urxvt looks terrible

[mimosa]

I undertook to package rxvt-unicode, and all seems fine - except that when I tested the version in the repos, its default configuration is awful. For a start, it's black-on-white. When I tried to run screen, I was told

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$TERM too long - sorry.

And it has this clunky scrollbar all down the left side.

I see that urxvt is the default terminal emulator in Salix FLuxbox - and I also seem to remember it in Salix Openbox Beta, where it was the total opposite, slick and attractive and very very black. IIRC.

Is this config done in user-settings-{edition}? Suppose someone wanted to use it in Xfce or Ratpoison? I have a vague memory of trying and being frustrated ... more to the immediate point, it makes testing the package hard. I should emphasise that I haven't built it yet - this is the one from the repos.

I'd be grateful for any pointers - perhaps to a glitzy .urxvtrc somewhere?

[gapan]

I undertook to package rxvt-unicode, and all seems fine - except that when I tested the version in the repos, its default configuration is awful. For a start, it's black-on-white. When I tried to run screen, I was told

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$TERM too long - sorry.

And it has this clunky scrollbar all down the left side.

I see that urxvt is the default terminal emulator in Salix FLuxbox - and I also seem to remember it in Salix Openbox Beta, where it was the total opposite, slick and attractive and very very black. IIRC.

Is this config done in user-settings-{edition}? Suppose someone wanted to use it in Xfce or Ratpoison? I have a vague memory of trying and being frustrated ... more to the immediate point, it makes testing the package hard. I should emphasise that I haven't built it yet - this is the one from the repos.

I'd be grateful for any pointers - perhaps to a glitzy .urxvtrc somewhere?

Look here: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/13.37/sou ... box.tar.gz
inside .Xresources and .bashrc.

[Tim CowChip]

~/.Xdefaults

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 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 !
 !	U R X V T - Setting
 !
 !real transparency with active compositor
 !URxvt*depth:                          32
 !URxvt*background:                     rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd
 !
 URxvt*scrollBar:                       false
 !URxvt*scrollColor:                    grey13
 !URxvt*troughColor:                    black
 !URxvt*scrollBar_floating:             true
 !URxvt*scrollBar_right:                true
 URxvt*cursorColor:                     darkorange1
 URxvt*foreground:                      grey75
 URxvt*background:                      grey15
 URxvt*saveLines:                       7777
 URxvt*cursorBlink:                     false
 URxvt*termName:                        rxvt-256color
 URxvt*font:                            xft:Dejavu Sans Mono:pixelsize=10.5
 URxvt*boldFont:                        xft:Dejavu Sans Mono:pixelsize=10.5
 URxvt*colorBD:                         orange
 URxvt*transparent:                    true
 URxvt*shading:                        33
 URxvt*tintColor:                      turquoise
 URxvt.cutchars:                        ()*,<>[]{}|`""''
 !URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg:               6
 !URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg:               0
 !URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg:                  0
 !URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg:                  3
 URxvt*iso14755_52:			false
 URxvt.perl-ext-common:                 matcher
 URxvt.urlLauncher:                     urlLauncher $0
 !URxvt*matcher.pattern.1:  \\b(mailto:)[\\w\-\@;\/?:&=%\$_.+!*\x27(),~#]+ [\\w\-\@;\/?:&=%\$_+!*\x27()~]
 !URxvt.matcher.launcher.1:             claws-mail
 URxvt*matcher.pattern.1:   \\bhttps?:\/\/(?:(?:www.youtube|youtube).com\/watch\\?.*v=|youtu.be/)([\\w-]*)
 URxvt*matcher.launcher.1:		urlLauncher -video $0
 URxvt*matcher.pattern.2:		\\bhttps?:\/\/vimeo.com\/([\\w-]*)
 URxvt*matcher.launcher.2:		urlLauncher -video $0
 URxvt*matcher.pattern.3:		\\bhttps?:\/\/[\\w-.]*\/[\\w./?&@#-]*.(?i)(mp3|ogg|wav|wma|flv)
 URxvt*matcher.launcher.3:		urlLauncher -audio $0
 URxvt*matcher.pattern.4:		\\bhttps?:\/\/[\\w-.]*\/[\\w./?&@#-]*.(?i)(jpg|jpeg|png)
 URxvt*matcher.launcher.4:		urlLauncher -image $0

 !colors
 !black
 URxvt*color0:				#171717
 URxvt*color8:				#737373
 !red
 URxvt*color1:				#FF5E5E
 URxvt*color9:				#FF7878
 !green
 URxvt*color2:				#9CE82B
 URxvt*color10:				#9ACD32
 !yellow
 URxvt*color3:				#F0E68C
 URxvt*color11:				#EEE8AA
 !blue
 URxvt*color4:				#008AFF
 URxvt*color12:				#4F98FF
 !magenta
 URxvt*color5:				#E88CFF
 URxvt*color13:				#EDA6FF
 !cyan
 URxvt*color6:				#87CEFA
 URxvt*color14:				#B0E2FF
 !white
 URxvt*color7:				#DCDCCC
 URxvt*color15:				#FFFFFF

[mimosa]

Thank you both. That certainly improved things - though .Xdefaults was needed as well.

Curiously, the only difference in the first two files (apart from my own existing tweaks) was that the Fluxbox .bashrc contains the line

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export TERM=xterm

which seems counterintuitive if the standard terminal is urxvt.

Is there any way of including this configuration in the package? For instance, I bet there's a location in /etc where an .Xdefaults would be read it not present in ~/.

Otherwise, urxvt is practically unusable without the user configuring it.

EDIT
@TimCowchip

That file just gives me a pink screen with (I would guess) pink writing on it

[gapan]

Is there any way of including this configuration in the package? For instance, I bet there's a location in /etc where an .Xdefaults would be read it not present in ~/.

No.

Otherwise, urxvt is practically unusable without the user configuring it.

Yes.

One can always make a wiki page with configuration instructions though.

[Tim CowChip]

Try commenting out these lines:

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URxvt*transparent:                    true
URxvt*shading:                        33
URxvt*tintColor:                      turquoise

while uncommenting these lines:

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!URxvt*depth:                          32
!URxvt*background:                     rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd

note that "!" is used instead of "#" for commenting in this file.
you can use a color other than turquoise and change the depth or shading numbers.
there is a good wiki here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rxvt-unicode

[mimosa]

Thanks gapan; I'll bear it in mind, once the packaging season is over. Is it legitimate to include some sort of warning in the package description, such as:

Making urxvt usable requires per-user configuration that can't be included in the package, please search for suggestions

?

@ TimCowChip

Thanks, I'll try those. However, in xfce, your config just gives me a pink cursor, not a pink screen; so it must be something to do with how windows are handled in Ratpoison.

[Tim CowChip]

I got that .Xdefaults file from here:

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Xdefaults_setup

I just copied the urxvt part since I don't really use xterm or aterm.

You could try eliminating lines until it works.

[gapan]

Thanks gapan; I'll bear it in mind, once the packaging season is over. Is it legitimate to include some sort of warning in the package description, such as:

Making urxvt usable requires per-user configuration that can't be included in the package, please search for suggestions

?

Sure. You could also include a README you write with instructions in the package and also add sample configuration files in /usr/doc.

[mimosa]

Well, if no-one's in a tearing hurry for this package, I think I'll take my time over it then, and try and do something along those lines. However, apart from that, it's basically ready to go.