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Subject: Re: configure rxvt on cygwin 1.7.5
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On 6 July 2010 22:22, philippe wrote:
> - =C2=A0/cygwin.bat to replace basic console by rxvt with the line
>
> rxvt -fn "-*-Courier-medium-r-*-18-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" -geometry 80x30
> -sr -bg "#ffffd5" -fg "black" -sl 2000 -termName xterm -e /usr/bin/bash
> --login -i

Setting termName to "xterm" in rxvt is a bad idea, because the two
terminals diverge in various ways, for example regarding keycodes for
modifier key combinations. Better stick with TERM=3Drxvt.

> - and 've added =C2=A0/etc/bashrc with my promt definition :
>
> PS1=3D'\e[0m\][\e[32m\]\u\e[0m\]@\e[31m\]\h\e[0m\]\e[0m\]]\e[34m\]\w\e[0m=
\]>\n$
> '
>
> this last definition seems to be ignored anyway ...

Have a look at http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Bash-St=
artup-Files
to see which files are being sourced when bash is invoked with
--login.

Andy

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