Package: xterm
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge2
Severity: wishlist
Wish description:
PLEASE FORWARD TO UPSTREAM (its not realy a Debian thing)
In the Resource file we have:
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.XTerm.vt100.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font1: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--6-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font2: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font3: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font4: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font5: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.font6: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8: 3
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font1: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--6-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font2: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font3: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font4: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font5: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font6: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
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The problem is now to start XTerm with a desired font size since the
option "-fn" or "-font" is marked as deprecated and using it will
automaticaly switch the "scalable" font in the menus to the font given
on the commandline which will have undesired results (VERY BIG SIZE).
What I like to see is an option, which keet the two above resource
settings for normal and unicode fonts sizes but let the $USER choose
with which size (1 to 6) to start.
This has the benefit if the resource ".XTerm.vt100.utf8: 3" is used
since I can run XTerm with whatever locale I have choosen without
changing the font (normal/unicode) manualy.
Example:
Currently, if I choose ".XTerm.vt100.utf8: 0" or "-u8" and I want to
set the XTerm to a specific font size:
-fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
but now if I want to runn XTErm wirh an iso8859 locale and the same font
size I have to use
-fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15
which is realy anoying
A better solution is definitivly to set up the desired
.XTerm.vt100.utf8Font
.XTerm.vt100.font
and use only for example
xterm -fontsize 4
for example, which mean, XTerm will determiner which locale (normal/
unicode) I use and choose the right registry and encoding.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.1
Kernel Version: Linux michelle1.private 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sa GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime library
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.1-2 generic font configuration library (shared l
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-6 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management library
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous extension libr
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing library for X
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous utility librar
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client library
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration dat
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client data
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