From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 13:07:40 2004 Return-Path: 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 98FF016A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:07:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADE743D4C for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:07:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1BdTvb-00039x-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:06:08 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16602.53677.446980.723841@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:05:49 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com> References: <40DA34AA.20906@code-fu.com> <20040623221647.V88483@wonkity.com> <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta16) "celeriac" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: setting xterm font from the command line X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:07:40 -0000 Michael A. Smith writes: > 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-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" As far as I know, a correct fontspec has no spaces. Try replacing the ' 's with '-'s and see what happens. Robert Huff