Dec Windows
Ravindran Ramachandran
rr at csuna.cs.uh.edu
Fri Aug 11 04:17:34 AEST 1989
In article <JV.89Aug10154556 at mhres.mh.nl> jv at mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:
>In article <2703 at decuac.DEC.COM> avolio at decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
>
>| You can set a font set size by putting this in either
>| /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/DXterm (for system-wide default) or in your
>| own .Xdefaults.
>|
>| DXterm*main.terminal.fontSetSeletion: 0
>|
>| which will give you the larger fonts.
>
>From my 'dxterm(1X)' documentation:
>
>| fontSetSelection: Specifies which font is set to use. Specify zero for
>| little and 1 for big. The default is 1.
>
>Which is right?
>
> Johan
I don't know why the manuals are different, but having the value as
suggested by Fredrick seems to work. As the poster of the original request
for having a larger font on the system, let my re-clarify my question. I
had found out how to get the terminal window to have a larger font, by
using the customize window utilities. However, the problem was when I
started up other windows, like emacs, the postscript previewer, and the
session manager, the fonts seemed to be too small for anything but a
microscope. Having used a SUN before, with its defaults editor (wherein
you can specify what fonts, etc.), the method by which you have to specify
things for the DECwindows characteristics seemed a major pain in the ...
head. I guess those are the drawbacks of using a new and better protocol?
Anyway, I had got a response from Mr. Ted (Mellon?) on how to get to
customize the other fonts. No system-wide default, but a .Xdefaults entry.
The only problem with this was when trying to customize using the session
manager's options. With a normal font, the popup menu for changing the
color (say, background) would fit within the display. However, with other
fonts that window slided out of reach of the mouse, and could not be moved
either. As the 'save', 'dismiss' buttons were now out of reach, the session
manager basically went on hold. Solution: Kill the dxsession on node :0.
Basically, commit hara-kiri. If you still want the stuff I'll tell you how
to change the font. But please input a standard disclaimer for myself and
for the person who told me how to do this.
-- Ravi.
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