rxvt-unicode (better known as urxvt) is a fork of the rxvt terminal emulator. It is a color VT102 terminal emulator that supports Unicode.
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Perl extensions not searched for in @INC?
I'm on Linux, with no root access, and have installed an rpm locally (in /home/me/local, rather than /usr). This is fine, except that the rpm (rxvt-unicode) requires some Perl modules, and the default ...
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How can I disable the default behavior of right click in urxvt?
When I right click in urxvt, it causes a selection to be made from the last place I clicked to the place I right clicked. I don't like this. How can I make it stop?
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rxvt - how to clear scrollback
I was hoping this would be an easy one but I don't see it in the man page and couldn't find it googling. Is there a keyboard shortcut or even a console command I can use to clear the scrolback buffer ...
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Start new zsh interactive shell and then run a command [duplicate]
I've needed this in several places, I'm surprised it doesn't exist, and I haven't found an adequate workaround.
I need this for several reasons, but the ones I can remember off the top of my head ...
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urxvt settings - reload without restarting terminal?
I have two urxvt color themes that I use, one for light background and one for dark, depending on how sunny the environment is.
It's easy enough to switch them by modifying ~/.Xresources and running ...
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Get Ctrl+Arrow to work under tmux+urxvt
I have tmux command key as C-a. C-Left/C-Right to jump between words (or whatever it is called) works just fine in urxvt alone, but under urxvt/tmux it'll print '5D' and '5C' for Left/Right ...
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how not to use xft fonts in urxvt?
I actually can't stand what xft does to fonts. Xterm default bitstream mono sans 10px is best ever font I've came around, almost same effect gives terminus font and monaco font also with 10px. When ...
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Rxvt Unicode does not display U+E0B0, even though my font includes it
Unicode / font configuration headaches. I've installed tmux-powerline and, per the recommendation, patched my Inconsolata font. The goal here is to display cute little wedge-arrow things, like U+E0B0, ...
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vim-powerline colors are out of whack in urxvt
I have attached two images showing what my vim-powerline looks like.
As you can see, something has happened to the colors and I cannot figure out how to fix it.
I'm running Fedora 17 on a clean ...
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urxvt bold colors are wrong - bold #0-7 are using colors from #8-15
My colors are off. Specifically, the bold version of colors 1-6 is broken:
The color of each (emboldened) index should match the color of the text beside it. It does not.
This is generated from ...
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Why are unicode characters not rendering correctly
Background:
I have some unicode characters in my prompt (git status markers essentially)
I'm running urxvt under xfce on arch linux.
I'm using DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline font, specified via ...
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Clicking far away in vim in tmux in urxvt
I use vim inside tmux inside urxvt, and the mouse works perfectly well for clicking and selecting text, except when I want to click too far to the right.
It seems to be related to the distance in ...
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How do I “unbind” Ctrl+BackSpace in URxvt?
My URxvt is mapping the Ctrl+Backspace key combination to Ctrl+H. This is extremely annoying when using GNU Emacs.
How do I change that behavior?
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Dead key broken with a specific locale, for terminals only
I have a funny problem that I don't fully understand: my ^ key (dead key for ^, ~) does not work in my terminals, either urxvt or xterm (i.e. when I press it, absolutely nothing happens, whereas i ...
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Where to obtain logs after Xorg freezes
I have this issue where a perl script will sometimes freeze Xorg. It's an extension for urxvt that detects URLs and allows me to "launch" them in the browser. Sometimes, upon launching, Xorg will ...
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xmonad + urxvt issue: text disappears after resizing
I'm using Arch Linux + xmonad + urxvt bundle and trying to resolve the conflict between xmonad and urxvt. Better to explain with shots:
Firstly, open the terminal and get some full-length output.
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Cursor speed in RXVT or URXVT
I am using RXVT (URXVT to be precise) under Ubuntu 12.04. I noticed that the cursor speed is extremely slow. I was looking to see if there is a setting that can be applied to speed cursor movement ?
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Installing pcf fonts on Gentoo for urxvt and Awesome wm
I downloaded the linux version of Profont from here
And I have no idea how to install it. I want to be able to use it for urxvt and awesome wm. What should I do?
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Mouse right-click menu in RXVT
I moved from gnome-terminal to urxvt. I am used to having a right-click menu in gnome-terminal. Do such menus exist in urxvt?
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Porting GNOME keyboard shortcuts to URXVT
I recently switched from gnome terminal to urxvt (and installed tabbed extensions). I am also a heavy emacs user which uses a lot of key combinations similar to urxvt (tab related stuff) like ...
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urxvt - tab expand environment variables
I am new to urxvt (moved from gnome-terminal -> Ubuntu 12.04 refugee). I am used to having environment variables expand in gnome-terminal by default
Suppose that I have an environment variable ...
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Let tmux set urxvt window title according to session-name
Everyday I launch a bunch of urxvtc -e tmux.
I am trying to find a way to override urxvt X window title ("tmux") with the current tmux session name set via :rename-session session_name.
Does any ...
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Tmux + urxvt ghost activity notifications
Im using tmux on urxvt, I have activity monitoring turned on and i noticed that all tmux windows get an activity notification after every 10~15 seconds, when i switch to that window there is nothing. ...
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urxvt vim transparent colorscheme
I have urxvt running in real transparency mode using xcompmgr. Everything looks great but I would like my vim colorscheme to respect the transparency setting. Is this possible?
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rxvt-unicode borders appeared in Ubuntu Precise
I upgraded from Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 to the RC of Ubuntu Precise 12.04. After the upgrade, borders appear which I cannot get rid of.
This shows rxvt-unicode's background set to red and Vim background ...
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urxvt: How to switch among tabs like other emultaors?
I'd like to bind Alt + <number> key to switch tabs in urxvt.
Any approaches?
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Using Ctrl-<ArrowKey> and Home/End with (u)rxvt
I'm using rxvt-unicode for it's the less flawed terminal emulator I know.
I'm looking for using Ctrl + Arrow keys and Home / End to navigate through command line text, to emulate the behavior of all ...
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Terminal keystrokes confusion
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tmux ignores some keystrokes:
Ctrl + Delete
Ctrl + F*
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Something similar happens in virtual consoles (even without tmux) with the difference that Ctrl + Delete and Delete behaves the same.
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How can I prevent or interrupt accidental copy/paste in the terminal?
When I paste into the terminal, sometimes what is in the clipboard is not what I expected. Specifically, it is sometimes pages and pages of text from a website.
When this happens, the terminal goes ...
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Copy and Paste from Clipboard to URxvt
I use URxvt on my netbook, and I'd like to be able to paste to it from my clipboard, not only the primary buffer. Shift+Insert is fine for pasting from buffer, and selecting is fine for copying to ...
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GNU screen, vim, and urxvt with 256 colours. gnu
I have defined
urxvt*color0: #000000
urxvt*color8: #777777
in my $HOME/.Xdefault. Using vim (console not gvim), this gives me a light grey for strings in bash scripts when I use urxvt. ...
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terminal transparency, Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem
I use Ubuntu Natty, urxvt (with 256 colours), and Imagemagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparancy (-tr) option on urxvt, I get the Ubuntu X ...
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Gentoo+urxvt+terminus: How do I change font version?
In my Debian installation I can type extended ASCII characters such as åäö by default using the terminus font, however in Gentoo I can't get it to work so far. Nothing happens when I hit those keys, ...
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Linux: How to set default directory of terminal emulators?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, my terminals (gnome-terminal and urxvt) start in "/" instead of "~"
What can cause this behavior?
I imagine that the working directory of Gnome or X is set to "/", ...
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Where can I find reference for urxvt .Xresources config options?
I'm trying to configure urxvt, running Arch and xfce, but can seem to find a list of all aviable .Xresources urxvt configuration options anywhere.
Where can I find one?
Thanks!
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Getting a sane terminal going on OS X [closed]
I am normally a Linux user and my default terminal is urxvt, but because of school (office documents and so) I bought a new laptop - a Macintosh. I think the system itself works nicely, though the ...
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GNU Screen affects the display of my terminal
I am using urxvt and running screen. My issues:
Underlining - some of the scripts I run have colored output. They are fine if I'm just running through urxvt, but when in screen, they are ...
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GNU Screen - Removing vim window after quit
I use urxvt with GNU screen with X11 on my mac. I like it a lot. My only issue, is that when I quit vim, it puts the shell prompt underneath the vim window. This isn't a huge issue, but it ...
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How Can I Make urxvt Transparent in X11 on Mac OS X
I've installed the latest version of X11 (XQuartz 2.5.3) and urxvt with Macports. I want urxvt to be transparent and borderless. My ~/.Xdefaults looks like this:
urxvt*foreground: #ffffff
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Terminal proxy or screen without terminal emulation
How can I make terminal applications immune to terminal emulator close, but still able to use all virtual terminal features?
\begin{UPDATE}
I want my terminal application remain alive and accessible ...
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problem with zsh interactive shell
When I use zsh in interactive mode, I get some glitches. This mainly happens when the command spills over onto a new line and I use backspace, with backspace leaving behind some glitches on the screen ...
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Tunning scrolling in urxvt
I'm using rxvt-unicode version 9.06 at Ubuntu 9.10. I was used to aterm, where you can use SHIFT + up/down arrow to scroll the printed output with a line up or down. You can also use SHIFT + ...
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How do I save the scrollback buffer in urxvt?
Is there a way to save the scrollback buffer to a file in urxvt?
Alternatively: Is there a way to copy the scrollback buffer to the X clipboard?
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Urxvt flashes when running over SSH on Xming
I have a windows 7 computer running Xming 6.9.0.31. I connect to my linux box running Ubuntu Server 9.10 with plink and run urxvt. It starts up and works perfectly however the urxvt screen flashes ...
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Mouse wheel scrolling in less and vim using urxvt
I have started working with rxvt-unicode (aka urxvt) but found an issue with mouse-wheel scrolling, as compared to gnome-terminal and konsole. The mouse wheel works fine for going through the ...
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How do I stop urxvt adding a '+' when the line wraps
I've been experimenting with uxrvt recently as a potential replacement for gnome-terminal. One problem I'm having with it is inserting continuation characters when a line wraps around. This is a ...
