
> 
> F:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -bg black -fg white -sr -sl 6000 -fn 
> "courier new" -e /bin/bash --login -i
> 
> To summarise:
> 
> '-bg': Set's the background colour
> '-fg': Set's the foreground colour
> '-sr': Put's the scrollbar on the right side of the window
> '-sl': Set's the scroll buffer to X lines
> '-fn': Change's the font that rxvt uses
> 
> `man rxvt' will you give you everything else you need to know.
> 
> Elfyn
> 
> 
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