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- From: williams@agomoda.asd.sgi.com (Eric Williams)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: xwsh -vt100
- Message-ID: <osd99ug@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 02:17:55 GMT
- References: <32156@adm.brl.mil>
- Sender: news@fido.asd.sgi.com (Usenet News Admin)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <32156@adm.brl.mil> MIKE@scripps.edu (Mike Whittaker) writes:
- > Number 1, I'd like to change the font in the windows, but I can't
- > figure out the -xrm flag.
-
- The -fn flag will do what you want. Try something like this:
-
- xwsh -fn -schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-
-
- If you want to use -xrm then try something like this:
-
- xwsh -xrm '*font: -schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1'
-
- I think you need a full X font name. I got this one using the font browser
- (by clicking the right mouse in an xwsh and selecting Font...). The -xrm
- option allows you to pass X resources to xwsh. See the man page for all
- the different resources you can set. e.g. just to see how multiple resources
- could be set I tried:
-
- xwsh -xrm '*font: -schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1\
- *foreground: yellow\
- *background: blue'
-
- It's easier to deal with resources if you use a .Xdefaults file. See the
- 4Dgifts account for an example. The xprop program is also very handy when
- you start playing around with resources.
-
-
-
- > Number 2, I'd like the
- > backspace key to actually act like a backspace key. Currently only the
- > delete key works like a backspace key when logged into the remote Vax.
-
- I suspect this is the "fault" of the VAX and is more a difference in
- default keyboard. On SGI keyboards the backspace key (which sends a
- control H) is more convenient than the delete key (control-?), so try
- this:
-
- stty erase '^H'
-
- to tell UNIX to use backspace instead of delete. This could be put in
- your .login file on the VAX to make it the default.
-
-
- Good luck,
- Eric Williams
-