Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, the -fn (-font) option is ignored

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

On 2017-05-07 16:29:35 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Vincent Lefevre" <vincent@vinc17.net>
> | To: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <submit@bugs.debian.org>
> | Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 1:23:00 PM
> | Subject: Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, the -fn (-font) option is ignored
> | 
> | Package: xterm
> | Version: 327-2
> | Severity: minor
> | 
> | If I define the faceName resource, e.g. with
> | 
> | XTerm*faceName: Monospace
> | 
> | in the .Xresources file (read by xrdb), then the -fn (-font) option
> | is ignored. For instance,
> | 
> |   xterm -fn 7x13
> | 
> | has no effect. Options normally override the default resources, but
> | this is not the case here. And the observed behavior is not
> | documented.
> 
> last paragraph in this section:
> 
> http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html#VT100-Widget-Resources:faceSize
> 
> (it's been there quite a while, and won't be changed)

Sorry, but I don't understand. In particular, this does not
explain the behavior when none of faceSize resources are set.

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