Re: can I change the font of default "xterm"?
>>>>> "Kent" == Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:
> john smith wrote:
>> thanks. mind telling me the "other ways" that you have said
>> before?. I tried fontser but I don't like the way how it
>> handles things.
>>
>> >From: Kent West <westk@acu.edu> >Reply-To:
>> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu >To: john smith
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>> >Subject: Re: can I change the font of default "xterm"? >Date:
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>> <[🔎] 20000411085138.31578.qmail@hotmail.com> > >john smith wrote: >
>> > > I'd like to know if I can change the font of xterm. xterm
>> is the default >pty > > terminal on the initial boot right? or
>> am I mistaken? I would like to >use my > > ttf font for the
>> default terminal (whichever it boots into before the >xdm > >
>> login prompt) since I have configured xfstt font server
>> properly.is this > > possible? > > > > Thanks. > >You use the
>> term "xterm", which is a terminal for X, but you describe a
>> >console >terminal. Assuming you mean the console, and not an X
>> terminal, you might >try >installing fonter, which is a
>> "point"-and-click font selector thingie. >There are >other
>> ways to do it, but that might get you started. > >
> To be honest, I don't remember. I know that when I first started
> out with Linux I found some text file somewhere that allowed me
> to change the console fonts, but now in response to your
> question I've done a little bit of looking around and don't see
> what I remember seeing before, so it may be that things have
> changed since then.
I believe that editing .Xresources will allow you to change the fonts
of various Xclients. I know it does for emacs anyways. There was a
thread earlier about changing fonts for netscape.
2bits.
Marshal
> Since I don't remember how to do it, I'm CCing this to the
> Debian list so maybe someone else can provide an answer.
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