gnome and xterm

[frritchi]

Hi,

I normally launch xterm from within gnome with the command:

"xterm -fg orange -bg black"

After the xterm opens I press cntrl, right click on the terminal and choose "large" for VT fonts.

How can I set xterm to start with the large font?

Thanks,
Frank

[kerry_s]

you can create a alias in ~/.bashrc>
alias xtrem='xterm -fg orange -bg black -fa "mono-10" '

or

create a ~/bin/xterm override>
mkdir ~/bin
nano ~/bin/xterm

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xterm -fg orange -bg black -fa "mono-10" "$@" &

chmod +x ~/bin/xterm

(note: you must log out & back in)

or

use a .Xresources file

XTerm*faceName: Mono
XTerm*faceSize: 10
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: orange

add to ~/.profile:

if [ -f $HOME/.Xresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
fi

(note: you must log out & back in)
(Xresources might be Xdefaults, i think both work though)

[frritchi]

Hi Kerry,

Unfortunately that seems to change the font. (I did install Microsoft fonts) Is there a way to determine which is the default font xterm uses, or what it is when I change the size to large?

Thanks,
Frank

[kerry_s]

Hi Kerry,

Unfortunately that seems to change the font. (I did install Microsoft fonts) Is there a way to determine which is the default font xterm uses, or what it is when I change the size to large?

Thanks,
Frank

sorry, i'm use to using mono. stock fonts are fixed:
bashrc:
alias xtrem='xterm -fg orange -bg black -fn 9x15 '

Xresources:
XTerm*font: 9x15