Re: Nedit - forcing readable font size
On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 09:54:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > -font font, -fn font
> > Font for text being edited. Font for menus and dialogs can
> > be set with -xrm "*fontList:font".
>
> -xrm "*fontList:font". ????????????????????????????
I'm assuming you're asking how to figure out the name of a font to use.
The "xlsfonts" command can be used to give a list of font names. I'm not
sure how helpful that is, but it's a starting point.
I don't use nedit, but when I launch terminals with a -font argument,
I usually stick with the "WIDTHxHEIGHT" font names.
hobbit:~$ xlsfonts | grep '[0-9]x[0-9]'
10x20
12x24
12x24kana
12x24romankana
5x7
5x8
6x10
6x12
6x13
6x13
6x13bold
6x9
7x13
7x13bold
7x13euro
7x13eurobold
7x14
7x14bold
8x13
8x13bold
8x16
8x16kana
8x16romankana
9x15
9x15bold
heb6x13
heb8x13
Maybe try some of those. E.g. "xterm -font 9x15" or the nedit equivalent
may be helpful. If none of those is acceptable, you may try the longer
font names.
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