Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:07:09 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting xterm font from the command line Message-ID: <20040624180709.GA622@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com> References: <40DA34AA.20906@code-fu.com> <20040623221647.V88483@wonkity.com> <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com>
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in message <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com>,
wrote Michael A. Smith thusly...
>
> Warren Block wrote:
> >Use xfontsel to choose the font and then specify the exact same thing
> >that it shows:
> >
> >xterm -fn '-bitstream-charter-*-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
>
> 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-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
>
> I've tried every combination of single quotes, double quotes and
> backslashes before the spaces without success. I get back an error like
> this:
>
> xterm: bad command line option "vera"
Just a data point ... i tried w/ xterms included in 4.3.0 and
locally compiled version (patch 187) w/o any problems; the exact
command was...
xterm -fn \
'-bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-*-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
Is "bitstream vera sans mono" font listed in xfontsel(1)'s list or
xlsfonts(1)'s output?
- Parv
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