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izder456
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 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:31 am Post subject: urxvt transparent on second launch, not set transparent |
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hello, i have a IceWM gentoo install with urxvt as my default terminal emulator. i have clearly defined in .Xdefaults that the terminal window not be transparent. the window's background isn't transparent upon first launch. but, once cleanly closing the terminal windows with an `exit` command, and opening the window of urxvt back up the window starts trasparent, and neither pywal or my .Xdefaults fix the issue, and the window is transparent.
here is my .Xdefaults:
| Code: | !enabling clicking on links in the terminal
URxvt*perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt*url-launcher: /usr/bin/xdg-open
URxvt*matcher.button: 1
!no scrollbar (urxvt comes with one by default but its useless
URxvt*scrollBar: false
URxvt*scrollBar_right: false
URxvt*scrollBar_floating: false
! make *damn* sure transparency is disabled, currently doesnt work
URxvt*transparent: false
URxvt*shading: 255
!specific window size (default window size that the terminal opens with)
URxvt*geometry: 100x30
!font
URxvt*font: -*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |
i've noticed that running a xrdb ~/.Xdefaults before the exit command when i want to close the window fixes this issue. I just don't want to have to do this every time.
thanks
~izder |
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trilithium
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| Does it work the way you want if you rename the file .Xdefaults to .Xresources? You may need to restart X after changing the name to see whether it makes any difference. |
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izder456
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| trilithium, I just tried that. looks like urxvt compains about not finding the `.Xdefauls` file. it might be using the old way of loading X settings. |
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trilithium
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| If you have some software that insists on .Xdefaults being present, leave the file for now. Try adding your custom urxvt options to a new .Xresources file, restart X and see if urxvt cooperates better. .Xresources is the better way to specify options, it is more efficient and less reliant on applications doing the right thing. |
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izder456
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| Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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i tried copying the contents of .Xdefaults into .Xresources, the issue still happens. to clarify, it is urxvt that complains about .Xdefaults missing, seems as if urxvt depends on .Xdefaults existing. theres gotta be a clearer way to fix this like a USE flag or something and recompiling...
sorry about the late response, a lot of stuff came up in my personal life and haven't gotten the chance to read the reply
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trilithium
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| Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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You did restart X after creating .Xresources? Does running xrdb still resolve the issue in this new configuration?
When you start X it reads .Xresources into memory and applications like urxvt can access the configured options through an API. Applications are supposed to check for .Xdefaults if options were never read into memory, e.g. because .Xresources is missing. By running xrdb manually you emulated what X usually does at startup, which fixed the issue temporarily. |
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izder456
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| Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Correct i did restart X11. I actually did it two ways. Restarting the display-manager openrc service. And rebooting. Neither of which fixed the issue |
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