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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:47:41 -0400
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Subject: Re: rxvt in native mode, widely spaced characters
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Couldn't the native mode rxvt use a different set of app defaults?



On 5/13/08, Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> wrote:
> Lemke, Michael SZ/HZA-ZIOM1 wrote:
>
> > So my question is why does the default .../app-defaults/Rxvt specify
> > these useless fonts?  It didn't before, it seems to work nicely
> > without them, and breaks in the default settings with them.  So why
> > not toss them altogether?
>
> Because they ARE included in the cygwin-xfree distribution (just not
> installed into the *windows* font area). So the provided defaults work
> great with rxvt in X mode, and look a LOT better than the *true* default
> for X mode, the 'fixed' font.
>
> I've been meaning to change (downgrade) the app-defaults/Rxvt file to
> something that works okay with stock windows when using rxvt in native
> mode, even if it looks like crap in X mode -- the next time I make an
> rxvt package. So far, there hasn't been a reason (above and beyond this
> configuration issue) to do so.
>
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> Chuck
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