Re: xterm font and other options

2023-08-21 Thread Max Nikulin
On 21/08/2023 16:16, Karl Vogel wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:38:34PM -0400, Max Nikulin wrote: Xterm configuration options may be put to ~/.Xresources, e.g. xterm*VT100.faceName: ... I am curious if there are actual advantages of usage a wrapper script instead of xresources. ... #

Re: xterm font and other options

2023-08-21 Thread Karl Vogel
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:38:34PM -0400, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 20/08/2023 14:55, Karl Vogel wrote: > > #!/bin/sh > ... > > # -fa 'xft:...' font size and weight > ... > > ( $XTERM $geo $topts -fa "$FONT" -title "Remote" ) & > > Xterm configuration options may be put to ~/.Xres

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-08 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 09:10:21AM +0200, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > zhang zhengquan writes: > > >Thanks, then maybe 10x20 is just small for me... > > To verify that the correct resources are being used, run > "xterm -fn 10x20". This will start an xterm with that font, > or display an error th

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-08 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 06:34:46AM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > zhang zhengquan writes: > > >Thanks, then maybe 10x20 is just small for me... > > To verify that the correct resources are being used, run > "xterm -fn 10x20". This will start an xterm with that font, > or display an error th

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-08 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 05:42:49AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 08 Apr 2009, zhang zhengquan wrote: > > 2009/4/8 Rob Starling : > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > >> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >> > On Tue, Apr 0

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
zhang zhengquan writes: >Thanks, then maybe 10x20 is just small for me... To verify that the correct resources are being used, run "xterm -fn 10x20". This will start an xterm with that font, or display an error that it cannot find the font. If this gives you a different font to what you norma

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 08 Apr 2009, zhang zhengquan wrote: > 2009/4/8 Rob Starling : > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > >> > > I think I have a

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/8 Rob Starling : > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> > > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything, >

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Rob Starling
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything, > > > so how can I tell my dpi

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > [...] > > > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything, > > so how can I tell my dpi is low? > > Run > > xdpyinfo | grep -E 'dim|resol' dim

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: [...] > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything, > so how can I tell my dpi is low? Run xdpyinfo | grep -E 'dim|resol' and check if it shows the dimensions of your screen correctly. -- Regards,

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:14:33PM -0700, Mike Castle wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Zhengquan Zhang > wrote: > > I put in my .Xdefauts > > XTerm*font:10x20 > > Are you sure your .Xdefaults is being loaded? Depending on how you I think so. xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults is in my startup scrip

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > I put in my .Xdefauts > XTerm*font:10x20 Are you sure your .Xdefaults is being loaded? Depending on how you set things up, it's mere existence is not always sufficient. Actually, in looking in the files under /etc/X11, it looks like it loa

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 09:44:18AM +1200, Spiro Harvey wrote: > Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > > but the font is still too small for me and I would like to make it > > larger but I don't know what font sizes are available. > > Could anyone have any pointers on this? > > look in /usr/share/fonts/X11/ fo

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread Spiro Harvey
Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > but the font is still too small for me and I would like to make it > larger but I don't know what font sizes are available. > Could anyone have any pointers on this? look in /usr/share/fonts/X11/ for fonts.alias files. but if 10x20 is too small for you, then you've eithe

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
all three mouse buttons have popup menus, right one (mouse button 3) is the one that pop-ups the font menu (just size of font). you can also specify font to use at startup (see man xterm). erik Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > Jack Morgan wrote: > > > I want to make my Xterm font bigge

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
Jack Morgan wrote: > I want to make my Xterm font bigger. I tried control + middle mouse > click but didn't see any option to change the font as the FAQ says. Any > pointers to appropriate docs would be great > Thanks! To quick change the font size try "SHIFT +" and "SHIFT -" using the "+" and "-

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Jack Morgan
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:46:47PM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote: > > I want to make my Xterm font bigger. I tried control + middle mouse > > click but didn't see any option to change the font as the FAQ says. Any > > pointers to appropriate docs would be great > > Thanks!

Re: Xterm Font

2000-12-01 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:46:47PM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote: > I want to make my Xterm font bigger. I tried control + middle mouse > click but didn't see any option to change the font as the FAQ says. Any > pointers to appropriate docs would be great > Thanks! Ctrl-Right Button works here (other b

Re: xterm font is W I D E

1998-12-20 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 11:54:36PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I've got a couple of boxes running hamm. One has KDE as the wm (excuse me, > "environment"), and the other has FVWM. On both of them, when X starts, > the default xterm window looks great, but if I open another one, the > window is very w

Re: xterm font is W I D E

1998-12-17 Thread Keith Beattie
Kent West wrote: > > Anyone know where I can fix second and third and etc xterm windows to look > like my first one? > I believe that the "correct" way to do this is to add xterm resource settings to your ~/.Xdefaults (which some people preferr to call ~/.Xresources) file. This is a method of s

Re: xterm font is W I D E

1998-12-17 Thread Frank Smith
Having an xterm with widely-spaced fonts is usually an indication that you are trying to use a proportional font instead of a fixed-width font. This can confuse the X server if it can't handle proportional fonts or the fon't doesn't have the width information necessary. I don't think most xterms c

Re: xterm font is W I D E

1998-12-17 Thread Kent West
At 09:43 AM 12/17/1998 +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > >> I've got a couple of boxes running hamm. One has KDE as the wm (excuse me, >> "environment"), and the other has FVWM. On both of them, when X starts, >> the default xterm window looks great, but if I open another one, the >> window is very wid

Re: xterm font is W I D E

1998-12-17 Thread Helge Hafting
> I've got a couple of boxes running hamm. One has KDE as the wm (excuse me, > "environment"), and the other has FVWM. On both of them, when X starts, > the default xterm window looks great, but if I open another one, the > window is very wide and the font is widely spaced, l i k e t h i s. I've