X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Message-id: <4BABACA9.4070004@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:34:17 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: FW: special font characters in rxvt References: <4067829B4871054DB7E77A511FCE9224013E3E5B AT exch-emp DOT campus DOT georgefox DOT edu> In-reply-to: <4067829B4871054DB7E77A511FCE9224013E3E5B@exch-emp.campus.georgefox.edu> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 3/25/2010 2:27 PM, Gary Spivey wrote: > > I am running Cygwin on Windows 7. When I use the bash terminal, all of > the font characters look fine – man pages render with color and bold. > However, when I use rxvt, I cannot seem to find a font/terminal setting > that will render fonts properly. I get a lot of gobbeldy-gook in rxvt. > For example, > When I do a make and get an error, the bash shell shows … > > ‘)’ > > While the rxvt window shows > > ‘)†> > Can anybody help me set up the rxvt terminal to display fonts like the > normal cygwin bash terminal? Is it any better if you use mintty instead of poor old decrepit rxvt? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple