Changing xfterm color or running xterm

[Serge Gagnon]

>>>>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, "Brett" == Brett I. Holcomb wrote:

  Brett> I simply changed the properties on the xfterm command via right
  Brett> mouse.  I put

  Brett> xfterm -bg black -fg green -rightbar -j

  Brett> Now if I could figure out how to tell it to use larger fonts.

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You can use truetype font too. ie.
xterm -fa "lucida console" -fs 10
or
xterm -fa "Comic Sans MS" -fs 12

You must have the truetype fonts ( the .ttf files ) in your font path and 
set your system and X for these fonts.
See man xset for X. I can't help you with linux because I don't know this 
os.

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Serge Gagnon
Quebec, Qc, Canada