[Pan-users] Re: old trouble : can't email -- SOLVED

[walt]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:42:53 +0000, Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:51:34 +0000, walt wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:01:00 +0000, Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:
> [...]
>> Okay, I just figured it out myself.  In your gnome preferences for
>> email:
>> 
>> xterm -e alpine -url %s
>> 
>> (Do *not* check Run in Terminal because gnome seems to have screwed
>> this up somehow!)
> 
>       Bless You, SIR!!
> 
>       That works. It pops up a tiny, tiny terminal with alpine in it
> properly -- which sends, and I got it already at the address I post
> from.
> 
>       I'll have to be sure I need no extra proofreading, or else use a
> magnifying glass; but it does work.

Even that can be solved with a bit of twiddling.  xterm has an amazing
number of useful flags -- useful enough that I actually read the man
page :o)  There are two flags (at least) to do with fonts, -fn and -fs
which mean font-name and font-size.  I always use -fn 9x15, which is
confusing because 9x15 is actually the name of my favorite xterm font,
not its size.  You may or may not have the 9x15 font, so a bit of daring
may be needed to find what you like by trial and error.

>       Bless you some more. If you ever pass nigh Blacksburg, VA, come
> and enjoy reminding me I owe you big time.

Will do, BT, if ever I get more than 100 paces away from my computer ;o)