On Tuesday 27 December 2005 05:54, Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote on Dec, 26: > > [...] > > > > I decided to switch from xfce4-terminal to mrxvt but I can't get it > > > to display properly ncurses-based applications, such as mutt or > > > aptitude. The problems are: > > > > > > 1. Line-drawing characters, such as the ones mutt uses in threads, > > > or aptitude to draw boxes, are displayed as boxes and other > > > ugly-looking glyphs. 2. The cursor disappears when mutt or aptitude > > > are running. > > [...] > > > > Here's my ~/.mrxvtrc: > > > > > > mrxvt.xft: true > > > mrxvt.xftAntialias: true > > > mrxvt.xftNomFont: true > > > mrxvt.xftFont: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono > > > mrxvt.xftSize: 9 > > > mrxvt.scrollBar: false > > > > Just tried mutt in mrxvt and it works fine here. > > mutt 1.5.11-4 > > mrxvt 0.4.1-3 > > So you track etch. I track sid but I downgraded mrxvt and still no joy. > > > I did not set up an .mrxvtrc file though... > > You'll be using the default font, then, whatever it is. What I notice > is: when the font doesn't have the line-drawing glyphs, some terminal > emulators get approximations. konsole and xfce4-terminal do that, but > mrxvt doesn't seem to. > > Thanks for taking the time to answer ! > Paulo
This may or may not help. I had a similar issue with mc (file manager) when using rxvt as the terminal. Rather than keep looking in the terminal options, have a look at the man page for the application. I came up with starting mc with the -a or -x parameters and the ugliness went away. Mutt may have a similar solution in its options. Paul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
