----- Original Message ----- | From: "Vincent Lefevre" <vinc...@vinc17.net> | To: "Thomas Dickey" <dic...@his.com> | Cc: 862...@bugs.debian.org | Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:10:47 PM | Subject: Bug#862042: xterm: if the faceName resource is defined, the -fn (-font) option is ignored | | On 2017-05-07 17:24:43 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: | > Perhaps you'll see it here: | > | > http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html#VT100-Widget-Resources:renderFont | > | > Most of xterm's options work by setting resource values (there are | > a | > handful of special cases such as "-help", "-version" which do not). | > I can clarify the manual, but there's no reason to change the | > program logic (in this bug, anyway). | | The behavior is not what is described in this section. I would agree | if renderFont were "true". But the manual says: | | The default is "default". | | (and I haven't changed it). For "default": | | startup using the normal (bitmap) font, but enable the | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | "TrueType Fonts" menu entry to allow runtime switching | to/from TrueType fonts. | | If there is no faceName resource set, then runtime | switching to TrueType fonts is disabled. Xterm has a | separate compiled-in value for faceName for the special | case where renderFont is "default". That is normally | "mono". | | So, according to the manual, I should get the bitmap font.
I'll take a closer look, to see where the disagreement lies. | Moreover, the text for "-fn font" is not sufficient. | | This option specifies the font to be used for displaying normal | text. The corresponding resource name is font. The resource | value default is fixed. | | First, it is not mentioned that the font must be a bitmap font (?). | For instance, it does not work with "Monospace". It should also be | clarified when the -fn option is ignored. "-fn" is (as noted in the manual page), an "X Toolkit Option", which is documented in the X manual page, where it expects an XLFD. https://www.x.org/archive//X11R6.8.2/doc/X.7.html -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
