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Subject: Re: How to launch an rxvt terminal window with Monospace font
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:18:09 -0700
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  On 07/27/2010 07:04 AM, JOHNER Jean 066030 wrote:
> The default command to launch an rxvt terminal is the following:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -display :0 -fn "Lucida Console-14" -tn
> rxvt-cygwin-native -e /bin/bash --login
>
> I would like to use Monospace font instead of Lucida Console. I tried:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -display :0 -fn "Monospace-14" -tn
> rxvt-cygwin-native -e /bin/bash --login
>
> It results in the use of a double-spaced font which is not Monospace.
> Replacing "Monospace" with any string gives the same result.
>
> NB: the Monospace font is the one which is used by default when
> launching gvim (with XWin activated).
Why do you have -display specified? Try removing it. And, if you only 
run an X server for rxvt terms then stop running the X server. Rxvt will 
use Windows widgets if there is no -display specified (note this also 
means no DISPLAY environment). Perhaps that way a Monospace font can be 
found?
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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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