widely-spaced characters in rxvt

[René Berber]

Daniel Barclay wrote:

> What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space 
> in between them?

The font it's using.

> I heard that there's some interaction between X11-mode rxvt setup and plain-window
> rxvt setup.  I don't think I've installed any X11 libraries, servers, or even
> fonts since rxvt was working right, but now rxvt is acting up again.

You have to check what's the default font [1] or if you changed it [2].

There was a thread on the list, long ago, about the default being a font 
that comes with the X11 fonts.  I'm not sure what's the case right now, 
but a widely-spaced font sounds like a font that you have installed but 
lacks the necessary hints (that's a X11 font term).

[1] /etc/defaults/etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt or URxvt;
[2] ~/.Xdefaults
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René Berber


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