Re: xterm fonts

[cga2000 <cga2000@optonline.net>]

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 05:38:57PM EDT, Deboo ^ wrote:
> I installed a minimal X sysetm with 
> fluxbox and xterm and two other
> terminal emulators: eterm and mrxvt. 
> But all three of them give very
> small fonts. WIth xterm, I was able 
> to get a reasonable font with the
> HUGE option in the right-click menu 
> but I need bigger fonts. How do
> you exactly specify bigger fonts with 
> xterm? 

I believe that the proper way to do this with xterm is adding stuff like
this to your ~/.Xdefaults file:

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Sensible fonts
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*XTerm*Font:         -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font1:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font2:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font3:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-200-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font4:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font5:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--28-280-72-72-c-140-iso10646-1
*XTerm*font6:        -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--32-280-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1
*SimpleMenu*.font:   -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1

Considering the sheer length of X's font definitions it makes more sense
to use X resources than entering all the above at the bash prompt.

See xterm's excellent man page for more info.

You need to bounce your X session for the above to take effect .. or
do an "xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults" from a shell prompt.

> I am aware it's possible
> with -f or -fn option but what comes 
> after that? Say I wan a 10x20
> font? it doesn't work just by typing 
> -f 10x20

Maybe this was answered already but you need to check subdirectories of
/usr/share/fonts/X11/ ..  They usually have "fonts.alias" files where
such mnemonics as "fixed", "6x12", etc. are defined. 

I don't remember if there's a user-friendly way to add your own aliases
but you can probably just edit the file and add whatever suits you.

> And how do you incorporate the custom 
> xterm options in the default
> fluxbox menu? Is there something to 
> edit the menu commands?

I wish I knew .. :-)

> Also how to use the dektop icons that 
> DSL is able to use with fluxbox?
> I already installed fbdesk but it 
> seems of no use at all or is it
> buggy?

ibid.

Thanks,
cga