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     Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net", channel
     "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
     interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
    I use Gentoo, and I have a problem...
-    There are three big problems with Gentoo Linux: first of all, most if
+    There are two big problems with Gentoo Linux: first, most if not all
-    not all Gentoo systems are completely broken (missing or mismatched
+    Gentoo systems are completely broken (missing or mismatched header
-    header files, broken compiler etc. are just the tip of the iceberg);
+    files, broken compiler etc. are just the tip of the iceberg); secondly,
-    secondly, the Gentoo maintainer thinks it is a good idea to add broken
+    it should be called Gentoo GNU/Linux.
-    patches to the code; and lastly, it should be called Gentoo GNU/Linux.
     For these reasons, it is impossible to support rxvt-unicode on Gentoo.
     Problems appearing on Gentoo systems will usually simply be ignored
     unless they can be reproduced on non-Gentoo systems.
     We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something
     like:
        urxvt -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...'
+   Why is the cursor now blinking in emacs/vi/...?
+    This is likely caused by your editor/program's use of the "cvvis"
+    terminfo capability. Emacs uses it by default, as well as some versions
+    of vi and possibly other programs.
+    In emacs, you can switch that off by adding this to your ".emacs" file:
+       (setq visible-cursor nil)
+    For other programs, if they do not have an option, your have to remove
+    the "cvvis" capability from the terminfo description.
+    When urxvt first added the blinking cursor option, it didn't add a
+    "cvvis" capability, which served no purpose before. Version 9.21
+    introduced "cvvis" (and the ability to control blinking independent of
+    cursor shape) for compatibility with other terminals, which
+    traditionally use a blinking cursor for "cvvis". This also reflects the
+    intent of programs such as emacs, who expect "cvvis" to enable a
+    blinking cursor.
   Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction
    The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
     If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
     setting:
     You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the "readline"
     extension:
        URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
-   My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
+   My numeric keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
-    Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
+    Some Debian GNU/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
     specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is
     caused by the wrong "TERM" setting, although the details of whether and
     how this can happen are unknown, as "TERM=rxvt" should offer a
     compatible keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please
     report if that helped.
        REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
        infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
     One some systems you might need to set $TERMINFO to the full path of
-    $HOME/.terminfo for this to work. Debian systems have a broken tic which
+    $HOME/.terminfo for this to work.
-    will not be able to overwrite the existing rxvt-unicode terminfo entry -
-    you might have to manually delete all traces of rxvt-unicode* from
-    /etc/terminfo.
     If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
     "TERM=rxvt" or even "TERM=xterm", and live with the small number of
     problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
     colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
    Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
     See next entry.
    Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
     Make sure you are using "TERM=rxvt-unicode". Some pre-packaged
-    distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode by
+    distributions break rxvt-unicode by setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which
-    setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which doesn't have these extra features.
+    doesn't have these extra features. Unfortunately, some of these
-    Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian GNU/Linux)
     furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file, so
     you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I log-in
     to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on how to do
     this).
     cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
     So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
   Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
-   I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
-    The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
-    patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
-    unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
-    the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
-    version (<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>) and try to
-    reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are
-    specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via
-    the Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
-    For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
-    probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
-    bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users
-    that might encounter the same issue.
    I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
     You should build one binary with the default options. configure now
     enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
     runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling
     them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter

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