Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3729 mails)

[Paul Varner <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 19:07, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The 03.06.24 at 15:51, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
> 
> > * Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx) [030624 15:36]:
> > > Is it possible to start an xterm with a parameter on the command line
> > > producing the same effect as the menu selection "VT Fonts: Huge"?
> > >
> > > And if there is another to give a certain size and possition, better still ;-)
> >
> > The Xresources xterm*Geometry: and xterm*font: or the corresponding
> > command line options if your don't want to mess with Xresources.
> 
> Xresources wouldn't work, as I need different xterms of different sizes.
> As for the command line, that is what I'm looking for, and not finding
> O:-)
> 
> It could be a -f?? something, but it seems to be expecting a font name,
> and I only want to specify that the size I want is Huge. There is a "-fs
> size", but it wants size in points for truetype fonts... and it doesn't
> work, "xterm -fs 24" does nothing different than "xterm -fs 12"
> 
> As for geometry, it seems to be:
> 
>        -geometry geometry
>                This option specifies the preferred size and posi­
>                tion of the VT102 window; see X(7).
> 
> and sends me to "man X", where I get lost again... Ah! found it:
> "-geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF", where width and height are in chars.
> And that one works.
> 
> Well, something solved. I still need the standard font size set to huge,
> normal, unreadable, etc...
Carlos,

You are going to have to specify the font using the -fn option.  The
"Huge" font is normally the font 10x20.  The follwing command will list
the "VT fonts" on your system.

xlsfonts | grep ^[1-9].*

You will have to play with it until you get the right one.  Another
example is the "Large" font is 9x15.
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Paul Varner <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>