Re: font and screen size
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Cole Radcliffe wrote: That is weird. I do not have a .Xdefaults in my home directory. YOU should create $HOME/'.Xdefaults' if YOU like! That file is for YOUR preferences! Try it! If you do not like, you can delete that file! Cheers, Angelo. I do have a .Xauthority-c file, which is empty. I downloaded it pretty recently, maybe we are working with different versions. On 9/5/07, Angelo Graziosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my $HOME/.Xdefaults I have: ! -[ xft ] - Xft*antialias: true Xft*autohint: true ! -[ xterm ] - XTerm*background: Black XTerm*foreground: LightGray XTerm*scrollBar:true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*faceName: BitStream Vera Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 14 You can try also faceSize 10 or 12. Cheers, Angelo. --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
Cole Radcliffe schrieb: That is weird. I do not have a .Xdefaults in my home directory. I do have a .Xauthority-c file, which is empty. I downloaded it pretty recently, maybe we are working with different versions. That is no suprise. If you have no .Xdefaults, then just create it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
Cole Radcliffe schrieb: So that xterm will automatically know to look in .Xdefaults if I make that file? Yes. How does it know that? Because it has been build that way. Almost any program that uses X11 will honor the settings in .Xdefaults. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Cole Radcliffe wrote: So that xterm will automatically know to look in .Xdefaults if I make that file? Not only xterm but also other applications look in .Xdefaults! If you google for .Xdefaults, I am sure you will find other examples! How does it know that? Don't worry about these things... step by step you will have all the knowledge of universe! On 9/6/07, Angelo Graziosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead, why you cite this ^^ explicitly? You do not know SPAMMERS? Have you asked yourself why on cygwin lists you are cited as: Cole Radcliffe coleradcliffe at gmail dot com This is a more fundamental question to ask for !!! Angelo. --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
font and screen size
I tried to change the font size with the option -fs after the xterm command however xterm did not recognize that option even though it appeared in man xterm. I am guessing that it was just not compiled into the cygwin version of xterm. Is there any other way to accomplish this. I could just set the -fn option which stands for font name and use a font that has a large standard size but someone would need to explain to me how to set that up! I just want to get the shell larger in general so it does not hurt my eyes. Maybe there is another way just to scale everything up? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
how bout -fn 12x24 On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 13:26 -0500, Cole Radcliffe wrote: I tried to change the font size with the option -fs after the xterm command however xterm did not recognize that option even though it appeared in man xterm. I am guessing that it was just not compiled into the cygwin version of xterm. Is there any other way to accomplish this. I could just set the -fn option which stands for font name and use a font that has a large standard size but someone would need to explain to me how to set that up! I just want to get the shell larger in general so it does not hurt my eyes. Maybe there is another way just to scale everything up? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
run xlsfonts and pick one -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
Cole Radcliffe schrieb: this. I could just set the -fn option which stands for font name and use a font that has a large standard size but someone would need to explain to me how to set that up! xterm font type and size are usually set in the file .Xdefaults add something like: XTerm*faceName: bitstream vera sans mono XTerm*faceSize: 10 I just want to get the shell larger in general so it does not hurt my eyes. Maybe there is another way just to scale everything up? Yes, start the server with -dpi 120 (or larger) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Cole Radcliffe wrote: I tried to change the font size with the option -fs after the xterm command however xterm did not recognize that option even though it appeared in man xterm. I am guessing that it was just not compiled into the cygwin version of xterm. Is there any other way to accomplish this. I could just set the -fn option which stands for font name and use a font that has a large standard size but someone would need to explain to me how to set that up! I just want to get the shell larger in general so it does not hurt my eyes. Maybe there is another way just to scale everything up? There are normally installed bitmap fonts (font2, etc), which can be selected with the control/right/mouse menu (or cycle through them with shifted numeric keypad + and - keys). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
In my $HOME/.Xdefaults I have: ! -[ xft ] - Xft*antialias: true Xft*autohint: true ! -[ xterm ] - XTerm*background: Black XTerm*foreground: LightGray XTerm*scrollBar:true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*faceName: BitStream Vera Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 14 You can try also faceSize 10 or 12. Cheers, Angelo. --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
That is weird. I do not have a .Xdefaults in my home directory. I do have a .Xauthority-c file, which is empty. I downloaded it pretty recently, maybe we are working with different versions. On 9/5/07, Angelo Graziosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my $HOME/.Xdefaults I have: ! -[ xft ] - Xft*antialias: true Xft*autohint: true ! -[ xterm ] - XTerm*background: Black XTerm*foreground: LightGray XTerm*scrollBar:true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*faceName: BitStream Vera Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 14 You can try also faceSize 10 or 12. Cheers, Angelo. --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
OK. I think it was not working because I was just appending options to %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l in the startx batch file which for some reason does not work for any option I append (the shell just dies quickly). One interesting thing I found is that if I replace the %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l in the startx batch file with xterm -fn 12X24 I get the large font size however it opens onto my Windows desktop not my cygwin hierarchy which is in a different drive. It opens into the correct drive but with the small font with %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l. How can I get it to open with the large font size in the correct directory? On 9/5/07, Cole Radcliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is weird. I do not have a .Xdefaults in my home directory. I do have a .Xauthority-c file, which is empty. I downloaded it pretty recently, maybe we are working with different versions. On 9/5/07, Angelo Graziosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my $HOME/.Xdefaults I have: ! -[ xft ] - Xft*antialias: true Xft*autohint: true ! -[ xterm ] - XTerm*background: Black XTerm*foreground: LightGray XTerm*scrollBar:true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*faceName: BitStream Vera Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 14 You can try also faceSize 10 or 12. Cheers, Angelo. --- Angelo Graziosi: http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi ...d'orgoglio spezzato inseguendo il desiderio del cuore Egdar Lee MASTERS, Antologia di Spoon River -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: font and screen size
Cole Radcliffe wrote: OK. I think it was not working because I was just appending options to -e /usr/bin/bash -l in the startx batch file which for some reason does not work for any option I append (the shell just dies quickly). One interesting thing I found is that if I replace the %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l in the startx batch file with xterm -fn 12X24 I get the large font size however it opens onto my Windows desktop not my cygwin hierarchy which is in a different drive. It opens into the correct drive but with the small font with %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l. How can I get it to open with the large font size in the correct directory? On 9/5/07, Cole Radcliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is weird. I do not have a .Xdefaults in my home directory. I do have a .Xauthority-c file, which is empty. I downloaded it pretty recently, maybe we are working with different versions. On 9/5/07, Angelo Graziosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my $HOME/.Xdefaults I have: try %RUN% xterm -fn 12x24 -e /usr/bin/bash -l anything after the -e /usr/bin/bash is being passed as a parameter to bash, not xterm... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
