Font on Xterm
 

Hi folks,

FC3

Which file control the fond size of Xterm window, to change it for everybody on the system? TIA

B.R.
satimis

hi there,
normally, it should be something like
btw,
would have given this info...
regards,
slackie1000

Hi slackie1000,

Tks for your advice.

The default font is too small on xterm. I have no problem to adjust it temporarily with [Ctrl]+[left and right buttons] (the mouse does not have middle button)

OR starting with;
$ xterm -fn 10x20

the font size is suitable. I tried to set it permanent on /etc/X11/Xresource by adding a line

"XTerm*font: 10x20-ISO8859-8.pcf.gz"
OR
XTerm font: 10x20-ISO8859-8.pcf.gz

Both unsuccessful. The default font was the same, without any change. Please advise what line shall I add to /etc/X11/Xresource

(Remark: the font file name was found on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/)

I read /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm before it was a big file. I have no idea how to make change there. Any advice? TIA

B.R.
satimis

hi there,
quoting "man xterm"
i suppose you should edit like a Xresources file...
regards,
slackie1000

Hi slackie1000,

Tks for your advice.

I got it. Relogin is a must as well. Tks

BR
satimis

hi there,
welcome mate...
i don't think relogin is a must...
i think you could do that...
and you will be just fine...
regards,
slackie1000

Hi slackie1000,

Noted with tks

satimis

Hi slackie1000,

Further to my previous posting, I tested the same method on BLFS 6.1 (LinuxFromScratch). The treatment was different.

/etc/X11/Xresources did not exist
/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources existed

But adding the line "xterm*font: 10x20" on it did not work. The same line should be added to;
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

as root
# xrdb -remove
bash: xrdb: command not found

# exit
$ xrdb -remove
as User it worked. It is little bid strange

Then the font on Xterm was changed permanently.

What is the next combination/figure abover 10x20, bigger font? TIA

B.R.
satimis