Okay, the specific error message is Can't load font -*-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
This is when trying to use the font string -*-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 I also tried the terminus string you provided with no luck. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:13:19PM -0500, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, MItchell Church wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Aurélien Aptel wrote: > > > >>On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:10 PM, MItchell Church wrote: > >>>Is anyone else having trouble getting st to accept font > >>>changes? I've tried numerous strings using xfontsel, many of > >>>which work fine in other terminal programs. Is st support for > >>>this limited at the moment? Thanks. > >> > >>Could you be more specific? Which font are you trying to use and > >>what's exactly the problem? > >> > >Sorry for being vague. I was under the impression I could use > >xfontsel to create an X font name that could then be plugged into > >config.def.h. I tried several fonts including inconsolata, > >terminus, and dejavu but none of the strings produced by xfontsel > >are working. St recompiles successfully, but when starting up > >after the change I get a "could not load font...." error and st > >fails to start. > > You're still being vague. What's the exact error message and/or > exact font string you're trying to use? > > I just used xfontsel to pick a terminus variant: > > -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 > > Changing the line in config.h from: > #define FONT "-misc-*-medium-r-semicondensed-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*" > > to: > #define FONT "-*-terminus-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" > > changed the font to terminus. > > -- > Best, > Ben
