On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:37:36PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > 2007/9/28, Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > >> >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using > > >> >dwm? > > >> > > >> You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > >> > > >> # fonts > > >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > > > > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > > > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > >
The closest I have to xterm installed is aterm and it specifies that for '-fn' argument, use the resource name 'font' so try xterm*font: -biznetblachblahblah xterm*boldfont: -biznetblahblhablah > > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > > > > did you run 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources' to add the changed resources or > > login/out of X? > > Yes, I did, I logout/login of X. that may require a full restart of X, I'm not sure, but just FTR, if you're already editing ~/.Xdefaults on a cli somewhere, its pretty darn easy to do the `xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults && xterm` and see results immediately. Also, I use ~/.Xdefaults not ~/.Xresources. I'm not sure if that's critical, but sure could be. A
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