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From: Angelo Graziosi <Angelo DOT Graziosi AT roma1 DOT infn DOT it>
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Subject: Re: How do I launch an rxvt-unicode shell?
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Grok Mogger wrote:

> Could someone please tell me how to launch a shell?


This is the method I use.

In $HOME I have this .Xdefaults:


~/.Xdefaults
--------------------------------------------------
! ---------[ urxvt ] ---------
URxvt*background:       Black
URxvt*foreground:       LightGray
URxvt*scrollBar:	true
URxvt*scrollBar_right:	true
URxvt*saveLines:        2500
URxvt*termName:         xterm
URxvt*font:		xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
Mono:size=12:medium:roman:antialias=true
URxvt*boldFont:		xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
Mono:size=12:bold:roman:antialias=true
URxvt*italicFont:	xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
Mono:size=12:medium:italic:autohint=true:antialias=true
URxvt*boldItalicFont:	xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
Mono:size=12:bold:italic:autohint=true:antialias=true
!URxvt*fading:		60
!URxvt*tintColor:	white
!URxvt*shading:		20
!URxvt*inheritPixmap:	true
!URxvt*colorBD:		green
!URxvt*colorIT:		grey
--------------------------------------------------

(Note that the lines: 'Mono:size...' are a continuation of previous,
'xft:Bitstream...')


Then I have a shortcut called 'rxvt-X' on Desktop which runs:

    C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /usr/X11R6/bin bash --login -c
       /usr/local/bin/start_urxvt.sh


The file /usr/local/bin/start_urxvt.sh is
----------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0

# start_XWin()
# {
#    XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error +bs &
# }

# /usr/bin/checkx || start_XWin
/usr/bin/checkx || /usr/local/bin/start_XWin.sh

exec /usr/bin/urxvt -e /usr/bin/bash -l
----------------------------------------------------------------


and /usr/local/bin/start_XWin.sh is the 'startxwin.sh' of Cygwin in which
I have commented out the line that starts 'xterm'.


As you can see this method uses in any case the X system: 'checkx'
verifies if X is running.

If not, X is started (start_XWin.sh), then 'urxvt' is executed.



Cheers,

    Angelo.


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