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oldman

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Registered: 2003-12-30

Posts: 13

rxvt with 256 colours

excellent for vim users, just set t_Co=256 and you're away

pkgname=rxvt
pkgver=2.7.10
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A colour vt102 terminal emulator"
depends=('xfree86')
source=(ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums='302c5c455e64047b02d1ef19ff749141'
build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-256-color --enable-everything --with-term=linux
  make || return 1
  make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}

i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: rxvt with 256 colours

Just curious, but why --with-term=linux? Does that solve the TERM=linux problem? I had to set TERM to 'rxvt' manually before it worked. If so, it may be worth a bug report for the Arch rxvt pkgbuild.

depends=('xfree86')

Now the choice is between xfree86 and xorg it seems that that should be 'x-server'.

oldman

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Registered: 2003-12-30

Posts: 13

Re: rxvt with 256 colours

TERM=linux gave me the best colours so i thought to set it as default

and u're right that should be x-server

Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 1,797

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Re: rxvt with 256 colours

If you want to change your TERM variable when you start some type of term in X, you use resources.

xterm*termName: xterm-xfree86

xterm-xfree86 is the best choice for an xterm, I never really looked at the options for rxvt terms.

Put that line in a file like ~/.Xdefaults, then in your .xinitrc have an xrdb ~/.Xdefaults somewhere near the top.

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i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: rxvt with 256 colours

I get really weird characters in the kernel's menuconfig if I use TERM=linux, and some other curses based programs have problems too. Perhaps it's a console font issue or something, no idea.