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> 	I use  xterm  a lot and I always set the font size to
> tiny  which requires (to my current knowledge) an additional
> action (this action is particularly reprehensible to me because
> it requires that I use both hands, one on the mouse and one on
> the keyboard) after the window is opened.  Is there anyway I
> can specify this along with the  xterm  invocation, say by
> setting an environment variable appropriately?

you might check into setting options for xterm in the .Xdefaults file of
your home directory...