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Subject: Re: setting xterm font from the command line
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Warren Block wrote:
> Use xfontsel to choose the font and then specify the exact same thing 
> that it shows:
> 
> xterm -fn '-bitstream-charter-*-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'

xfontsel works great and works fine for the sample string above 
(Bitstream Charter), but xterm barfs on font strings that have spaces, 
for example:

"-bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-*-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

I've tried every combination of single quotes, double quotes and 
backslashes before the spaces without success. I get back an error like 
this:

xterm:  bad command line option "vera"

Any ideas??

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