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rxvt (acronym for our extended virtual terminal)[1] is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It has many forks including rxvt-unicode (urxvt), mrxvt, etc.

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Best terminal environment for Cygwin/Windows?

Today I run Cygwin with rxvt using the following startup line: rxvt -bg black -sl 8192 -fg white -sr -g 150x56 -fn "Fixedsys" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i This gives me a resizeable native Windows window which is much better than the standard "DOS…
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How to set locale in the current terminal's session?

I'm trying to change encoding in the urxvt current session by changing LANG variable. Howerever, it seems like it doesn't apply immediately. Here is what I do: Available locales: $ locale -a C en_US.utf8 POSIX ru_RU.koi8r ru_RU.utf8 Before setting…
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Seething over MSYS shell - is it replaceable?

I need a serviceable shell for MSYS. This is my current dilemma: The default rxvt.exe has a scroll bar and copy and paste, but doesn't send control characters or arrow keys to a running program in the shell (like interpreters/debuggers). This is…
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ssh with command....Plus the shell

I'd like a command that ssh'es into a machine, runs a command (cd or execute a script or su), and then gives me the shell. Passing a command to ssh seems to always exit. Some examples of what I'm looking for: 'ssh me@machine1 "./executeMyScript &&…
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how to make rxvt start as fullscreen?

I can't find it within man page. I am using rxvt-unicode-256color from debian squeeze mirror. Gnome 3 environment, composite enabled in xorg.conf.
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How to change the default shortcuts for copy/paste in urxvt?

I'm trying to set up copy/paste actions using ctrl+shift+c/p like it is done in GNOME terminal but for urxvt. I didn't find any simple solution - it seems like it always requires scripts, hacks etc which gets me annoyed when it comes to such a basic…
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No git color schemes under rxvt/cygwin

After getting tired of the default cygwin terminal, I decide to try rxvt. Everything seems fine except one thing: the color schemes for my git repositories stop working. BTW other color schemes like the vim editor works fine under rxvt. I also ran…
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Where's the rxvt-native utility gone in cygwin 1.7.26 for 64bit windows?

I've always used rxvt-native program on cygwin. I installed the 64 bit cygwin and I cannot find an rxvt package in there. I installed the 32 bit cygwin of the same version and it seems it's still there. Anyone have any ideas why this package would…
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What does git-config(1) mean when it says "colors are used only when the output is to a terminal"?

I'm outputting to a terminal, but Git is not correctly detecting that I'm outputting to a terminal, for the purposes of coloring the output. My question is, what does git-config(1) really mean when it says "colors are used only when the output is to…
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Solarized colorscheme for vim and incorrect background color

I use urxvt with the Solarized light color palette. My .Xresources file is properly configured according to these instructions. I also use Vim as my main editor. I've installed the Solarized colorscheme for Vim and modified my .vimrc file according…
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Windows version of rxvt Backspace key doesn't work as expected

I'm using rxvt.exe, the alternative to bash.exe that comes with msysgit. My OS is WinXP. I invoke the console with "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\rxvt.exe" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i The backspace key deletes everything backward to the beginning of the…
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Can you run a 32 bit Cygwin application in a 64 bit installation?

Is it possible to run a 32-bit Cygwin application in a 64-bit installation? Motivation: As discussed in Where's the rxvt-native utility gone in cygwin 1.7.26 for 64bit windows?, rxvt-native, my favourite terminal emulator in Windows, is not…
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Rebinding copy & paste in urxvt

rxvt-unicode has the ability to copy to/from system clipboard using Ctrl+Meta+C and Ctrl+Meta+V (Meta is Alt usually). Is there a way to rebind those functions to other keys? Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrk+Shift+V would be more intuitive choice.
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Shell script to open a link in currently running browser with urxvt click

I have a simple shell script: #!/bin/zsh URL=$1 function findBrowser { processName=$1 ps ax | grep "$processName" | grep -v grep | wc -l } CNTFF=`findBrowser "firefox"` CNTCH=`findBrowser "chromium"` echo "$*" > $HOME/logurls if […
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Selecting text in tmux under rxvt-unicode (urxvt)

I've just recently begun experimenting with urxvt as a terminal emulator rather than xterm. I'm a heavy tmux user, so having both work seamlessly together is a must. I've noticed that when running tmux inside urxvt, there is some odd behavior when…
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