Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:23:09 -0400 From: "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting xterm font from the command line Message-ID: <40DB463D.5020402@code-fu.com> In-Reply-To: <20040624191758.GA2511@moo.holy.cow> References: <40DA34AA.20906@code-fu.com> <20040623221647.V88483@wonkity.com> <40DABF4C.3070901@code-fu.com> <20040624180709.GA622@moo.holy.cow> <20040624145011.71cbd047@localhost> <20040624191758.GA2511@moo.holy.cow>
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>>in order for it to work, you *must* escape the fontname >>whitespace. >> >>xterm -fn -bitstream-bitstream\ vera\ sans\mono-*-yada,yada. >> >>also, if you're using the ' ' on either end of the fontname (as >>you've shown above), drop them. > > > Please ignore my previous reply to epilogue's reply. > > After providing the correct font syntax (w/o the single quotes but > w/ quoted space), epilogue's syntax /also/ works for me. It works for me now, too. When I was testing every (sic) combination last night, I wasn't always using xterm. Sometimes I used xfterm4 (the XFCE wrapper for xterm) and it DOES barf whether I escape, quote or whatever. Thanks a million, guys!! -- Michael A. Smith <msmith@code-fu.com> ($do || !$do) && undef($try); # Master of Perl, Yoda is. Hmmmm?
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