Xterm window Font

Cort · 09-16-2004, 03:11 PM

How do I change the xterm window font for a user in RH 9.

Root is fine but regular users are not.

Thanks!

milir · 09-16-2004, 03:17 PM

I believe there is an option in the menu bar settings->schema->font and remember it to save as default.Hope this what you want and i am right. but i am not in my linux machine now so can't check

francio · 09-16-2004, 04:39 PM

Once in a xterm if you type "xterm -fn 9x15 &" you will start
another xterm with 9x15 fonts. For a list of fonts available
type xlsfonts. To view the letters belonging to a given font
type, type xfd.

Cheers

Cort · 09-16-2004, 10:44 PM

Thank You both very much!

Francio, how do I get the fonts to stay permanently for a single user or all users?

Tinkster · 09-16-2004, 10:55 PM

Edit (or create if it doesn't exist yet) ~/.Xdefaults
and add something like:
xterm.font: -fixed-medium-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
for individual users,
or
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
for global settings.

Cheers,
Tink

francio · 09-17-2004, 02:49 AM

Tinkster replied much better than I could :-)

Perhaps a solution I found out a few time ago can give some
additional information.
In the gnome menu I think that if you right click in "Terminal"
and select properties a window will show what is the command executed
when you lauch terminal. If it is something like "xterm &" change it
to "xterm -fn <your favorite font> &". If you type "man xterm" you
will see more options you can use to customize xterm to your style.

Have fun!

Cort · 09-17-2004, 09:45 AM

Thank You!

I will try it immediately!

Cort · 09-18-2004, 09:02 AM

Do you have to reboot to make it take effect?

Tinkster · 09-18-2004, 02:56 PM

If you're referring to the config-files: no :}

Check ~/.xsession-errors to see whether
there's any problems.

And be sure you have the capitalisation right.

Cheers,
Tink