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Subject: RE: rxvt red is displayed as white
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:23:21 -0500
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Change the defaults for rxvt by editing /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt
Also check that /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt exists and that it has reasonable
values for the colors you are using.

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Fulmer
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:23 AM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: rxvt red is displayed as white

For those of you old enough to remember Emily Litella, "Nevermind." My
Xdefaults were to blame...

> I'm at wit's end here. I'm starting cygwin as follows:
>
> @echo off
> set EDITOR=vi
> set VISUAL=vi
> set CYGWIN=codepage:oem tty binmode title C:\opt\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe 
> -geometry 120x35 -title "Korn Shell" -bg 7 -fg
> 18 -sr -sl 1500 -e /usr/bin/ksh -l
>
> I've tried a bazillion different TERM settings and with each one I 
> have the same problem. While editing files in vi, my string literals 
> which are set to appear as red, appear as white. This problem appears 
> only on my laptop. On windows servers that I log into via 
> RemoteDesktop, I don't have this problem. My strings appear as red. 
> I've copied configs from those servers to my laptop and still my 
> strings appear as white. My laptop is capable of displaying red. It just
doesn't do it in rxvt. Any thoughts?
>
> Jeff
>


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