On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:08:40PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Dave Feustel wrote:
> I would like to have xterm use a bold (and possibly slightly larger)
> font to make it easier for me to read.
>
> How do I change the default font used by xterm.
>
> Thanks.
>
Are you actually using xterm, or are you using something like
gnome-terminal or the KDE equivalent? The way you change it is
different depending on the program used.
I'm really running xterm. It works best for me.
If you are really trying to set xterm, you can use the "-fn
font"
option to set the normal font. There are a lot more options that can
be set in the xterm resource file. It may be worth while learning
about resource files if you are not going to use a desktop manager,
or programs that are not desktop manager aware, and want to
customize the appearance. You can also change some of the settings
for the current secession using ctrl-<mouse button> to see how they
will look before making permanent changes.
The <control-mouse click> is exactly what I want since my abilty to
read fonts changes a lot during the day, apparently depending upon
what I've eaten. So sometimes I can read quite small fonts and then
later, I cannot make out the default font.
Thanks Very Much for the tip!