/etc/issue

jbstew32 · 12-24-2003, 12:58 AM

I used the program called figlet in the hopes of creating a neat issue file or banner for SSH logins

ie something like this:

| |_ ___ ___| |_
| __/ _ \/ __| __|
| || __/\__ \ |_
\__\___||___/\__|

but u see it ends up being all jumbled when it's pasted even though it looks fine inthe CLI. It looks fine when i copy it into pico and view it, but when i actually login, or paste it as i just did, it looks like crap.

Anyone know why?

peok · 12-24-2003, 02:01 AM

yeah. its the font being used. when you used pico, you probably had a font going in the terminal that has all the letters the same space width-wise. Look at a "w" compared to a "i" though in your browser right now. Much different huh? So in other words, the "\" and "-" and "_" all have different sizes/shapes in a non-terminal font whereas in pico they're all the same width. I don't know what a CLI is, but I hope I understood you and this makes sense.

jbstew32 · 12-24-2003, 02:04 AM

yeah i understand it now...how do i fix that? lol

anyone know what font to use? I used the gnome terminal when i did it

fr0zen · 12-24-2003, 05:04 AM

Courier New, Courier, Lucida Console, Fixed, Console. Any fixed width font is sufficient.

I'm not sure how the gnome terminal is laid out, but if it is anything like xterm, you should be able to do the following:

xterm -fa "Courier New"

^ replace xterm with the command for the gnome terminal if you dont want to use the xterm.

jbstew32 · 12-24-2003, 01:31 PM

that didnt work, i think it's deleting the / marks