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43 How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way? 43 How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?
44 Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create the 44 Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create the
45 listening socket and then fork. 45 listening socket and then fork.
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47 How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c? 47 How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run urxvtc?
48 If you want to start urxvtd automatically whenever you run urxvtc and 48 If you want to start urxvtd automatically whenever you run urxvtc and
49 the daemon isn't running yet, use this script: 49 the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
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51 #!/bin/sh 51 #!/bin/sh
52 urxvtc "$@" 52 urxvtc "$@"
880 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 880 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
881 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output 881 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output
882 is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 882 is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
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884 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the 884 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the
885 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale, while the 885 programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale,
886 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale 886 while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes
887 to something else, e.g. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this is not 887 the locale to something else, e.g. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this
888 going to work. 888 is not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems.
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890 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely 890 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely
891 run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your 891 run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your
892 .profile. 892 .profile.
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894 printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" 894 printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too
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896 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification not 896 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification not
897 supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command which 897 supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command which
898 displays this (also, "perl -e0" can be used to check locale settings, as 898 displays this (also, "perl -e0" can be used to check locale settings, as
899 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays 899 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays

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