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Re: How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X
- From: tednolan at bellsouth dot net
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:24:20 -0400
- Subject: Re: How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <92C60106-8A54-434B-A470-744B8E4D420F at gmail dot com>
In message <92C60106-8A54-434B-A470-744B8E4D420F@gmail.com>you write:
>Now I can use cygwin/X to run gtk3-demo, but my eyes is bad and xterm font =
>in cygwin/X is very small, how can I set to bigger font for xterm? Thanks a=
> lot.=
>
Well, if you hold down the ctrl key and hit the right mouse button,
you will get a menu of "VT Fonts" and select "Large" or "Huge".
Or you could do what I've done -- Make a "my_xterm" shell script:
##############################################
#!/bin/sh
#
export LANG=C
export XTERM_LOCALE=C
exec xterm \
-fa lucidatypewriter -fs 16 \
-fg green \
-bg black $*
##############################################
I find the green on black much easier to read than other combinations.
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