Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 18:47:19 -0500 (EST) From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: X + AfterStep questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980120182610.25390A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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After 2-1/2 years of using FreeBSD on our web servers, I decided to try this xwindows thing on my workstation. I'm using 2.2.5-release with the XFree86 and AfterStep ports included on the cdrom. Overall, I like it a lot. However, there are some problems I can't seem to solve, primarily I'm sure because I don't understand the way X does things :( 1) I telnet to a lot of different servers. I set up my popup menu to launch a xterms to machines, e.g. "xterm -e telnet machinename" with the size/position I want. However, I'd like them to start up using the "Large" font rather than the default. Alternatively, how do I set the default font to another size. 2) Netscape's font rendering is horrible. Is there something I need to do to enable smooth scaling/rendering? Turning off the "allow scaling" option didn't really help. 3) I'm having no luck setting the desktop size. It starts up in 1600x1280, I'd like 1280x1024. I can use xvidtune to set the resolution to 1280x1024, but the desktop remains 1600x1280. Kinda cool, but not what I want. Afterstep mentions "turning off" XFree86's virtual desktop, but I can't find how to do this. XF86Config doesn't seem to be what I want for this. 4) AfterStep appears to use "xv" to set the desktop bitmap. However, this app does not appear to be installed and I can't find it in the ports tree. What is it and where can I get it? 5) Is there an office productivity suite or a word processor and spreadsheet. I seem to remember something called "Star Office" but can't find it. Thanks for any help you can give. If I can get out of NT altogether, I'll be a happy camper.
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