Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:03:28 -0500 From: Ed Budd <ebudd@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm Message-ID: <20040305170328.314ca322.ebudd@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F44SaGi4hZszqB0002dd12@hotmail.com> References: <Sea1-F44SaGi4hZszqB0002dd12@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:42:26 -0500 "Gerald S. Stoller" <gs_stoller@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get business advice and resources to improve your work life, from > bCentral. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/loudclear.armx > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, You can add the fontsize as a parameter when you invoke it, like this: xterm -fn <fontsize> I use 'xterm -fn 9x15' on a high res monitor and set it (along with some other params) in my window manager (blackbox) menu config. EB
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