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Prevent terminal from giving information about its background, so that Vim always sets bg=light (default)
I use Rxvt-Unicode and set background to black in .Xdefaults. Vim detects that, cf. help 'background' : "dark" is used when 'term' is "linux", "screen.linux", "...
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rxvt-unicode and xterm different yellow colors in journalctl
Recently, I noticed something strange. If I run the command sudo journalctl -f -u ModemManager in rxvt-unicode (left) and xterm (right), in rxvt-unicode the yellow does not appear when the message is ...
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URXVT tab feature cuts off bottom of terminal
In Ubuntu Focal with X server, I am using URXVT and I have enabled the tabs feature URxvt.perl-ext: tabbedalt URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed However, it cuts off the bottom ...
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Strange bash errors for root console
Frequently, when switching my user by root with su -, I get strange bash error messages in the rxvt console, or even in a TTY. They happen even after a complety system upgrade from scratch, so it is ...
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With urxvt: unable to prevent title in title bar from being overwritten
I'm using urxvt version 9.22 under Ubuntu 20.04.1. Even though I use -title MYTITLE on the urxvt command line, and even though I set the following Xresource ... URxvt.insecure: false ... the title in ...
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Why is enabling 8 bit control sequences not recommended?
./configure --help: --enable-8bitctrls enable 8 bit control sequences (not recommended) As far as I can tell, the only affected code is this part of src/command.C: /*{{{ process non-printing single ...
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URxvt not pulling from .Xresources when starting X. Issue with .xinitrc?
I have my DWM Archbox configured to launch a URXVT terminal when X is started. I have URXVT configured just how I like through my .Xresources file. Below is my .xinitrc #! /bin/sh exec xrdb -merge ~/....
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Pasting non-ascii (utf8) into remote urxvt terminal
For pasting text, in urxvt/rxvt-unicode one can use middle button to paste PRIMARY selection. I can do such Mouse-Middle-Click paste in my local urxvt terminal and even a remote server, in Chinese/...
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Disable automatically copying selection to clipboard in urxvt
There are 2 kind of clipboards on my os (manjaro i3). Xclip, which keeps the last selected text, and the regular clipboard which must be explicitly copied. I have noticed urxvt copies selected text in ...
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Can't get URxvt to work with the font "Inter". Using it causes spaces in-between letters
I cannot get the popular Google font "Inter" to work with URxvt. When I set the font, xrdb -merge .Xresources and open a new terminal, it has spaces between the letters l i k e t h i s. ...
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How can I have colored emoji in URxvt?
Let me first clarify that xfce4-terminal does show colored emojis on the very same system for which I ask the question. URxvt, on the other hand, doesn't show them. Based on archlinux wiki, Emojis ...
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Showing 𝐒, 𝐽, and 𝑁 in the terminal
How can I make 𝐒(U+1d412), 𝐽(U+1d43d), and 𝑁(U+1d441), which I can display clearly in my browser, show in the terminal? I use Urxvt on Archlinux. The ~/.Xdefaults file has this content: URxvt*...
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echo checkmark in shellscript (zsh) how-to
Why is this checkmark not printed correctly when executing my shellscript, even though echo alone outputs corrctly? script: #!/bin/sh YELLOW='\033[1;33m' NC='\033[0m' # no color echo "enter your ...
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How to Use Control+V Keys to Paste in urxvt Terminal?
I see many questions about keybinds in urxvt, but I don't see this exact one. I'd like to use control+v in order to paste into the terminal. (without the shift. or alt/meta key. etc.) My goal is to be ...
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Confused On Colors Xterm Vs Zsh - How to set Xterm without breaking Zsh colors?
I am confused by the color settings for xterm (or uxvt in my case but uses the same) verus the zsh PROMPT colors. If I change the xterm colors then it changes the zsh prompt colors and I think it ...
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