Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread George Georgalis
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:51:41PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no >> avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the >> command line (in a script)

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Jacob S .
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:46:55 -0500 George Georgalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:21:11PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > >> Hi, another question on the same topic... > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no > avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the > command line (in a script). maybe that's my problem? Word splitting happens after parameter

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread Steve Lamb
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:46:55 -0500 George Georgalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no > avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the > command line (in a script). maybe that's my problem? {grey@teleute:~} rxvt -fn

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-13 Thread George Georgalis
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:21:11PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: >On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> Hi, another question on the same topic... >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: >> >> >What are you using as a font name? You ju

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-12 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:40:45 -0600 Jacob S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried everything from console fonts (/usr/share/consolefonts) > to Type1. I've done an apt-cache search and I don't see any font > packages specifically for rxvt. Does anyone have any suggestions as to > what I'm missing?

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:06:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > Hi, another question on the same topic... > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > >What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X > >recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-nam

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread George Georgalis
Hi, another question on the same topic... On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:32:49PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: >What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X >recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-name). With aterm, i use the How does one specify the font: -jmk-neep alt-mediu

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Jacob S .
Thanks, Cameron. That did the trick. I was actually trying variations such as "rxvt -fn /usr/share/truetype/courier.ttf" I'll keep xfontsel in mind for future reference. Thanks again, Jacob On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:32:49 -0700 Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > What are you

Re: Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, What are you using as a font name? You just use any font that X recognizes (use xfontsel to get the font-name). With aterm, i use the font "-ormaxx-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*". I'm guessing you were just trying something like -fn "courier"? xfontsel will be your friend. Good luck, Cameron

Console fonts in rxvt

2003-02-11 Thread Jacob S .
According to the rxvt man page, you can choose a different font by using "rxvt -fn " when bringing up a new rxvt terminal. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. rxvt keeps telling me "can't load font ". I've tried everything from console fonts (/usr/share/consolefonts) to Type1. I've don