File transfer status in rxvt-unicode?

Hello,
I had mounted a cifs and had been copying some movies from one of my computers to another through the terminal (mount -t cifs comp1:/share/ ~/somemntpoint) and I realized that I had no idea about the status of the file transfer. Is there an additional package or some other way to display the status of a file transfer (mv or cp) in rxvt-unicode? I am just looking for something similar to the status bar you get when you use pacman ( [###-------------]).
After poking around the internet and the arch forums for a bit I was unable to find a solution. Hopefully this is not a stupid question.

You could have started with mv -v pr cp -v. Really doesn't matter what terminal emulator you use. Other than that I have no clue. You could check documentation for mv and cp to see if they respond to signals, although a quick browse didn't have any luck.
alias cp='cp -v'
alias mv='mv -v'
I have this in my ~/.bashrc for this reason.

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Thanks a lot to all of you for giving me suggestions.
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Screen: Cannot find terminfo entry for 'rxvt-unicode', works in root

I'm using screen (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/14519/) and it works fine under root, but it keeps saying it can't find the terminfo entry for anything when I'm under a different user ('linux', 'xterm', 'rxvt-unicode'). First I tried setting URxvt*termName: rxvt (xterm as well), then I tried copying screenrc from /etc/ and /etc/skel/ to my home directory as .screenrc, and finally I tried compiling from source as another user. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

phrakture wrote:Are you ssh'ing to another machine?
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This error typically happens when you ssh to a machine that does NOT have the terminfo installed.
I don't know if terminfo is the correct name of the package, but pacman -Qs *term* or *info* or terminfo didn't show anything.
Could you possibly post your screenrc, just so I can check?
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# Example of a user's .screenrc file
# This is how one can set a reattach password:
# password ODSJQf.4IJN7E # "1234"
# no annoying audible bell, please
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# detach on hangup
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#shell -$SHELL
# autoaka testing
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# set every new windows hardstatus line to somenthing descriptive
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# enable support for the "alternate screen" capability in all windows
# altscreen on
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terminfo xterm hs@:cs=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l
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termcapinfo wy75-42 xo:hs@
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bind ^k
bind .
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bind \\
bind ^h
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bind 'I' login on
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bind '}' history
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register [ "\033:se noai\015a"
register ] "\033:se ai\015a"
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# screen -t mail 1 mutt
# screen -t 40 2 rlogin server
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# hardstatus alwaysignore
# hardstatus alwayslastline "%Lw"
# bind = resize =
# bind + resize +1
# bind - resize -1
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# defnonblock 1
# blankerprg rain -d 100
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#essential to have it here, as this is a slow terminal.
termcap wy75-42 nx:xo:Z0=\E[?3h\E[31h:Z1=\E[?3l\E[31h
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bind ^k
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Blueman-git OBEX file transfer not working

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When I start blueman-services, the following shows up:
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Loading configuration plugins
Using GConf config backend
blueman-services version 1.99.alpha1 starting
load_plugins (/usr/bin/blueman-services:85)
['Audio', 'Network', 'Transfer']
set_page (/usr/bin/blueman-services:132)
Set page Transfer
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File "/usr/bin/blueman-services", line 159, in on_selection_changed
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File "/usr/bin/blueman-services", line 143, in set_page
inst.on_load(self.container)
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**keywords)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
message, timeout)
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local/pulseaudio-bluez4 5.0-1
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local/bluez-libs 5.23-1
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[Solved] no non-ASCII character input in rxvt-unicode

Hello everyone,
For some days now, I can't write any non-ASCII characters any more in rxvt-unicode and rxvt-unicode-patched. Unfortunately, downgrading the rxvt-unicode package doesn't seem to help. To have at least a temporary solution, I'd like to know at least which packages I could try to downgrade as well. Any ideas, anyone?
greez,
maxmin
Last edited by Maximalminimalist (2011-03-12 13:12:26)

When I try to type a non-ASCII-character I get nothing at all. This happens with my custom keyboard layout (modified programmer dvorak) and in some layouts I already tried (us: altgr-intl, ch, de and fr)
When I paste a non-ASCII characters in rxvt-unicode I get
maxmin ~ $ ?
This happens only on my x86_64 desktop which is more up to date than my i686 laptop. (I'm afraid now to do any updates.)
EDIT: I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean with locale settings. What do you mean with that?
EDIT2: Maybe just typing locale in the terminal is what you mean:
maxmin ~ $ locale
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.utf8"
LC_TIME="en_US.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.utf8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.utf8"
LC_NAME="en_US.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.utf8"
LC_ALL=
With other terminal emulators I get sometimes also nothing and sometimes right displayed but wrong interpreted character in vim. I didn't take notes while doing that but I'll try again if needed.
Last edited by Maximalminimalist (2011-03-06 21:51:23)

[SOLVED] rxvt-unicode 9.17 + tmux = visual artifacts on resize

Getting visual artifacts with the latest urxvt update.
Thinking possibly an upstream issue, but would like confirmation first.
Using dwm 6.0 with resizehints = False, if that matters.
Can anyone reproduce and/or recommend a fix?
Reproduce:
- Run tmux in rxvt-unicode 9.17-1
- Fill terminal with text, e.g. `ls -la`
- Resize window
Expected:
Actual:
Observation:
If affected window is placed behind another window (e.g. by changing tags in dwm, or by dragging another window over it), the artifacts disappear.
Edit: Solved
Temp fix:
Downgrading to rxvt-unicode 9.16.
bangkok_manouel wrote:revert patch of guilty commit: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5180682
Last edited by w0ng (2013-03-20 20:56:11)

I'm also encountering this issue after upgrading rxvt-unicode to 9.17. I'm using xmonad w/ an accordion layout so the instance of urxvt in which tmux is running is resized on focus resulting in the tmux status line not being removed from the position it was at prior to the resize. I can reproduce the problem while enlarging a floating urxvt+tmux window as well.
The problem doesn't exist after downgrading to rxvt-unicode 9.16.

[SOLVED]missing terminfo entry rxvt-unicode-256color

i've installed rxvt-unicode-patched 9.18-3 from aur. first i could not open any terminal because of missing rxvt-unicode-256color terminfo entry in /usr/share/terminfo/r. i fixed this by adding URxvt*termName: rxvt-256color into .Xresources, but as far as i understand, this is not the right thing to do.
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pacman -Qi rxvt-unicode-terminfo
Name : rxvt-unicode-terminfo
Version : 9.18-7
Beschreibung : Terminfo files for urxvt
Architektur : i686
URL : http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
Lizenzen : GPL
Gruppen : Nichts
Stellt bereit : Nichts
Hängt ab von : Nichts
Optionale Abhängigkeiten: Nichts
Benötigt von : rxvt-unicode-patched
Optional für: Nichts
Konflikt mit : Nichts
Ersetzt : Nichts
Installationsgröße: 5,00 KiB
Packer : Sébastien Luttringer <[email protected]>
Erstellt am : Fr 05 Jul 2013 15:03:33 CEST
Installiert am : Do 08 Aug 2013 23:07:11 CEST
Installationsgrund : Installiert als Abhängigkeit für ein anderes Paket
Installations-Skript : Nein
Verifiziert durch: Signatur

[SOLVED] Rxvt-unicode fails to paste PRIMARY selection owned by Vim

Urxvt almost always work with the X PRIMARY selection. i.e., if I select some
text in Firefox or other applications, I will be able to paste it in urxvt.
But Vim seems to be an exception. Steps to reproduce:
1. Select some text ("foo") in Vim, either using the mouse or in visual mode.
Leave the Vim window open.
2. In another urxvt window, press Shift-Insert, _nothing_ is pasted.
Middle mouse click has the same effect as Shift-Insert in urxvt.
3. Issue the command `xsel -po`, and the text "foo" is printed. This means
the text is indeed what the X PRIMARY selection holds (or points to).
4. The text "foo" is also pasted in Firefox by middle mouse click.
The text "foo" is also pasted in xterm by either middle mouse click or
Shift-Insert.
5.1. If you do `xsel -po | xsel -pi`, urxvt will behave like everyone else.
5.2. Without doing 5.1, quit Vim (:q). After that, "foo" will be pasted in
urxvt by Shift-Insert.
What Vim does on quit is documented in its help (:h x11-cut-buffer):
Vim wrote:
There are, by default, 8 cut-buffers: CUT_BUFFER0 to CUT_BUFFER7. Vim only
uses CUT_BUFFER0, which is the one that xterm uses by default.
Whenever Vim is about to become unavailable (either via exiting or becoming
suspended), and thus unable to respond to another application's selection
request, it writes the contents of any owned selection to CUT_BUFFER0. If the
"+ CLIPBOARD selection is owned by Vim, then this is written in preference,
otherwise if the "* PRIMARY selection is owned by Vim, then that is written.
My guesses are:
* Urxvt somehow requires the cut buffer (CUT_BUFFER0) to sync with the
PRIMARY selection, otherwise it will fail to request the PRIMARY selection.
* The reason why text selected from applications other than Vim can be pasted
just fine in urxvt is probably that they always sync the cut buffer with the
PRIMARY selection.
I may be wrong, so please do comment.
If my conclusion proves to be right, I will file a bug report to rxvt-unicode.
Edit: This issue is fixed in rxvt-unicode 9.12.
Last edited by lolilolicon (2011-07-02 16:31:45)

lolilolicon wrote:
Urxvt almost always work with the X PRIMARY selection. i.e., if I select some
text in Firefox or other applications, I will be able to paste it in urxvt.
But Vim seems to be an exception. Steps to reproduce:
1. Select some text ("foo") in Vim, either using the mouse or in visual mode.
Leave the Vim window open.
2. In another urxvt window, press Shift-Insert, _nothing_ is pasted.
Middle mouse click has the same effect as Shift-Insert in urxvt.
3. Issue the command `xsel -po`, and the text "foo" is printed. This means
the text is indeed what the X PRIMARY selection holds (or points to).
4. The text "foo" is also pasted in Firefox by middle mouse click.
The text "foo" is also pasted in xterm by either middle mouse click or
Shift-Insert.
5.1. If you do `xsel -po | xsel -pi`, urxvt will behave like everyone else.
5.2. Without doing 5.1, quit Vim (:q). After that, "foo" will be pasted in
urxvt by Shift-Insert.
What Vim does on quit is documented in its help (:h x11-cut-buffer):
Vim wrote:
There are, by default, 8 cut-buffers: CUT_BUFFER0 to CUT_BUFFER7. Vim only
uses CUT_BUFFER0, which is the one that xterm uses by default.
Whenever Vim is about to become unavailable (either via exiting or becoming
suspended), and thus unable to respond to another application's selection
request, it writes the contents of any owned selection to CUT_BUFFER0. If the
"+ CLIPBOARD selection is owned by Vim, then this is written in preference,
otherwise if the "* PRIMARY selection is owned by Vim, then that is written.
My guesses are:
* Urxvt somehow requires the cut buffer (CUT_BUFFER0) to sync with the
PRIMARY selection, otherwise it will fail to request the PRIMARY selection.
* The reason why text selected from applications other than Vim can be pasted
just fine in urxvt is probably that they always sync the cut buffer with the
PRIMARY selection.
I may be wrong, so please do comment.
If my conclusion proves to be right, I will file a bug report to rxvt-unicode.
Hi lolilolicon,
I cannot reproduce the errors from step 2. My system has the following packages:
gvim 7.3.206-1
vim-runtime 7.3.206-1
rxvt-unicode 9.12-1
To be fair, rxvt-unicode was upgraded to 9.12 recently (I think it was sometime last week), and I also recall vim's visual mode selections NOT being paste-able into a separate urxvt window. But I guess the 9.12 update fixed things. (There are a couple regression fixes with the words "selection" to describe them @ http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes .) I tested both gvim and regular console vim (visual mode) and it all worked. I also double-checked with `xsel -po`.

[SOLVED] Highlighted text in the shell, appearance rxvt-unicode

Hi,
Short question, when I highlight text in the shell or when text get highlighted in ncmpcpp or outer app running in the shell it gets basically impossible to read. Because background to text get the same color and strength then the text.
what setting should I look for to change what it look like when I mark and highlight text in the shell?
Thank you!
All the best,
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Last edited by agkbill (2012-10-13 20:41:41)

Additional info.
I am using i3 as window manager and terminal emulator "rxvt-unicode-256color"
.xinitrc
# set the cursor
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
# set German keyboard layout
# setxkbmap -layout de
# start xmonad
#Power management turn off monitor etc
#xset dpms 0 7200 10800 &
xset -dpms; xset s off
# xloadimage laddar bakgrundsbild fick det inte att fungera tillsamans med xcompmgr som man
# använder för att få genomskinliga terminal fönster mm. Ersätter med bildvisaren "feh"
#xloadimage -onroot -fullscreen /home/christer/devices-extern/windows7/archlinux/stone_wall_ce.png
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources # Denna rad behövs ifall man vill använda TERMINAL/emulator "urxvt"
feh --bg-scale /home/christer/devices-extern/windows7/archlinux/stone_wall_ce.png
setxkbmap -layout "us, se" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle" #alt"grp:caps_toggle"
xcompmgr -c &
#xmonad
#awesome
exec /usr/bin/i3 -V -d all >~/i3log/i3log-$(date +'%F-%k-%M-%S') 2>&1
.Xresources
# transparency - true or false (default)
#URxvt*transparent: true
# tint with any color; i.e., blue, red, tomato4, olivedrab2, etc.
# some nice listings are at:
# http://www.nisrv.com/drupal/?q=node/11
# http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/colors/article.php/3478921
URxvt*tintColor: white
URxvt*inheritPixmap: true
# shading - 0 to 99 darkens, 101 to 200 lightens.
# Don't use with tintColor; just use a darker or lighter color instead.
#URxvt*shading: 40
# scrollback buffer lines - 65535 is max on most machines (64 is default)
URxvt*saveLines: 12000
# font color (default is black)
URxvt*foreground: DarkSlateGray1
# background color (prior to tinting) (default is white)
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.background: [10]#black
# Xft (X FreeType) with Bitstream, DejaVu, Liberation, or Terminus fonts:
# Fedora/debian packages: libXft/libxft2
# An anti-aliased font setup with Xft looks fantastic; it can be a bit choppy
# on older systems. You can always turn off anti-aliasing (antialias=false) if
# your terminal is sluggish. Use only ONE of the Xft pairs below:
# Xft: Bitstream fonts
# Fedora/debian packages: bitstream-vera-sans-mono-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera
#URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:hinting=true
#URxvt*boldFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:hinting=true
# Xft: DejaVu fonts
# Fedora/debian packages: dejavu-sans-mono-fonts/ttf-dejavu
URxvt*font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:hinting=true
URxvt*boldFont: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:bold:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:hinting=true
# Xft: Liberation fonts
# Fedora/debian packages: liberation-mono-fonts/ttf-liberation
#URxvt*font: xft:Liberation Mono:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true
#URxvt*boldFont: xft:Liberation Mono:bold:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true
# Xft: Terminus fonts
# Fedora/debian packages: terminus-fonts/xfonts-terminus
#URxvt*font: xft:terminus:pixelsize=15
#URxvt*boldFont: xft:terminus:bold:pixelsize=15
# Traditional fonts - a more traditional font setup in lieu of xft
#URxvt*font:-*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
#URxvt*boldFont:-*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# Replace blue folder colors with a lighter shade for clarity. To
# set colored folders and files within urxvt, xterm, and aterm, add
# the following line to your ~/.bashrc ($HOME/.bashrc) file under
# the heading "# User specific aliases and functions":
# alias ls="ls -h --color=auto"
URxvt*color4: RoyalBlue
URxvt*color12: RoyalBlue
# scrollbar - true (default) or false
URxvt*scrollBar: false
# scrollbar position - left=false (default) or right=true
URxvt*scrollBar_right: false
# scrollbar style - rxvt (default), plain, next, or xterm
URxvt*scrollstyle: plain
#Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.
URxvt*enable-fading on
URxvt*fade 50
URxvt*fadecolor black
Biggest problem is when I running console based applications like ncmpcpp or ranger.
Last edited by agkbill (2012-10-13 08:34:28)

Please rank in terms of file transfer speed between FW800 external HDs

Hello,
I have two triple interface (FW400/FW800/USB2) 1000GB external hard drives. My 17inch Macbook Pro has 1xFW800 and 1xFW400. Please rank the following in terms of speed of transferring files directly between the external hard discs:
1. Connect one to FW400 and one to FW800.
2. Daisy chain FW800.
3. Buy a 2 slot FW800 express card and connect both via this card.
4. Buy a 2 slot FW800 express card and connect one drive to this card and the other to the inbuilt FW800 port on the Macbook Pro.
Thank you very much for your replies,
Ben

For things like file transfer with large files, the internal drive will be noticeably faster, because it is a single continuous action.
For booting and running a computer, there are many things happening at once, and disk access speed is only a small part of the overall process. Other factors related to the current status of the drives, such as amount of free space and fragmentation of system-related files will have an effect as well. If you perform a brand new system installation on a newly erased external drive, the system's files will be optimally placed with plenty of free space. Compare that to your internal drive, with the existing system's files somewhat more scattered over the drive (happens over time) and less contiguous free space (happens with ongoing adding and deleting of files)... The external drive may actually run faster.
I have Mac OS X systems on external FireWire (400) and USB 2.0 drives. The internal drive feels a bit faster, but it is not something that is too noticeable. The ideal setup to optimize disk access speed is a limited size internal drive volume (it can be a partition) with the OS and apps installed. This volume should be devoted mostly to the OS and apps and have a decent amount of free space. If the drive is partitioned, use the first partition. Your personal data is then stored mostly on your the other partition (if the internal drive is partitioned) or an external drive. This keeps the OS and application files confined in one fast portion of the drive, and reduces ongoing fragmentation of files and free space, because OS and app files do not change very often, compared to user data files.
However, for most users, the benefit gained is not enough to justify the added effort and complexity. One drive with everything bunched together is simple and easy, and works fine.

[SOLVED] rxvt-unicode not switching to fullscreen

Hi there.
I just installed rxvt-unicode and wanted to activate the fullscreen toggle.
I read on the ArchWiki that I needed the urxvt-fullscreen package from the AUR:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rx … Fullscreen
After installing it I set the switch key in my ~/.Xdefaults file (Wiki says ~/.Xresources
but all other sources said .Xdefaults so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong here),
but when I press it nothing happens. Is there a log file I can check?
Here's my ~/.Xdefaults:
! to match gnome-terminal "Linux console" scheme
! foreground/background
URxvt*background: #002B36
URxvt*foreground: #839496
! black
URxvt.color0 : #000000
URxvt.color8 : #555555
! red
URxvt.color1 : #DC322F
URxvt.color9 : #DC322F
! green
URxvt.color2 : #55FF55
URxvt.color10 : #55FF55
! yellow
URxvt.color3 : #B58900
URxvt.color11 : #B58900
! blue
URxvt.color4 : #268BD2
URxvt.color12 : #5555FF
! magenta
URxvt.color5 : #D33682
URxvt.color13 : #FF55FF
! cyan
URxvt.color6 : #2AA198
URxvt.color14 : #55FFFF
! white
URxvt.color7 : #AAAAAA
URxvt.color15 : #EEE8D5
! Native transparency
URxvt.transparent: true
URxvt.shading: 23
! Adjust the scrollbar
URxvt.scrollBar: false
! Adjust the geometry
URxvt.geometry: 100x33
! Remove borders
URxvt.borderLess: true
! Font and letter spacing
! I want antialiasing!!
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=13:antialias=true
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
! Perl extensions
URxvt.perl-ext-common : default,matcher,tabbed
URxvt.urlLauncher : /usr/bin/chromium
URxvt.matcher.button : 1
! Fullscreen switch
URxvt.keysym.F11: perl:fullscreen:switch
Last edited by rubik (2012-09-02 07:36:53)

Ok, I didn't notice that message during install and it's not on the wiki, so...
But now that I added it to my .Xdefaults the behavior is the same (i.e. nothing happens).
! to match gnome-terminal "Linux console" scheme
! foreground/background
URxvt*background: #002B36
URxvt*foreground: #839496
! black
URxvt.color0 : #000000
URxvt.color8 : #555555
! red
URxvt.color1 : #DC322F
URxvt.color9 : #DC322F
! green
URxvt.color2 : #55FF55
URxvt.color10 : #55FF55
! yellow
URxvt.color3 : #B58900
URxvt.color11 : #B58900
! blue
URxvt.color4 : #268BD2
URxvt.color12 : #5555FF
! magenta
URxvt.color5 : #D33682
URxvt.color13 : #FF55FF
! cyan
URxvt.color6 : #2AA198
URxvt.color14 : #55FFFF
! white
URxvt.color7 : #AAAAAA
URxvt.color15 : #EEE8D5
! Native transparency
URxvt.transparent: true
URxvt.shading: 23
! Adjust the scrollbar
URxvt.scrollBar: false
! Adjust the geometry
URxvt.geometry: 100x33
! Remove borders
URxvt.borderLess: true
! Font and letter spacing
! I want antialiasing!!
URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=13:antialias=true
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
! Perl extensions
URxvt.perl-ext-common : default,matcher,tabbed,fullscreen
URxvt.urlLauncher : /usr/bin/chromium
URxvt.matcher.button : 1
! Fullscreen switch
URxvt.keysym.F11: perl:fullscreen:switch

[solved] rxvt-unicode-8.5a-1

Update Issue
update rxvt-unicode-8.5a-1,
[root@arch-01 jada]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: ffmpeg: local (20071009-1) is newer than extra (20070505-4)
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.
Targets: rxvt-unicode-8.5a-1
Total Package Size: 2.08 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading rxvt-unicode [#####################] 100%
[root@arch-01 jada]# pacman -Scc
Do you want to remove all packages from cache? [Y/n] y
removing all packages from cache... done.
[root@arch-01 jada]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: ffmpeg: local (20071009-1) is newer than extra (20070505-4)
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.
Targets: rxvt-unicode-8.5a-1
Total Package Size: 2.08 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
rxvt-unicode 2.1M 550.1K/s 00:00:04 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading rxvt-unicode [#####################] 100%
[root@arch-01 jada]#
It doesn't take the update! With "pacman -Syu" it will allways update again and again ...........
Last edited by JaDa (2007-11-22 19:52:08)

the problem was solved today with the new update
rxvt-unicode-8.5a-2
the right packages are now on the update server
Last edited by JaDa (2007-11-22 19:54:04)

Rxvt-unicode, TERM and visible content redraw (CTRL+L)

Hi,
I've recently switched to rxvt-unicode (from community) from gnome-terminal. The thing is that with the default TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color I can see the screen being redrawn, e.g. when I hit CTRL+L while I'm in the shell or when I use Page-Down/Up in VIM. It looks as if there was some kind of double-buffering lacking. In other words: open rxvt-unicode and when I hit CTRL+L I can see the shell prompt being redrawn (it's fast but still noticeable).
The phenomenon doesn't exist in gnome-terminal. What's even more important, it doesn't exist in rxvt-unicode when I'm in tmux (which I have set to use TERM=screen-256color inside).
What's also worth noting is that when I set TERM to screen-256color in rxvt itself (not using tmux) the flickering while the screen is redrawn is also gone. But I don't want to use it like this - it's never a good idea to mix TERM settings.
Has anyone solved this problem without setting TERM to some non-rxvt value?
Last edited by piotr.domagalski (2012-09-16 14:32:46)

thisoldman wrote:
I normally have laststatus=2, it's in my default .vimrc. I'm not surprised at a flicker from vim's status bar, the information has to be reevaluated and the characters redrawn with every cursor movement.
I don't use transparency with urxvt, could that be an aggravating factor for the prompt flicker? I also wonder if screen flicker is as noticeable with a different shell or a different prompt?
Does bash-completion affect the flicker? It used to affect the redrawing of my PS1 but I haven't had that app installed for a couple of years now.
No, I don't think it has anything to do with bash-completion. It is not a shell specific problem.
I think it's something more low level, lack of some buffering or using it if TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color. You can see this effect in many applications (mocp, vim) when you force the terminal to be redrawn with ctrl+l. There's no such flicker with gnome-terminal (haven't tested other vte-based, though).
And it's not that there's a major flaw in rxvt-unicode because by simply using tmux I can make this flickering stop in all these situations.
Last edited by piotr.domagalski (2012-09-16 17:52:59)

[SOLVED] Escape sequences instead of colors in rxvt-unicode

On a Git cheat sheet I found that I could add nice colors to Git's output, so I edited my ~/.gitconfig by adding:
[color]
ui = auto
[color "branch"]
current = yellow reverse
local = yellow
remote = green
[color "diff"]
meta = yellow bold
frag = magenta bold
old = red bold
new = green bold
[color "status"]
added = yellow
changed = green
untracked = cyan
However, when performing a git log my terminal looks like this:
ESC[33mcommit 226dcb52565b58952b78fb107d8d9def3ca396abESC[m
Merge: 8f8af9f 93341d8
where ESC's colors are reversed. So, instead of yellow commit lines it outputs everything in plain text.
What's wrong with my configuration? I am using rxvt-unicode 9.15-3.
Last edited by Marcel- (2012-12-06 13:14:12)

Someone on the mailing list said that this was due to incorrect parameters to my pager, less. Adding -R to $LESS (or deleting the variable entirely) solved this issue.

Bug?: rxvt-unicode not allowed to run top, irssi and so on

Didn't know where to post this, please tell me if I'm on the wrong place.
With the latest RXVT-unicode-package (from comunity), I'm not allowed to run programs like top, screen and irssi in it. I've tried to install it on two diferent computers, with the same result:
[kristian@localhost ~]$ top
'rxvt-unicode': unknown terminal type.
[kristian@localhost ~]$ screen
Cannot find terminfo entry for 'rxvt-unicode'.
[kristian@localhost ~]$ irssi
setupterm() failed for TERM=rxvt-unicode: 0
Can't initialize screen handling, quitting.
You can still use the dummy mode with -d parameter
I've seen this happen with earlier binary pacages of "rxvt-unicode." I'm not quite sure how I fixed i back then. I might have built it myself with a PKGBUILD from this forum.
I can't find urxvt in "/usr/share/terminfo/". I think that's what causes these problems.
EDIT: Found a cvs-vesion on the aur that works. LINK

ozar wrote:http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=14317
It's the same bug. Witch means that we'll let this thread die. (I'll mention it in the thread you liked to, yust to be shure.)
Well, I think it's the same. But the file doesn't look blank...
Thanks

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