On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 07:50:31AM -0800, Joe Smith wrote: > Whenever I run Windows in 1024x768 mode, I get decent quality fonts and > icons in terms of size. > > how can i run x in the same mode with much larger fonts and icons?
I've not looked at icons. To make your font settings resolution dependent, you can make use of conditional macros in X resources files. [Branden, perhaps something like this can be included as an example with the X packages?] For example, here's the relevant part of my ~/.Xresources: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ~/.Xresources - X resource preferences. ! ! You should ensure this is read by something like `xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults' ! during X startup. ! ! For information about X resources and associated commands, see xrdb(1x), ! editres(1x), appres(1x), listres(1x). ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! This file uses xrdb's capability of using cpp as a preprocesor. ! For documentation on cpp, see cpp(1) and the cpp info entry. ! xrdb defines several preprocessor symbols, including: ! HEIGHT=num ! the height of the root window in pixels. ! WIDTH=num ! the width of the root window in pixels. ! Use `xrdb -symbols' to view the symbols and their values. ! Abbreviations to shorten tests on display size #if (WIDTH >= 1280 ) && (HEIGHT >= 1024) # define W_1280 #elif (WIDTH >= 1152 ) && (HEIGHT >= 864) # define W_1152 #elif (WIDTH >= 1024 ) && (HEIGHT >= 768) # define W_1024 #elif (WIDTH >= 800) && (HEIGHT >= 600) # define W_800 #endif !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Fixed width fonts ! ! Useful programs for determining font preferences: ! - xlsfonts(1x) ! - list X fonts matching a pattern (e.g. xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-1' ). ! - `-ll' includes information on whether a font is proportional or not ! (`monospaced', `character cell'). ! - xfd(1x) - show all glyphs in a font. ! - xfontsel(1x) - point and click selection of font names. . ! (e.g. xfontsel -noscaled -pattern '*-iso8859-1' ) ! ! Constraints: ! - Fixed width (essential for terminal emulators) ! - ISO 8859-1 encoding and full ISO 8859-1 character set ! - Slightly on the big side (I don't like to have many windows on my display, ! and often use screen(1) to keep things managable). ! - The `huge' font should be as big as possible within the screen size. ! - FONT_UNREADABLE < FONT_TINY < FONT_SMALL < FONT_NORMAL < FONT_LARGISH ! < FONT_LARGE < FONT_HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! I don't see the need for a separate "Medium" font - I use default for a ! medium (normal) sized font. XTerm*fontMenu*font4*Label: Largish #ifdef W_1152 # define FONT_NORMAL -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGE -sony-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_HUGE -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_SMALL -misc-fixed-*-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_TINY -b&h-lucidatypewriter-*-r-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 #endif #ifdef W_1024 # define FONT_NORMAL -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-15-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGE -bitstream-terminal-medium-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_HUGE -sony-fixed-medium-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_SMALL -b&h-lucidatypewriter-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_TINY -*-fixed-*-r-*-*-7-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 #endif #if !defined(FONT_NORMAL) || defined(W_800) ! Default fonts # define FONT_NORMAL -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-70-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_LARGE -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_HUGE -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_SMALL -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 # define FONT_TINY -misc-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-50-iso8859-1 #endif #if !defined(FONT_UNREADABLE) # define FONT_UNREADABLE nil2 #endif !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Fonts for terminal emulators ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XTerm*VT100*font: FONT_NORMAL XTerm*VT100*font1: FONT_UNREADABLE XTerm*VT100*font2: FONT_TINY XTerm*VT100*font3: FONT_SMALL XTerm*VT100*font4: FONT_LARGISH XTerm*VT100*font5: FONT_LARGE XTerm*VT100*font6: FONT_HUGE ! rxvt takes over fonts from XTerm, but is has fewer font slots ! (normal and 1..4); we override the XTerm font settings by skipping ! FONT_UNREADABLE and FONT_LARGISH Rxvt*font: FONT_NORMAL Rxvt*font1: FONT_SMALL Rxvt*font2: FONT_TINY Rxvt*font3: FONT_LARGE Rxvt*font4: FONT_HUGE HTH, Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
