Re: How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X
On 2014/06/05, at 0:44, Chris J. Breisch wrote: > Zhengrong Zang wrote: >> Now I can use cygwin/X to run gtk3-demo, but my eyes is bad and xterm font >> in cygwin/X is very small, how can I set to bigger font for xterm? Thanks a >> lot. >> > > I use the following in my ~/.Xdefaults. Change the faceName and faceSize to > suit you. > > XTerm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Serif Mono > XTerm*faceSize: 10 > XTerm*toolBar: false > XTerm*Background: black > XTerm*Foreground: white > XTerm*cursorColor: LightBlue > XTerm*ScrollBar: true > XTerm*rightScrollBar: true Thanks a lot, I got it. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X
In message <92c60106-8a54-434b-a470-744b8e4d4...@gmail.com>you write: >Now I can use cygwin/X to run gtk3-demo, but my eyes is bad and xterm font = >in cygwin/X is very small, how can I set to bigger font for xterm? Thanks a= > lot.= > Well, if you hold down the ctrl key and hit the right mouse button, you will get a menu of "VT Fonts" and select "Large" or "Huge". Or you could do what I've done -- Make a "my_xterm" shell script: ## #!/bin/sh # export LANG=C export XTERM_LOCALE=C exec xterm \ -fa lucidatypewriter -fs 16 \ -fg green \ -bg black $* ## I find the green on black much easier to read than other combinations. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X
Zhengrong Zang wrote: Now I can use cygwin/X to run gtk3-demo, but my eyes is bad and xterm font in cygwin/X is very small, how can I set to bigger font for xterm? Thanks a lot. I use the following in my ~/.Xdefaults. Change the faceName and faceSize to suit you. XTerm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Serif Mono XTerm*faceSize: 10 XTerm*toolBar: false XTerm*Background: black XTerm*Foreground: white XTerm*cursorColor: LightBlue XTerm*ScrollBar: true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true -- Chris J. Breisch -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
