[Gllug] rxvt setting default for -sl

[Richard Cohen]

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On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Steve Nicholson wrote:

> Is there a way I can set a larger default for savelines in rxvt?  I know I
> can start it with "rxvt -sl 200" etc, but was wondering if there is a way
> to set the default as larger with out recompiling.  I know I can set it up
> as a keybinding to do this each time I start rxvt, I can't find any
> reference to config files any where.

rxvt is configured through X resources - all the command-line options have X
resource equivelents.  The resource for -sl is called savelines... read the
rxvt man page for details on how to use this.

> Also am I correct to use rxvt rather than xterm or some other terminal
> program?  I'm using Ion window manager and have lots of terminal windows
> open, my understanding is rxvt uses a lot less space so better when you
> have lots open. I have noticed when I ssh to other servers I get terminal
> error messages when I try to run things like vi, less.  I don't get this
> if I'm using xterm to do the ssh, so use xterm when I need to use ssh. I
> don't use terminal for anything fancy, just accessing the file system
> mainly and running vi to edit files.
>
> Any words of wisdom would be happily excepted.
>
> thanks
> Steve.

Cheers
Richard


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