Re: The urxvt experiment

On Fri, 31 May 2024 08:55:55 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
wrote in <v3chct$27umk$1@dont-email.me>:

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On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:57:24 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
<OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
wrote in <v3ap7m$1rlo4$1@dont-email.me>:
>

I decided to replace xfce4-terminal with urxvt (rxvt-unicode). No real
issues,
just some usage differences like no right-click to copy URLs, and
using Ctrl-Alt-C to copy text to paste into a browser, and Ctrl-Alt-V
to paste it into urxvt. That was on the out-of-date Ubuntu laptop.
 
Note: I use the Super-T to spawn a terminal with tmux running in it.
 
On Arch Linux, running urxvt with tmux yields an output of
 
    "10;rgb:2000/ff00/2000]11;rgb:0000/0000/0000"
 
which is presented as a command. Have to hit Enter to continue
normally.
 
Looking into it, it is not a tmux problem, but a urxvt problem.
 
I found a series of Arch-related commands to patch urxvt and reinstall
it. Not important here to show them. But patching and building an Arch
package worked fine. The only real issue is why the uxrvt patch is not
yet a part of the Arch package.

>
I'm happy with xfce4-terminal, but I have it set up to give me tabs,
and gave it the extra config to have tabs at the bottom.

 
Fun project (on Fluxbox):
 
    -   Run xfce4-terminal and make a few tabs.
    -   Run another xfce4-terminal and middle-click drag it onto the
    first one;
        in Fluxbox, this creates a tab in the destination window and
        hovering over the window titles will change which one is active.
    -   Run tmux in one of the tabs.
    -   In one of the tmux panes, run vim and open files in multiple
        tabs in the vim instance.
 
    The result:
 
        https://imgur.com/a/FPVCLIl
 

I also use unicode glyphs at the beginning of my window title strings
in my bash prompt, and they propagate to the window title.  Makes it
easier to identify which terminal window is on which host.

It's tab inception!  😆️

Seriously though, tabs in the window manager look handy,
but I don't see myself using them very often.  I'm happy
with how xfce4 behaves -- it does the job, and gets out
of my way when I run full screen applications (usually
games).

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