RE: How to launch an xterm using Monospace font

[Timares, Brian (HP)]

JOHNER Jean wrote:
Has anybody been able to launch xterm with a font (any is welcome)
which
is not the default?

Jean,

I think this is what you want.  I have:
XTerm*font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*
in my .Xdefaults

Other than colors, here is my .Xdefaults (in my home directory, natch):
XTerm*scrollBar: on
XTerm*saveLines: 9
XTerm*font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm*visualBell: true
XTerm*titeInhibit: true
urxvt*secondaryScreen: false

The most important part is the XTerm*titeInhibit: true, it is beyond me
why that isn't the default everywhere (it prevents a screen clear when
you're, say, done reading a man page).  I want to get rid of the title
bar but haven't explored that as I launch most of my xterms from a
script. Extract:

nohup xterm -name $h -title $h -ls -mc none +tb +mb -vb -sb -sl 9
-background grey95 -fg black -cr black -ms black -font
-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-*-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-* -e ssh -Yq r...@$h
/dev/null  21

Naturally $h is the server :)

To get the fonts I launched xfontsel and went through it and
experimented.  Use the 'select' button to put the string into the
buffer.


Brian



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RE: How to launch an xterm using Monospace font

[Timares, Brian (HP)]

I wrote:
I want to get rid of the title
bar

Sorry, make that Toolbar.


Brian

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RE: GNOME on cygwin

[Timares, Brian (HP)]

Raul Acevedo wrote:
My real question is what is the point of these packages, if GNOME is
not
actually in them.  It's a bit confusing and I wasted a chunk of time
trying to
install GNOME through Cygwin only to find out it's not possible.

Thanks,

Raul

On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:

 On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 12:43:11PM -0700, Raul Acevedo wrote:
 So why are there GNOME packages in Cygwin?  What is actually in
them?

 http://cygwin.com/packages/

Raul, please stop replying above quoted text.  I believe you are asked
that when you sign up for the mail list (no?), but Larry Hall's
signature says that, in a humorous way:
A: Yes.
 Q: Are you sure?
 A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

Here is my answer to your question.  Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure I'm
right, I don't _know_ I'm right.

Some nice programs that rely on pieces of Gnome are installable with
Cygwin.  Since they require bits and pieces of Gnome those pieces get
installed.

Example.

When I run setup.exe and select Lilypond (for printing sheet music) 3
additional items get automatically selected on my system. If I deselect
them I get Warning! Unmet Dependencies Found and it says I need glib,
gtk+, and qt3.  Apparently I already have gtk-engines from some other
program.  I suspect there is a programmer/musician out there who ported
it.

By the way, I believe I understand Larry's answer.  He was telling you,
essentially, that Cygwin is not a way to get Gnome installed, rather, a
way to run specific Unix-like programs on a Windows PC.  You don't get
gnome-terminal because no one has ported it.

Understanding this, I checked the Cygwin/X FAQ.  I saw 10.1. Is there a
list of software that has been ported to Cygwin/X?  It struck me that
might lead to something useful, which it does, it says The CygGnome
project aims to port Gnome to Cygwin/X.
http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/

So essentially, you were confused because the Gnome section implied you
could get full-on Gnome.  Why is there that section?  Beats me.


Brian -= I'm just glad I can get X Windows from my servers

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