* Prof J C Nash <nashjc [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> [070910 14:33]: > Thanks to all for help. I have managed to use command line xterm to get > bigger terminal fonts. Putting alias in .bashrc however has so far > proved annoyingly resistant to putting the same command as a replacement > for xterm. May have to use a different name or some such hack. alias xterm="/usr/bin/xterm -font $FONTSPEC" Inside your alias, you need to reference the complete path, not the alias itself. -Bart -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/