Re: xterm font size

[Paolo <oopla@users.sf.net>]

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
...

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paolo