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Re: rxvt resources






starksb@ebi.ac.uk on 2000.07.21 07:12:01
>On Friday 14 Jul 00, Noel L Yap writes:
>> How would I set the rxvt resources the way I would using app-defaults/Rxvt?
>
>I've had good luck putting things in ~/.Xdefaults, at least with Bub's
>rxvt-2.7.2-w32c from <http://www.io.com/~bub/rxvt.html>.  You don't
>say which rxvt you are using.

Yeah, I'm running rxvt-2.7.2.  I'll give it a shot.

>> I've tried 'rxvt --scrollBar_right=true' and 'rxvt -scrollBar_right true'.
How
>> do I get the scrollbar to be on the right side?
>
>Are you sure it's possible?  The man page I have says:
>
>       scrollBar: boolean
>              True: enable the scrollbar [default];  option  -sb.
>              False:  disable  the  scrollbar;  option +sb.  Note
>              that the scrollbar position  (left/right)  and  its
>              type    (with/without   arrows)   is   compile-time
>              selected.
>
>So it appears you would have to rebuild rxvt to change this.

Hmmm.  I guess I read the docs wrong or something.

>> Also, is there a way to set CYGWIN=tty without having rxvt startup from a
>> non-hidden MSDOS shell (ie without using run)?
>
>Am I missing something?  What does the CYGWIN setting have to do with
>using 'run'?

When CYGWIN doesn't have "tty", rxvt will start an xterminal and only an
xterminal.  When CYGWIN=tty, rxvt will start a DOS shell and and xterminal.

Noel



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