Outstanding, the "ctl-right click" and set to huge did it for me. Was that in the doc? If so sorry I missed it... With that I don't need to mess with the fonts just yet.
Thanks! Joel http://www.rpgnext.com On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 14:39, James Rich wrote: > Joel Cochran wrote: > > > I've just started using xt5250 and have read through the doc provided by > > James Rich (thanks, even a Linux newbie could follow it). I've got > > I'm glad it is useful. > > > .tn5250rc and my user defined .Xdefaults files set up and xt5250 is > > working great. I have two questions, though: the font is 7x13, but what > > does that actually mean? Can anyone give me some alternate font sizes > > Use 'xlsfonts' to get a list of available fonts (on my system it is a > huge list and zooms past on the screen. I usually use 'xlsfonts | less' > to view the list). Among the many fonts listed is 7x14, 8x13, 8x16, > 9x15. See if any of those will work for you. Alternatively, you can > use xfontsel to see the fonts and then use the name it shows in place of > 7x13. > > > to experiment? Secondly, is there a way to make the window contents > > bigger? I have a small resolution on my machine and it is very hard to > > read. Changing the window size simply increases the black around the > > text but does not increase the text itself. > > Making the window contents larger can be done with Control-right click > and selecting the size you want. > > James Rich > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list > To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 > or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250. _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.