From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 7 18:06:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FF816A41F for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:06:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0493E43D46 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:06:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by kane.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with SMTP id j87I6iGl028509; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:06:44 +0300 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j87I6iX2012000; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:06:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j87I6h3w011999; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:06:43 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.daedalusnetworks.priv: keramida set sender to keramida@ceid.upatras.gr using -f Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:06:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Rem Roberti Message-ID: <20050907180643.GA11881@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <431F2340.8020201@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <431F2340.8020201@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring xterm X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:06:48 -0000 On 2005-09-07 10:28, Rem Roberti wrote: > I am a new user, have FreeBSD 5.4 up and running, and am very grateful > to be rid of the blue screen of death. I'm going to have a bunch of > questions, but first things first: > > 1) When I start X three xterm windows appear. Can I configure it so > that only one appears? Yes, you can configure your X11 desktop to include a lot of interesting things. Terminals, a GUI desktop, custom backgrounds, editable menus, many virtual desktops or just one, etc. and so forth... I suggest you take a good look at the FreeBSD Handbook's chapter about X11, desktop environments, etc. It's going to be immensely useful, trust me :) > 2) The font size in the xterm window is quite small. How do I change > the font size? By setting the appropriate xterm ``resources'' in your ~/.Xresources file. I usually like having my own fonts in xterm, so mine includes: XTerm*font: apollo12 XTerm*font3: apollo XTerm*font4: apollo12 Replace the 'apollo*' fonts with other font names and there you are. A list of X11 fonts can be obtained with: $ xlsfonts once you are already in X11. Save this list to a file, by running: $ xlsfonts | tee fonts.txt Then, you can look at the fonts list even if you are not in X11.