Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:27:57 +0100 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X Window - how to get the standard font Message-ID: <49F855DD.6070406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090428230135.2d0d945d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> References: <20090428230135.2d0d945d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
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herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > a little question: > > I open a shell and invoke: > #xmessage 'hello world' > - it opens the window, but a rather tiny font. > > So I invoke: > #xmessage -fn -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* 'hello world' > - the same appears in the fontsize I like. > > Now the question: > Can I set the bigger font somewhere, so that i.e. xmessage appears always in the preset, bigger font without typing the whole -fn -*-*.... string in? Somewhere in .xinitrc? > > Checked the man pages, but its a science to find a solution there. > > Thanks > herb langhans > I've seen .Xdefaults files that setup resources for apps such as xcalc and xmessage. Have a look at http://dotfiles.org/~n0nsense/.Xdefaults.
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