----- Original Message ----- | From: "Vincent Lefevre" <vinc...@vinc17.net> | To: "Thomas Dickey" <dic...@his.com> | Cc: 862...@bugs.debian.org | Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 5:13:32 PM | Subject: Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, the -fn (-font) option is ignored | | On 2017-05-07 16:29:35 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | From: "Vincent Lefevre" <vinc...@vinc17.net> | > | To: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <sub...@bugs.debian.org> | > | Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 1:23:00 PM | > | Subject: Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, | > | the -fn (-font) option is ignored | > | | > | Package: xterm | > | Version: 327-2 | > | Severity: minor | > | | > | If I define the faceName resource, e.g. with | > | | > | XTerm*faceName: Monospace | > | | > | in the .Xresources file (read by xrdb), then the -fn (-font) | > | option | > | is ignored. For instance, | > | | > | xterm -fn 7x13 | > | | > | has no effect. Options normally override the default resources, | > | but | > | this is not the case here. And the observed behavior is not | > | documented. | > | > last paragraph in this section: | > | > http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html#VT100-Widget-Resources:faceSize | > | > (it's been there quite a while, and won't be changed) | | Sorry, but I don't understand. In particular, this does not | explain the behavior when none of faceSize resources are set.
Perhaps you'll see it here: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html#VT100-Widget-Resources:renderFont Most of xterm's options work by setting resource values (there are a handful of special cases such as "-help", "-version" which do not). I can clarify the manual, but there's no reason to change the program logic (in this bug, anyway). -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
