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Perl extensions in urxvt crash or freeze #630

Closed fpqc closed 6 years ago

fpqc commented 8 years ago

I have urxvt loading some standard perl scripts for clickable links, yet when I do actually click links, urxvt appears to freeze up, and the urxvtd process in the task manager shows as suspended. 

! Perl extensions
URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,matcher
URxvt.matcher.button:       1
URxvt.urlLauncher:          links2

The same thing happens with choosing, for example, Firefox. Is this a Perl problem, Xming problem, or WSL problem?

For the record, doing links2 <url> and firefox <url> both do correctly launch the url in the correct app.

Also, launching urxvt with the "kuake" perl extension simply quits it instantaneously.

therealkenc commented 6 years ago

@fpqc - maybe confirm your urxvt scenario works in April update. This one went chirping crickets two years ago.

fpqc commented 6 years ago

@therealkenc Oh I have not the foggiest idea of how I had it set up at the time. Since the WSLBridge came out, I have had no interest in running a native-through-X terminal emulator (vcxsrv has weird layer-ordering problems with the Windows layering system that makes quake-style functionality seriously broken).

I also went back into academia in October, so I have a lot less time to test these things while pretending to work… 😉

I've got it on my radar. I'll try to test it on a sleepless night or something.

therealkenc commented 6 years ago

I've got it on my radar. I'll try to test it on a sleepless night or something.

Make it mostly "or something". There's too good a chance it works now to take the effort, and there is an even better chance you are the only one who tried the "kuake perl extension" (whatever that is) with urxvt on WSL.

The only reason I pinged you was (a) [mostly] because it was you, and (b) on the chance you knew whether urxvtperl extensions work now offhand. Closed by fiat is good enough for this one.