based on the result of 'appres XTerm', i changed .Xdefaults to: *VT100.utf8Fonts.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10 This worked -- thanks.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Thomas Dickey <dic...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: > >> Yes, it displays the font but it does not set the font. Only the >> 'quit' button works. > > I was asking about the result with xfd to be sure that the font itself is > recognized. I don't see anything wrong with the description of your changes > to the X resources. > > Another place to check is whether there are conflicting font resources > shown, e.g., using "appres XTerm". > > Beyond that, I generally just compile xterm with its debugging trace > enabled and see what resource value is actually used. It's also possible > to get the nominal value of the font using an escape sequence in a script > or program such as xtermset. > >> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Thomas Dickey <dic...@his.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: >>> >>>> The above worked on my previous computer, but now it does not work with >>>> my >>>> current computer. This is what I tried: >>>> 1. a) Added XTerm[.*]vt100.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10 to .Xdefaults >>>> b) typed: xrdb ~/.Xdefaults; xrdb ~/.Xresources >>>> >>>> next, >>>> 2. a) Added XTerm[.*]vt100.font:lucidasanstypewriter-10 to .Xresources >>>> b) typed: xrdb ~/.Xdefaults; xrdb ~/.Xresources >>>> >>>> But neither one affected the xterm font. >>> >>> does >>> xfd -fn lucidasanstypewriter-10 >>> >>> display the font you asked for? > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ > FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/