Re: changing xterm font for 132 column mode

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Frank Richter wrote:

> > I think its a really bad idea to use a hard-coded font size & name inside
> > cursesterm.  Instead, why don't we make this an option that can be set
> > in your configuration?
> 
> You're right. But I already wrote, that the fonts should be
> configurable, but I've not the time, to implement it now.
> So you have the choice of implementing this feature or waiting and
> meanwhile configuring the fonts by changing the source and recompiling.
> 
> My patch is in no way intended to go into CVS in its current state.
> 

This patch implements the same functionality as the one that you recently
submitted, except that it uses config options to do it, and if the options
aren't given, it falls back to tn5250's prior behavior.

Apply the patch to the current devel version from the src
directory.

Put an entry in your ~/.tn5250rc that looks something like:

W3 {
    env.DEVNAME = w3
    host = as400.whatever.com
    -underscores
    env.TERM=IBM-3477-FC
    xterm_font80 = 9x15
    xterm_font132 = fixed
}

then try:  xt5250 W3


Doing it this way, people can set it up however they want it...   I'd even
recommend putting it in CVS. :)

-Scott


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