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Re: changing font
- From: matias kaukonen <matias dot 364 at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:33:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: changing font
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based on the result of 'appres XTerm', i changed .Xdefaults to:
*VT100.utf8Fonts.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10
This worked -- thanks.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, matias kaukonen wrote:
>
>> Yes, it displays the font but it does not set the font. ?Only the
>> 'quit' button works.
>
> I was asking about the result with xfd to be sure that the font itself is
> recognized. ?I don't see anything wrong with the description of your changes
> to the X resources.
>
> Another place to check is whether there are conflicting font resources
> shown, e.g., using "appres XTerm".
>
> Beyond that, I generally just compile xterm with its debugging trace
> enabled and see what resource value is actually used. ?It's also possible
> to get the nominal value of the font using an escape sequence in a script
> or program such as xtermset.
>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, matias kaukonen wrote:
>>>
>>>> The above worked on my previous computer, but now it does not work with
>>>> my
>>>> current computer. ?This is what I tried:
>>>> 1. a) ?Added XTerm[.*]vt100.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10 to .Xdefaults
>>>> ? b) typed: xrdb ~/.Xdefaults; xrdb ~/.Xresources
>>>>
>>>> next,
>>>> 2. a) Added XTerm[.*]vt100.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10 to .Xresources
>>>> ? b) ?typed: xrdb ~/.Xdefaults; xrdb ~/.Xresources
>>>>
>>>> But neither one affected the xterm font.
>>>
>>> does
>>> ? ? ? ?xfd -fn lucidasanstypewriter-10
>>>
>>> display the font you asked for?
>
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