Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:43:53 +0530 From: "N. Raghavendra" <raghu@mri.ernet.in> To: herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X Window - how to get the standard font Message-ID: <868wljcx1q.fsf@riemann.mri.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20090428230135.2d0d945d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> (herbert langhans's message of "Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:01:35 %2B0200") References: <20090428230135.2d0d945d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
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At 2009-04-28T23:01:35+02:00, herbert langhans wrote:
> #xmessage -fn -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* 'hello world'
> - the same appears in the fontsize I like.
>
> Now the question:
> Can I set the bigger font somewhere, so that i.e. xmessage appears
> always in the preset, bigger font without typing the whole -fn
> -*-*.... string in? Somewhere in .xinitrc?
You can add the line
xmessage*font: -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
to the file `~/.Xresources'. (I think that file is read at the start
of the X session, but to be certain you can add
xrdb -merge ${HOME}/.Xresources
to ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession, as the case may be. I personally keep
my Xresources elsewhere, and merge them as above.)
HTH,
Raghavendra.
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