On Wednesday 08 February 2006 01:01, Nick Rout wrote: > 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 :-)
No need to go and badmouth konsole :) http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/1034 For your font issue try http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_fonts_in_xterms -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
