Xterm and .Xresources

[Derek Martin]

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jerry A Clabaugh wrote:

> I've got my window manager (fvwm2) set up to put an xterm
> up when I start X windows.  I'd like to have it come up
> with 'Large' VT font, which I was able to do by putting this
> .Xresources file in my home directory:
> 
> xterm*font: -misc-fixed-medium-*-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> xterm*geometry: 70x28
> 
> The problem now is that the xterm pop-up menus don't work
> anymore! (The ones you get when you push a mouse button over
> an xterm with ctrl held down).  Anyone know what I need
> to do?

DON'T DO THAT! 

Instead, launch your xterm as

xterm -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-*-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Or if you insist on setting up specific fonts using resources, try these:

/* xterm & related resources */
XTerm*scrollBar:        true
XTerm*saveLines:        1000
XTerm*font: 6x13
XTerm*font1: nil2
XTerm*font2: 5x7
XTerm*font3: 6x10
XTerm*font4: 7x14
XTerm*font5: 9x15bold
XTerm*font6: 10x20
XTerm*background: #003060
XTerm*foreground: LightGray
XTerm*cursorColor: Yellow
XTerm*colorBD: White
XTerm*colorUL: Yellow
XTerm*colorBDMode: True
XTerm*colorULMode: True


Derek D. Martin   |  UNIX System Administrator
derek at netria.com  |  dmartin at lancity.com

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