Re: [Pan-users] VDQ : xterm font size -- aaarrrgghhh ...

[Rinaldi J. Montessi]

Beartooth wrote:

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>       The only problem, which I'm trying to deal with at last, is that 
> the native xterm default settings (in Fedora on all my machines, at 
> least) make it tiny and its font illegibly so; I have to make very sure 
> of my proofreading in Pan, and then take what it puts into Alpine on the 
> xterm on faith -- no second-guessing nor afterthoughts.

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>       Somebody have mercy on a tired old man and tell me a way to do 
> only this, and nothing more -- pretty please? With sugar on it?

in your .bashrc (or equivalent):

alias xterm="xterm -fa andale:size=11:charwidth=10 -bg LightYellow
-title $USER -rightbar -ls"

Will set it when you login.  Run it on the command line for instant use.

Season to taste.

Rinaldi
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