Package: xterm
Version: 278-1
Severity: wishlist
It may make sense to split the font definitions off
app-defaults/UXTerm into a separate UXTerm.fonts-misc-fixed file
there, with UXTerm amended to contain:
! Note that the fonts are now set in separate files. The
! following file should be a symlink pointing to either of the
! files listed below.
#include "UXTerm.fonts-default"
! Possible targets for /etc/X11/app-defaults/UXTerm.fonts-default
! are (use $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xterm to choose):
! UXTerm.fonts-misc-fixed the default -misc-fixed- fonts;
! UXTerm.fonts-efont-biwidth fonts with better support for bold;
! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus smaller -xos4-terminus- fonts;
! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus-large ... and the larger ones.
(The UXTerm.fonts-misc-fixed and UXTerm.fonts-efont-biwidth
files are to contain the respective parts currently in
app-defaults/UXTerm, while the suggested versions of *-terminus*
are MIME'd.)
Also, for the following reasons, there should be a way of
controlling the UXTerm.fonts-default symlink via Debconf:
• arguably, there're more Debian users that are familiar with
dpkg-reconfigure(8) than those familiar with X resources;
• it would allow for a single Debian Live image (possibly one
from http://cdimage.debian.org/) to be used with different
Debconf preseed files for different UXTerm font defaults.
(The xterm package will thus acquire a suitable Depends: on
debconf, and also a Suggests: on xfonts-terminus and
xfonts-terminus-oblique.)
Obviously, due to better Unicode BMP coverage, -misc-fixed-
fonts should remain the default setting.
The drawback of the approach suggested above is that such a
configuration is system-wide. It's a bit unwieldy to re-use
them for per-user configuration (though, on a second thought,
$ ln -s -- /etc/…/UXTerm.fonts-WHATEVER ~/UXTerm.fonts-default
may do it; or may be not.)
PS. I hope to delve into this this week, and, with some luck, would
probably be able to provide a patched .deb. (At the least, it'd
be useful for the Debian Live images we're going to use for our
SFD celebration.)
--
FSF associate member #7257 http://sf-day.org/
!!! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus -*- X-Resource-Generic -*-
!! Note that Terminus fonts are larger than -misc-fixed- (there're
!! no 8 px Terminus fonts), and lack the -semicondensed- variant.
!! These are the smaller fonts.
*VT100.font2: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
*VT100.font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
*VT100.font3: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
*VT100.font4: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--18-180-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
*VT100.font5: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-200-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
*VT100.font6: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--22-220-72-72-c-110-iso10646-1
!!! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus ends here
!!! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus-large -*- X-Resource-Generic -*-
!! Note that Terminus fonts are larger than -misc-fixed- (there're
!! no 8 px Terminus fonts), and lack the -semicondensed- variant.
!! These are the larger fonts.
*VT100.font2: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--18-180-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
*VT100.font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-200-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
*VT100.font3: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--22-220-72-72-c-110-iso10646-1
*VT100.font4: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1
*VT100.font5: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--28-280-72-72-c-140-iso10646-1
*VT100.font6: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--32-320-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1
!!! UXTerm.fonts-xos4-terminus-large ends here
