On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:51:39 +1300
Nick Rout wrote:

> I hope this explanation is clear, i fear it won't be!
> 
> I want to run a program in xterm, full screen, with one program running
> inside it. 
> 
> This program displays a curses window 42 characters wide, and I want
> that to fille the width of the xterm window, so that the writing in the
> windows is a big as possible on the screen. So I bascially need a font
> size that will give me 42 characters across the page at a fullscreen
> resolution of 720x576.  
> 
> I have read the man page for xterm but cannot figure out how to specify
> the fonts, or really where to begin.
> 
> Any pointers would be appreciated.

PS I would consider ither terms if they are easier, but don't want to bother 
with something as bloated as konsole :-)

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