Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 12:22:18 -0600 From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: lfloyd@sonic.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: setting the default font for xterm Message-ID: <19980704122218.A1775@verinet.com> In-Reply-To: <199807040002.RAA08825@hub.freebsd.org>; from questions-digest on Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 05:02:34PM -0700 References: <199807040002.RAA08825@hub.freebsd.org>
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> The "default" font is too small when I start an xterm session (using > ctwm, if that matters). I end up ALWAYS setting the font to "large" > after the session starts. Where do I set this, not only for me as an > individual, but as the system default. You need to specify a resource; XTerm*Font specifically. You can read about resources in the X man page. Resources specific to xterm can be found in the xterm man page. BTW, resources are simply name=value pairs that are made available to X clients through the xrdb program. Figure out how X resources work before dealing with setting up a system-wide default. You can set up private resources in your $HOME/.Xresources file. Once you have these happy, you need to figure out where to put the resources so that they are read by default for all X sessions. Establishing a system-wide resource involves setting the resource in one of the system-wide resource files that is read when you start X. If you use startx, read the xinit man page for the standard location of X resources. If your using xdm, the resource database location is documented in the xdm man page. -- Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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