WORKAROUND: This is still pretty clunky but I've been using this solution since 8.04, to solve this very problem:
The following shell code disables bold (overstrike) fonts in xterm: echo -e "\e[1mA\e[2J\e[7mB\e[m\e[?5h\e[?5l" BUT, I have not found a way to automate this - it's like an environment variable "export", if you don't export it, it won't apply to the current (parent) shell/term process. SO, I put the above code into a file, say ~/nobold or ~/bin/fixfont, and then for each xterm I open I manually source the file: . ~/bin/fixfont This solves the problem for a each xterm. The fix does not propagate to xterms opened from current xterm unfortunately! I have been asked "why not use gnome-terminal". Well, gnome-terminal does NOT allow me to use a "neep" font, or at least, not a neep font less than 12 pixels in size. Also, when I run screen, I have my .screenrc config with the following three lines: # Make CTRL-Pgup go to previous screen, CTRL-Pgdn to next: bindkey ^[[5;5~ prev bindkey ^[[6;5~ next These bindkey screenrc options give me a firefox-like CTRL-PageUP and CTRL-PageDN to swap between my screen "tabs" as they could be called :) Problem is, with gnome-terminal and my above screenrc config, only CTRL- PageUP works, and CTRL-PageDN does not work. gnome-terminal pre- ubuntu 8.04 had performance problems which precluded its use for me then. It is now adequate, but xterm is still higher performance. Time to file a gnome-terminal bug report or three I guess. -- xterm rendering this font real ugly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is a direct subscriber. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
