Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:04:40 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: snorthcutt@1stresource.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X and xterm questions Message-ID: <9601042104.AA28383@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199601042013.PAA07032@nameserver.1stresource.com> (snorthcutt@1stresource.com)
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>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Northcutt <snorthcutt@1stresource.com> writes:
Scott> Greetings, This is perhaps the wrong forum for these
Scott> queries, but, if nothing else, it'll be a good jumping off
Scott> point. Here goes... 1) I recently ftp'd the xv-3.10a .tgz
Scott> file, decompressed it, and type make. it cruised along
Scott> fine for a while and then died while trying to find
Scott> /X11/Xlib.h and a few other similar header-type files. My
Scott> question is, how do I acquire those needed files? My
Scott> /usr/X11R6 directory has bin, man, lib, and include
Scott> directories in it. Am I missing a source directory or
Scott> something?
Sounds like it, yes. You need to install the files from the archive
X312prog.tgz. To do so, you probably just need to type
su
(Enter root's password.)
tar xz -C /usr -f /where/ever/it/is/X312prog.tgz
Scott> 2) In specifying command line parameters for my xterms in
Scott> .xinitrc, I've finally discovered how to make scroll-bars
Scott> with a big buffer automatically start on the xterm.
You know, an even better way to do this is to use the X resource
database. In your .Xresources or .Xdefaults file (whichever one you
have loaded when you start X windows), put these lines:
XTerm*scrollBar: True
XTerm*saveLines: 2048
Now, every xterm you start will have a scroll bar and will save 2048
lines. Only those that use the -sb and -sl options will override
these defaults.
Scott> What I haven't been able to ascertain is how to use the -fn
Scott> switch such that a bigger font is the default. I tried
Scott> "-fn large" but I think it needs a font name and/or size.
Scott> How do I find out what font is being used, then tell it to
Scott> make it bigger?
I use these programs:
xfontsel To interactively select fonts
xlsfonts To get a list of fonts at the command line
xfd To display all the characters in a font
xfontsel is probably the most useful. Run it, then manipulate the
menus until you find a font you like. You can even see the font in an
xterm by pressing the ``Select'' button in xfontsel. Then, while
holding down CTRL, press and hold mouse button 3 in an xterm window
and choose the item ``Selection.'' When you like the font you've got
and want to make it permanent, just put it into your X resources, such
as:
*VT100*font: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
A few other resources you might find useful ... these affect the font
menu in xterms on CTRL+Button-3.
*fontMenu*font1*font: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*fontMenu*font1*Label: LucidaType 14
*fontMenu*font2*font: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*fontMenu*font2*Label: LucidaType 18
*fontMenu*font3*font: -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
*fontMenu*font3*Label: Courier 14
*fontMenu*font4*font: -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
*fontMenu*font4*Label: Courier 24
*fontMenu*font5*font: 10x20
*fontMenu*font5*Label: 10x20
*fontMenu*font6*Label: Nil
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more
planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.
-- Jack Handey
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