Re: xterm font size

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 07:13:22PM -0700, Jeff D wrote: > >might make it bigger). Is there a way to tell what font my xterm is

check /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

> xterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> 
> where 14 is your size. once you find one you can create ~/.Xresources with 
> this:
> xterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

you can also (pre)set xterm's font menu resources - here's mine (labels in IT, good for my 800x600):

#--[/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm]-------- ...
*fontMenu.Label: VT Fonts
*fontMenu*menuLabel.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-
*
*fontMenu*font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
*fontMenu.menuLabel.foreground: deepskyblue1
*fontMenu*fontdefault*Label: Predefinito
*VT100*font: 7x13euro
*fontMenu*font1*Label: Illeggibile
*VT100*font1: nil2
*IconFont: nil2
*fontMenu*font2*Label: Micro
*VT100*font2: 5x7
*fontMenu*font3*Label: Piccolo
*VT100*font3: 6x12
*fontMenu*font4*Label: Medio
*VT100*font4: fixed
*fontMenu*font5*Label: Grande
*VT100*font5: 8x16
*fontMenu*font6*Label: Esagerato...
*VT100*font6: 9x15
*fontMenu*fontescape*Label: Sequenza Escape
*fontMenu*fontsel*Label: Selezione
!fontescape and fontsel overridden by application
*fontMenu*font-doublesize*Label: Ingrossa caratteri
*fontMenu*font-loadable*Label: VT220 Soft Fonts
...

--
paolo


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