Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:24:29 +0200 From: herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> To: <ricardo.m.jesus@criticalsoftware.com>, <raghu@mri.ernet.in>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Re: X Window - how to get the standard font Message-ID: <20090429192429.f2046d8c.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <49F855DD.6070406@gmail.com> References: <20090428230135.2d0d945d.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> <49F855DD.6070406@gmail.com>
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Well, I asked the Daemons and got an answer from Jesus and a Guru ;) Thank you guys , problem solved! herbs On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:27:57 +0100 Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> wrote: > herbert langhans wrote: > > Hi Daemons, > > a little question: > > > > I open a shell and invoke: > > #xmessage 'hello world' > > - it opens the window, but a rather tiny font. > > > > So I invoke: > > #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? > > > > Checked the man pages, but its a science to find a solution there. > > > > Thanks > > herb langhans > > > I've seen .Xdefaults files that setup resources for apps such as xcalc > and xmessage. > > Have a look at http://dotfiles.org/~n0nsense/.Xdefaults. > -- ******* Herbert Langhans, Warschau ******* Sprachtraining Langhans ******* http://www.langhans.com.pl ******* herbert.raimund@gmx.net ******* NIP 526-229-61-51 ******* Regon 014911759 ******* Tel. 603 341 441
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