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Subject: RE: rxvt as Bash login console
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:27:17 -0400
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From: "Harig, Mark" <maharig AT idirect DOT net>
To: "David Christensen" <dpchrist AT holgerdanske DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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> 
> 
> I was able to reduce my rxvt.bat file to this:
> 
>     dpchrist AT p42800e:~$ cat rxvt.bat 
>     @echo off
>     rem $Id: rxvt.bat,v 1.1 2005/10/18 04:17:23 dpchrist Exp $
>     C:
>     chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>     rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-11" -e /bin/bash --login -i
> 

You should be able to eliminate the need for creating a batch
file if you create a Windows shortcut to 'rxvt'.  Once you have
created the shortcut, you can edit its properties and change
the Target field to use what you have above, that is:

     C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-11" -e /bin/bash --login -i

Of course, this shortcut may then be "dragged" to your Windows
taskbar or desktop so that you can start rxvt with a mouse-click.

> 
> Here is my .Xdefaults:
> 
>     dpchrist AT p42800e:~$ cat .Xdefaults 
>     ! $Id: .Xdefaults,v 1.1 2005/10/18 04:17:23 dpchrist Exp $
>     XTerm*background: black
>     XTerm*foreground: gray
>     XTerm*colorBD: white
>     XTerm*colorUL: cyan
>     XTerm*saveLines: 10000
>     XTerm*scrollBar_right: True
>     XTerm*scrollTtyKeypress: True
>     XTerm*scrollTtyOutput: True
> 

Here are some fonts that I have been able to use in Windows:

~/.Xdefaults:
------------
   rxvt*font: -outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-18-96-120-120-c-100-iso8859-1

   rxvt*font: -outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-20-96-120-120-c-100-iso8859-1

   rxvt*font: -raster-Fixedsys-normal-r-normal-normal-18-108-120-120-c-100-iso8859-1

Of course, these fonts are mutually exclusive (that is, try each
one and decide which one you like).  These can be resized with
the Shift-Keypad +/- keys.

I have also found that under some circumstances, the backspace
key does not work properly.  The following setting fixed that
problem:

   rxvt*ttyModes: erase ^?

Finally, the default size and location can be set in ~/.Xdefaults:

   rxvt*geometry: 80x35+150+5

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