Re: changing font

2010-09-01 Thread Thomas Dickey
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

Re: changing font

2010-09-01 Thread matias kaukonen
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

Re: changing font

2010-08-31 Thread matias kaukonen
Yes, it displays the font but it does not set the font. Only the 'quit' button works. 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.  

Re: changing font

2010-08-30 Thread matias kaukonen
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

Re: changing font

2010-08-30 Thread Thomas Dickey
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)

changing font

2010-07-20 Thread matias kaukonen
- xlsfonts - . . . -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso10646-1 -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1

Re: changing font

2010-07-20 Thread Reid Thompson
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:00:21PM -0400, matias kaukonen wrote: - xlsfonts - . . .

Re: changing font

2010-07-20 Thread matias kaukonen
I tried both methods and neither one produced the new font. -- 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/

Re: changing font

2010-07-20 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: - Then I changed .Xdefaults to -

Re: changing font

2010-07-20 Thread matias kaukonen
Success!! And, I know a little more about how the system works. thanks, --matias On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Thomas Dickey dic...@his.com wrote: On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: - Then I

Re: changing font

2010-07-13 Thread matias kaukonen
Based on a previous suggestion: fc-list | less - Luxi Serif:style=Regular LucidaBright:style=Italic Utopia:style=Bold Italic Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold Luxi

Re: changing font

2010-07-13 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: Based on a previous suggestion: fc-list | less - Luxi Serif:style=Regular LucidaBright:style=Italic Utopia:style=Bold Italic

Re: changing font

2010-07-13 Thread Reid Thompson
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 04:59:11PM -0400, matias kaukonen wrote: 1. Could someone pls post instructions about how to reply to an existing post. 2. I have a font I'd like to use and its located at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF with administrator permissions. 3. How can I make this font the

Re: changing font

2010-07-13 Thread Reid Thompson
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:33:14AM -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 04:59:11PM -0400, matias kaukonen wrote: 1. Could someone pls post instructions about how to reply to an existing post. a starting point would be to google mailing list netiquette some pointers in

changing font

2010-07-12 Thread matias kaukonen
1. Could someone pls post instructions about how to reply to an existing post. 2. I have a font I'd like to use and its located at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF with administrator permissions. 3. How can I make this font the default for an xterm? Do I have to set the path in some manner? thanks,

Re: changing font

2010-07-12 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, matias kaukonen wrote: 1. Could someone pls post instructions about how to reply to an existing post. 2. I have a font I'd like to use and its located at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF with administrator permissions. 3. How can I make this font the default for an xterm? Do I

changing font

2010-06-26 Thread matias kaukonen
xfontsel seems to work (to change the font). Thanks. A related question is, given an xterm, how can I find out what the current font in use is? matias -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

changing font

2010-06-22 Thread matias kaukonen
Hello, I'm new to cygwin/xfree and I'm trying to change my xterm font. What I did was, typed 'xlsfonts' at the command prompt. Then I selected a font name and added it to my .Xdefaults, for example 'XTerm*font: -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'. This produced the following

RE: changing font

2010-06-22 Thread Mike Ayers
From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of matias kaukonen Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:06 AM I'm new to cygwin/xfree and I'm trying to change my xterm font. What I did was, typed 'xlsfonts' at the command prompt. Then I selected a font