Xterms default font is too small for my taste.
I can press crtl-key and select a larger font with the mouse, but how do I
set the default font size?
In the manpage the option
-fs size
is given, but I don't understand what are possible values for "size".

*********Salve

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:19:09 +0000, Salve Håkedal wrote:
> Xterms default font is too small for my taste.
> I can press crtl-key and select a larger font with the mouse, but how do I
> set the default font size?

Try this xterm -fn 12x24

Other values found with xlsfonts | grep x

You can look in /etc/X11/app-default to see current setting to
place/change in your own $HOME/.Xresources

Create/edit .Xresources and set what you want. Snippets from mine.

!-----------------[ EMACS ]------------------------------------------

emacs*Font: 10x20

!-----------------------------[ xedit defs ]-----------------------------------

xedit*Font: 9x15

! -----------------[ XTERM ]-----------------------

XTerm*font: 9x15

Bit Twister wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:19:09 +0000, Salve Håkedal wrote:
>> Xterms default font is too small for my taste.
>> I can press crtl-key and select a larger font with the mouse, but how do
>> I set the default font size?
>
> Try this xterm -fn 12x24
>
> Other values found with xlsfonts | grep x
>
> You can look in /etc/X11/app-default to see current setting to
> place/change in your own $HOME/.Xresources
>
> Create/edit .Xresources and set what you want. Snippets from mine.
>
> !-----------------[ EMACS ]------------------------------------------
>
> emacs*Font: 10x20
>
> !-----------------------------[ xedit defs
> ]-----------------------------------
>
> xedit*Font: 9x15
>
> ! -----------------[ XTERM ]-----------------------
>
> XTerm*font: 9x15

THANK YOU MISTER TWISTER!