FW: special font characters in rxvt
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Mar 25 18:40:00 GMT 2010
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
>> ‘)â€
>> 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?
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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