Re: rxvt fonts size setting problem for X/Cygwin

[Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> I don't know of an easy way to dispatch to a font name based on whether
> you're running X or native.  You could try playing with window names and
> using this as a selector in your .Xdefaults...
> 	Igor

Here's what I do:

(1) ~/.Xdefaults has the following (if you ignore the silly mailer line 
wrapping):

rxvt*background:        #000040
rxvt*foreground:        #ffffbf
rxvt*scrollBar:         true
rxvt*scrollBar_right:   true
rxvt*font:              -bitstream-bitstream vera sans 
mono-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
rxvt*boldfont:          -bitstream-bitstream vera sans 
mono-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
rxvt*saveLines:         10000
rxvt*loginshell:        true
rxvt.backspacekey:      ^H

(2) I have a shortcut to start rxvt-X with the following target (where 
'runrxvt.exe' is a copy of run.exe):

C:\cygwin\bin\runrxvt.exe -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 -tn rxvt-cygwin -e 
/usr/bin/bash --login -i

One thing I haven't worked out is, if I click this shortcut with no X 
server running, I get a gigantic rxvt-native window with absolutely huge 
font.  But that's my error; I just close the window, start the X server, 
and go again.  "Problem" solved.

(3) I have a shortcut to start rxvt-native with the following target 
(ditto runrxvt.exe):

C:\cygwin\bin\runrxvt.exe -display :0 -fn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-16" 
-tn rxvt-cygwin-native -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i

The colors and other settings from the .Xdefaults file are actually used 
by both versions -- but the rxvt-native one uses the "command line" -fn 
font instead of the .Xdefaults value.

(I also have 'rxvt' aliased depending on the current value of $TERM, so 
that subsidiary rxvt windows launched from the command line 'inherit' 
X-ness or Native-ness, but that's a different issue).

--
Chuck

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