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medianmajik

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Registered: 2010-05-27

Posts: 53

Urxvt config problems

I've set up Urxvt as a daemon within Openbox.  I used the wiki to setup the Urxvtc script to run my default terminal and Urxvtq as the drop down alternative.  I'm having a few problems with my setup.

[Solved] 1) Xorg spits an error that perl-ext "..." is not found and I'm wondering what it is normally used for.
I now know I have this for no reason

[Solved] 2) I seem to have misconfigured .Xdefaults and .Xresources on my system.  None of the settings I place in .Xresources show up when I run Urxvt, but .Xdefaults works just fine.  Turns out I need just execute a merge as mentioned by Anonymous.

My .Xdefaults

URxvt.buffered: true
URxvt.perl-ext-common:  default,tabbed,clipboard
URxvt.perl-ext:      default,url-select
URxvt.keysym.M-u:    perl:url-select:select_next
URxvt*urlLauncher:      /usr/bin/chromium
URxvt.perl-ext-common: keyboard-select
URxvt.keysym.M-Escape: perl:keyboard-select:activate
URxvt.keysym:M-s: perl:keyboard-select:search
URxvt*matcher.button:   1
URxvt.matcher.rend.0: fg16 RS_Uline
URxvt.title: Urxvt
URxvt.cursorColor: #5E468C
URxvt.internalBorder: 4
URxvt.underlineURLs: true
URxvt.depth:      32
URxvt.foreground: white
URxvt.background: rgba:1000/1000/1000/dddd
URxvt.jumpScroll:               true 
URxvt.multiScroll:              true

!-- Xft settings -- !
Xft.dpi:        96
Xft.antialias:  true
Xft.rgba:       rgb
Xft.hinting:    true
Xft.hinstyle:   hintslight

! borderless and no scrollbar
URxvt*scrollBar_right: false
URxvt*scrollBar: false
URxvt*borderLess: true

! teh transparency stuff
URxvt*inheritPixmap: false
URxvt*tintColor: #FFFFFF
URxvt*shading: 90
URxvt.fade:      20 +sb

! font setup
URxvt.font:xft:inconsolata:medium:pixelsize=12
URxvt.boldFont:xft:inconsolata:bold:pixelsize=12
!URxvt.font:     -*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
!URxvt.boldFont: -*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16*-*-*-*-*

! -- Xterm settings -- !
xterm*toolBar: false
xterm*scrollBar: false
xterm*rightScrollBar: false
xterm*background: #1A1A1A
xterm*foreground: #A9A9A9
xterm*font:xft:inconsolata:medium:pixelsize=12
xterm*geometry: 80x30 

3) Sometimes when switching back and forth between desktops my transparent Urxvt terminals will become invisible.  I can select them from the pager, but see nothing.  If I switch between desktops a couple times the transparent terminal will appear again.  Is the problem in .Xdefaults or more likely the unmaintained Xcompmgr?  Using feh to set background image.

[Solved] 4) What is the difference between URxvt* and URxvt.  Should one be used over the other?
After searching around I realize they are just different means to the same end.

*edited for small tweaks and flow

Last edited by medianmajik (2011-01-31 06:33:43)

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anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Urxvt config problems

If you want to use .Xresources, remember to run this command:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

In order to see the changes take effect.

singenbale

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Registered: 2010-10-01

Posts: 33

Re: Urxvt config problems

1) Xorg spits an error that perl-ext "..." is not found and I'm wondering what it is normally used for.

Correct me if i'm wrong
you copy/pasted

URxvt.perl-ext-common: ...,keyboard-select

in your .Xdefaults from somewhere without realizing that "..." may indicate other perl extensions that may not have been required to be listed in that case. i-e the person was trying to say "just add keyboard-select to the end of your current extensions."
If that is the case, you can happily report it here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=11728&p=36
NOTE: I may be wrong!!!!!

medianmajik

Member

Registered: 2010-05-27

Posts: 53

Re: Urxvt config problems

If you want to use .Xresources, remember to run this command:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

In order to see the changes take effect.

Thanks Anonymous!  I know this is obvious, but I appreciate the help.

URxvt.perl-ext-common: ...,keyboard-select

in your .Xdefaults from somewhere without realizing that "..." may indicate other perl extensions that may not have been required to be listed in that case. i-e the person was trying to say "just add keyboard-select to the end of your current extensions."
If that is the case, you can happily report it here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=11728&p=36
NOTE: I may be wrong!!!!!

You are right!  Must say I've made far sadder mistakes in setting up Arch.  I'll be sure to post something to that thread in the near future.

Now just need to figure out why my transparent terminals sometimes disappear until I change virtual desktops/iconify the window.

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