[Pan-users] Re: VDQ : xterm font size -- aaarrrgghhh ...

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:12:33 +0000, walt wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:40:53 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> 
>> ...
>> All I want to do is make whatever font it has about five to seven times
>> the size it is now -- as big as I can resize its window to accommodate
>> -- and let that become the default...
> 
> Maybe this will sound familiar ;o)

        Indeed; I *thought* I recalled you being in on the earlies 
incarnation, but couldn't find the thread again. Much renewed thanks!

> Add this flag to your xterm command line:  -fn 9x15
> 
> The 'fn' means font-name as opposed to 'fs' which means font-size, and
> that may be confusing at first glance, but 9x15 really is the name as
> well as the size.   I use that particular font because I find it easy on
> my eyes.  Your taste may differ, but it's a place to start, anyway.

        Yes, I like it indeed. More thanks!

> I also add -sb to the command line, which adds a scrollbar.  xterm does
> suffer from creeping featuritis but lots of the features are pretty
> nifty.  It's also much faster than gnome-terminal if you're doing
> something that prints massive amounts of text to the terminal, e.g.
> compiling a big program.

        Hmm ... One of my machines now has a special panel drawer, with 
launchers for all the terminals I could find. When I get around to 
snooping among them, I believe I'll start with xterm. Does it also do 
colors??

        The end result is vastly improved. I'll try to remember to clone 
it onto all machines, even if I have to type it into each by hand. No, 
wait! Here it is : xterm -e -fn 9x15  -sb alpine -url %s -- now I can c&p 
from Pan on each machine into the Preferred Apps. (Ought I to re-arrange 
the sequence of flags? I thought I saw a caveat somewhere about the 
position of -e -- but this works ...)

        Many many thanks once more!

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
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