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| 4 | been re-written in C++. |
4 | been re-written in C++. |
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| 6 | - the options used in the ./reconf script should work. everything else |
6 | - the options used in the ./reconf script should work. everything else |
| 7 | might be broken. |
7 | might be broken. |
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| 9 | - wchar_t MUST be UNICODE or ISO-10646-1 on your system, or various |
9 | - wchar_t MUST be UNICODE or ISO-10646-1 on your system, or various things |
| 10 | things will break down. On GNU/Linux, this is true, on Solaris, |
10 | will break down. On GNU/Linux, this is true, on Solaris, this is true |
| 11 | this is true only for "@ucs" locales, but you should have plenty of them. |
11 | only for "@ucs" locales, but you should have plenty of them. |
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| 13 | - rxvt ALWAYS expects utf-8 input, regardless of the locale, currently. |
13 | - rxvt will use unicode internally, but does input/output in the current |
| 14 | so only start it in a utf-8-locale: "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 rxvt" etc.. |
14 | locale. so get a utf-8 terminal, use "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 rxvt" or |
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15 | equivalent. |
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17 | - you can specify a different locale to be used for your input method |
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18 | using the imLocale ressource or switch, e.g.: |
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19 | LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 rxvt -imlocale ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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| 16 | - "-fn" commandline switch and *.font ressource accepts a comma |
21 | - "-fn" commandline switch and *.font ressource accepts a comma |
| 17 | seperated list of fontnames: |
22 | seperated list of fontnames: |
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| 19 | x:9x15bold a x11 font |
24 | x:9x15bold a x11 font |
| 20 | 9x15bold the same |
25 | 9x15bold the same |
| 21 | xft:Andale Mono a xft font |
26 | xft:Andale Mono a xft font |
| 22 | xft:Andale Mono:pixelsize=20 |
27 | xft:Andale Mono:pixelsize=20 |
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| 24 | - the _first_ font in the list selects the cell width/height. All other fonts |
29 | - the _first_ font in the list selects the cell width/height. All other |
| 25 | must be smaller or same sized, or they will be ignored or worse. xft fonts |
30 | fonts must be smaller or same sized, or they will be ignored or worse. |
| 26 | will automatically be rescaled. |
31 | xft fonts will automatically be rescaled. |
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| 28 | - the fonts will be tried in the order given when searching for a font |
33 | - the fonts will be tried in the order given when searching for a font |
| 29 | to display a specific character. if you are e.g. mainly interested in |
34 | to display a specific character. if you are e.g. mainly interested in |
| 30 | japanese you might want to put a japanese font first to get the ascii |
35 | japanese you might want to put a japanese font first to get the ascii |
| 31 | characters in it. If you are mainly interested in a text terminal and |
36 | characters in it. If you are mainly interested in a text terminal and |
| 32 | only want to display other characters you should put a ascii/is8859 text |
37 | only want to display other characters you should put a ascii/is8859 text |
| 33 | font first (e.g. "9x15bold") and let rxvt sort it out. |
38 | font first (e.g. "9x15bold") and let rxvt sort it out. |
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| 35 | - xft fonts require gobs of memory and generally are slow |
40 | - xft fonts require gobs of memory and generally are slow. try not to |
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41 | antialias them ("Font:antialias=false") when possible. Often looks better, |
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42 | too. |
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| 37 | - src/defaultfont.C lists the fallback fonts that are tried when a character cannot |
44 | - src/defaultfont.C lists the fallback fonts that are tried when a |
| 38 | be displayed with the current list of fonts. |
45 | character cannot be displayed with the current list of fonts. |
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| 40 | Marc <rxvt@plan9.de> |
47 | Marc <rxvt@plan9.de> |
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