[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: mlterm configuration


On 26/01/2025 18:29, Haines Brown wrote:
On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 09:35:24AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote:

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:45:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:

My attemtpts configure mlterm have no effect. For exaJmple, I create a file .mlterm/font with the line line: DEFAULT=20x28.
And in the file .m lterm/background is the line bg_color=linen 



Well,
what you did is just the wrong syntax.

in .mlterm/font DEFAULT needs a font. Like "monospace"
according to the man .mlterm/background is not a file recognized by mlterm

Thanks, but man mlterm discuses command line options, but not syntax for a condfiguration file. 
What seek is 
  geometry = 128x30 
  font = monospace-20
  bg = FAF0E6

Maybe your man page is different. https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/mlterm/mlterm.1.en.html shows the manpage as in Bookworm. There, under the section "CONFIGURATION", it states:

    mlterm loads configuration files of "main", "font", "vfont", "tfont", "aafont", "vaafont", "taafont", "color", "key", "termcap", and "xim" on start up.

    The contents of these configuration files (other than menu) consist of lines of "key=value" format. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

    Note that the configuration files are changed since version 1.9.44.

Then, under "Main Configuration File" it states:


Background color.
Specify size and position of the window; see X(7).

Then, under "Font Configuration File" it states:

The font configuration files "font", "vfont", "tfont", "aafont", "vaafont", and "taafont" have the following keys.

DEFAULT=font

(and so on..)


So, my reading of that could be that .mlterm/main should read:

    bg_color=FAF0E6
    geometry=128x30

and .mlterm/font should read:

    DEFAULT=monospace-20

But if I could read that information (and I don't even use mlterm) maybe I've misunderstood your problem?

Attachment: OpenPGP_signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Reply to: