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Questions tagged [urxvt]

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Font rendering issue in urxvt -- too much space between characters

Starting earlier today I am getting font rendering issues with rxvt-unicode. Specifically with many fonts I get an abundance of extra space between characters. In other fonts rxvt refuses to change sizes. Here is an example of the spacing issue…
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Set dynamic window title based on command input

I am looking for a way to dynamically set the urxvt window title based on the command input. Let's take an example. If I run mplayer http://66.197.229.245:8082 in an urxvt window, I would like the title of this window to be set to mplayer…
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How can I get better-looking fonts in my terminal (URxvt)?

I've noticed that the fonts in URxvt look a little bit low-res compared to fonts that I see in my browser, for example. I was wondering how could I fix my .Xdefaults file to make the fonts have a little bit more detail and be sharper. It might not…
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Set urxvt to work with 256 colors

I had spent so much time to try to get urxvt to work with 256 colors. I am using Ubuntu. I have followed a part of this post cd ~ infocmp -L rxvt-unicode > rxvt-unicode.terminfo vi rxvt-unicode.terminfo # Change the following from: # # …
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urxvt: scroll just one line

I can scroll a chunk of output with Shift+PageUp (or PageDown), but is there a way to scroll just one line up and down? Often, you'd like to read something that is small enough to fit in one screen, but the scrolling is so heavy handed it is…
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urxvt add padding (distance between text and border)

Is it possible to increase the space between text and border in urxvt, and if so, how? I can't find any resources on it online.
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Map Control-Shift-Tab in rxvt-unicode

I'd like to map the keybinding Ctrl+Shift+Tab in rxvt-unicode. I managed to map Ctrl+Tab as follows. The corresponding entry in .Xresources is URxvt.keysym.Control-Tab: \033[27;5;9~ Using cat -v confirms that this mapping works: $ cat…
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Debian chroot blocking PTTYs on host

I've created a Debian-based chroot environment using debootstrap under Arch Linux, and fill it with life like this: #!/bin/sh mount -t proc proc $CHROOT/proc mount -t devpts devpts $CHROOT/dev/pts chroot $CHROOT /bin/bash --login -c…
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What is the default font used in rxvt?

I have installed urxvt and I like the default font being used (white font in attached screenshot) but I can't figure out what it is. The font is not defined in Xresources or Xdefaults. I have also read that it uses one of the font in fc-list but I…
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How to set a background image for urxvt?

How do I set a tiled background image in urxvt? I have tried the following alternatives in my .Xresources file: URxvt*backgroundPixmap: /home/jgg/Pictures/tiles/escheresque_ste.png;style=tiled URxvt.backgroundPixmap:…
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Reset background to transparent with tmux?

I recently set up tmux-powerline and noticed that the background color on the status-left, if changed, refuses to go back to default and transparent (if transparency is enabled). I was able to fix the status-right (because it's before the…
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Battery Bar in URxvt?

I was looking through an ArchLinux thread on URxvt, and I came across a setup at post #184 that I am going crazy looking for. It looks like there's some kind of battery bar in the PS1, with a bitmap there too. I'm not all that new to Linux, but I…
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Defining color codes in rxvt-unicode

Using some of node.js tools like mocha in my urxvt terminal, I have some problems with coloured output. Some of the text that are using colour code 90 as you can see here will be disappeared in terminal. tput colors output is: 256 And using this…
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Terminal does not open under dwm -- is there an error log file?

I am running DWM under Arch Linux in combination with the urxvt terminal. I have a urxvt daemon running but when I press the key combination for opening a terminal window, nothing happens. Is there an error log file for DWM? Any suggestions what I…
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Open URxvt tab with shift-down, not with ctrl-t

On Debian, Shift+Down in URxvt opens new tab. But recently I started using another machine with Fedora, and here it has no effect; here Ctrl+T does that. But neither one works on both, so I'm doomed to think of where I am. Plus, I need Ctrl+T in…
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