Xterm*font documentation

clanger · 2010-01-06 17:52:15

Hello,

I'm looking for documentation regarding the Xterm*font line that can be used to configure xterm from ~/.Xdefaults.

I know I've seen an explanation of all the fields before but cannot for the life of me find it anywhere.

Any pointers would be much appreciated!

Thanks

bernarcher · 2010-01-06 18:00:39

Should be in man xterm, RESOURCES chapter.

clanger · 2010-01-06 18:31:25

Thanks but the font section in man xterm - RESOURCES is not detailed enough (it was the first place I checked).

To be more specific, for a line like:

xterm*font: -*-dina-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

I am looking for a definition of each of the fields (seperated by a '-')

jasonwryan · 2010-01-06 18:33:18

xfontsel

It explains all of the fields as you select them: is that what you are after?

bernarcher · 2010-01-06 18:44:51

clanger · 2010-01-06 19:04:32

jasonwryan: That isn't in my path and I can't find it in with pacman so I'm not sure

bernarcher: Yes that is exactly what I needed. Thanks,

jt512 · 2010-01-06 19:12:16

clanger wrote:

jasonwryan: That isn't in my path and I can't find it in with pacman

If you don't have xfontsel, then you need the xorg-utils package.

Jay

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