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Re: RXVT looks weird
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonas Jensen" <bones@huleboer.dk>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:54 PM
[snip]
> I have some more problems with this program, though...
>
> 1) My Home/End keys don't work in Bash (they produce a ~ and a beep),
though
> they work in vim when TERM=xterm. When TERM=cygwin they don't work in vim
> either (they change to command mode, freeze 1 second and capitalize the
char
> under the cursor).
>
> 2) When launching from shortcut, I get an NT console window sitting in the
> background, black with a blinking cursor and a title bar of "rxvt". This
> doesn't happen when launching from a bash prompt.
>
> 3) Courier seems to be the only working font, but it doesn't matter what I
> set the size to, it's always the same. I'd like to use a different font
like
> Terminal or the one used by the NT console. How?
>
> 4) It doesn't beep. When I use the -vb option (visual beep) it works, but
> not very well. I think it's supposed to be a white flash, but I just see a
> white bar very briefly on a small part of the screen.
>
> Also, what should I set TERM to? I can only get color with TERM=cygwin,
but
> I prefer the way it clears the screen after "less" and similar programs
when
> TERM=rxvt or TERM=xterm...
>
> My command line is:
> rxvt -fn Courier -bg black -fg gray -sr -vb -geometry 80x40 -sl
> 2000 --termName cygwin -e bash --login
Can anybody help with this stuff? It seems that many people on this list are
using rxvt, so I don't think I'm the only one with these problems...
Any hints?
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