On 9-Sep-07, at 11:49 , Prof J C Nash wrote:
xterm -font '-*-fixed-large- ...'
but get errors "unable to open font ..."
The "large" is not in the right place to be a valid X font. The 3rd
position (separated by dashes) is for the font weight such as bold or
medium.
try:
xterm -font '-*-fixed-medium-*-*--15-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
Change 15 as desired. Run xfontsel to pick a different font. Clicking
on the select button will copy the font name for easy pasting.
If you install ttf-bistream-vera or ttf-dejavu packages you should be
able to run
xterm -fa monospace -fs XX
Where XX is font size. You may need to specify the font name -fa as
"mono" or "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono".
PS. For information, this is part of my ongoing effort to get
latest gnumeric compiled. I've found the VM approach seems the
least hassle in that I don't get pollution of my main workstation.
Virtual machines are an excellent tool for any sort of testing or
development work. I use Vmware. I am particularly fond of its
multiple snapshot feature (in v5+).
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sg