Re: mlterm configuration

[Darac Marjal]

On 26/01/2025 18:29, Haines Brown wrote:

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 09:35:24AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote:

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:45:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:

My attemtpts configure mlterm have no effect. For exaJmple, I create a file 
.mlterm/font with the line line: DEFAULT=20x28.
And in the file .m lterm/background is the line bg_color=linen

Well,
what you did is just the wrong syntax.

in .mlterm/font DEFAULT needs a font. Like "monospace"
according to the man .mlterm/background is not a file recognized by mlterm

Thanks, but man mlterm discuses command line options, but not syntax for a 
condfiguration file.
What seek is
   geometry = 128x30
   font = monospace-20
   bg = FAF0E6

Maybe your man page is different. https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/mlterm/mlterm.1.en.html shows the manpage as in Bookworm. There, under the section "CONFIGURATION", it states:

    Note that the configuration files are changed since version 1.9.44.

Then, under "Main Configuration File" it states:


   *bg_color=*/color/ (*-b*, *--bg*)
   <https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/mlterm/mlterm.1.en.html#bg_color=>
       Background color.

   *geometry=*/value/ (*-g*, *--geometry*)
   <https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/mlterm/mlterm.1.en.html#geometry=>
       Specify size and position of the window; see X(7)
       <https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/xorg-docs-core/X.7.en.html>.

Then, under "Font Configuration File" it states:

   The font configuration files "*font*", "*vfont*", "*tfont*",
   "*aafont*", "*vaafont*", and "*taafont*" have the following keys.

   *DEFAULT=*/font/

//

(and so on..)


So, my reading of that could be that *.mlterm/main* should read:

    bg_color=FAF0E6
    geometry=128x30

and *.mlterm/font* should read:

    DEFAULT=monospace-20

*    mlterm* loads configuration files of "*main*", "*font*", "*vfont*", "*tfont*", "*aafont*", "*vaafont*", "*taafont*", "*color*", "*key*", "*termcap*", and "*xim*" on start up.     The contents of these configuration files (other than *menu*) consist of lines of "/key/=/value/" format. Lines beginning with "*#*" are ignored. But if I could read that information (and I don't even use mlterm) maybe I've misunderstood your problem?

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