in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] thusly... > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:07:09 -0400 > Parv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i tried w/ xterms included in 4.3.0 and locally compiled version > > (patch 187) w/o any problems; the exact command was... > > > > xterm -fn \ > > '-bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-*-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' > > > > i just tried it myself. in order for it to work, you *must* escape the > fontname whitespace. > > xterm -fn -bitstream-bitstream\ vera\ sans\mono-*-yada,yada. > > also, if you're using the ' ' on either end of the fontname (as > you've shown above), drop them.
Ah but the single quotes are there to avoid expansion of '*' via shell besides aboding the need to quote the spaces as shown above. And epilogue(?), yes, your proposed syntax does cause xterm not to find the desired Bitstream font; default font, fixed, is used instead (when the command is being executed in bash 2.05b). - Parv -- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
