Setting fonts for Xterm from Xresources

[Marco Guazzone]

Hello,

I'm running Fedota 17 x86_64.

I have problems to set the font type to be used in XTerm from Xresources:
I edited my ~/.Xresources in order to set the font face (resource
"faceName") and size (resource "faceSize").
Here below is the output of "xrdb -query -all":
--- [out] ---
XTerm*background:       #ffffff
XTerm*color0:   #000000
XTerm*color1:   #a31515
XTerm*color10:  #fd9b43
XTerm*color11:  #00af00
XTerm*color12:  #335d85
XTerm*color14:  #389fa0
XTerm*color15:  #4daca3
XTerm*color2:   #1c9075
XTerm*color3:   #0000ff
XTerm*color4:   #008000
XTerm*color5:   #963c59
XTerm*color6:   #2b91af
XTerm*color7:   #00ff00
XTerm*color8:   #ff0000
XTerm*color9:   #d25f50
XTerm*faceName: "Inconsolata"
XTerm*faceSize: 12
XTerm*foreground:       #000000
XTerm*geometry: 80x24
XTerm*loginShell:       true
XTerm*renderFont:       true
XTerm*saveLines:        2000
XTerm*scrollBar:        false
XTerm*visualBell:       true
XTerm.color13:  #d53d7a
Xft.antialias:  1
Xft.dpi:        96
Xft.hinting:    1
Xft.hintstyle:  hintmedium
Xft.rgba:       none
--- [/out] ---

As you can see, I specified the "Inconsolata" font for the resource
"faceName". However, XTerm seems to ignore it (yes, the font has been
installed from Fedora repo). I have also tried with other fonts, but I
obtain the same result.

If instead I specify the font from the command line (option "-fa"), it works.

Where am I wrong?

Thank you so much for your help.

Best,

-- Marco

[Sergio]

--- Em ter, 2/10/12, sguazt <marco.guazzone(a)gmail.com&gt; escreveu:

>  De: sguazt <marco.guazzone(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  Assunto: Re: Setting fonts for Xterm from Xresources
>  Para: "Community support for Fedora users"
> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Data: Terça-feira, 2 de Outubro de 2012, 4:12
>  On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM,
>  Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > On 30Sep2012 15:44, sguazt <marco.guazzone(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > | On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Sergio
>  > | <sergiocmailbox-userlist(a)yahoo.com.br&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > | > Did you leave a blank line as the first line? I
>  think if you don't .Xresources won't work.
>  > [...]
>  > |
>  > | You're right. I didn't know about this "trick"
>  > | Thank you very much.
>  >
>  > You're kidding? Can you confirm that inserting a blank
>  line fixes your
>  > problem and that removing it breaks things again?
>  That's a massive bug
>  > if so. It sounds like a buggy shell script with a stray
>  "read" somewhere
>  > to me...
>  
>  I'm serious. After inserting that blank line, I get what I
>  want.
>  This sounds strange me too, but that is it
>  
>  Cheers,
>  
>  -- Marco
>  --  
I think it complains (.xsession-errors) if there isn't a blank line.

[Marco Guazzone]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt; wrote:
>  On 30Sep2012 15:44, sguazt <marco.guazzone(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  | On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Sergio
>  | <sergiocmailbox-userlist(a)yahoo.com.br&gt; wrote:
>  | > Did you leave a blank line as the first line? I think if you don't .Xresources
> won't work.
>  [...]
>  |
>  | You're right. I didn't know about this "trick"
>  | Thank you very much.
>
>  You're kidding? Can you confirm that inserting a blank line fixes your
>  problem and that removing it breaks things again? That's a massive bug
>  if so. It sounds like a buggy shell script with a stray "read" somewhere
>  to me... 
I'm serious. After inserting that blank line, I get what I want.
This sounds strange me too, but that is it

Cheers,

-- Marco

[Cameron Simpson]

On 30Sep2012 15:44, sguazt <marco.guazzone(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
| On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Sergio
| <sergiocmailbox-userlist(a)yahoo.com.br&gt; wrote:
| > Did you leave a blank line as the first line? I think if you don't .Xresources
won't work.
[...]
| 
| You're right. I didn't know about this "trick"
| Thank you very much.

You're kidding? Can you confirm that inserting a blank line fixes your
problem and that removing it breaks things again? That's a massive bug
if so. It sounds like a buggy shell script with a stray "read" somewhere
to me...
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt;

No real plot, some good special effects, but not enough to save this very
forgettable film. S&N: Windows 95.
        - Phil Herring <revdoc(a)uow.edu.au&gt; on _Mission Impossible_

[Marco Guazzone]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Sergio
<sergiocmailbox-userlist(a)yahoo.com.br&gt; wrote:
>  
[cut]
> Did you leave a blank line as the first line? I think if you don't .Xresources
won't work.
>  
> Here's mine:
>  
> $ cat .Xresources
>  
> Xft.dpi: 81
> XTerm*faceName: Droid Sans Mono
> XTerm*faceSize: 11
> URxvt.font: xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=12
>  
You're right. I didn't know about this "trick"

Thank you very much.

Best,

-- Marco

[Sergio]

>  Hello,
>  
>  I'm running Fedota 17 x86_64.
>  
>  I have problems to set the font type to be used in XTerm
>  from Xresources:
>  I edited my ~/.Xresources in order to set the font face
>  (resource
>  "faceName") and size (resource "faceSize").
>  Here below is the output of "xrdb -query -all":
>  --- [out] ---
>  XTerm*background:       #ffffff
>  XTerm*color0:   #000000
>  XTerm*color1:   #a31515
>  XTerm*color10:  #fd9b43
>  XTerm*color11:  #00af00
>  XTerm*color12:  #335d85
>  XTerm*color14:  #389fa0
>  XTerm*color15:  #4daca3
>  XTerm*color2:   #1c9075
>  XTerm*color3:   #0000ff
>  XTerm*color4:   #008000
>  XTerm*color5:   #963c59
>  XTerm*color6:   #2b91af
>  XTerm*color7:   #00ff00
>  XTerm*color8:   #ff0000
>  XTerm*color9:   #d25f50
>  XTerm*faceName: "Inconsolata"
>  XTerm*faceSize: 12
>  XTerm*foreground:       #000000
>  XTerm*geometry: 80x24
>  XTerm*loginShell:       true
>  XTerm*renderFont:       true
>  XTerm*saveLines:        2000
>  XTerm*scrollBar:        false
>  XTerm*visualBell:       true
>  XTerm.color13:  #d53d7a
>  Xft.antialias:  1
>  Xft.dpi:        96
>  Xft.hinting:    1
>  Xft.hintstyle:  hintmedium
>  Xft.rgba:       none
>  --- [/out] ---
>  
>  As you can see, I specified the "Inconsolata" font for the
>  resource
>  "faceName". However, XTerm seems to ignore it (yes, the font
>  has been
>  installed from Fedora repo). I have also tried with other
>  fonts, but I
>  obtain the same result.
>  
>  If instead I specify the font from the command line (option
>  "-fa"), it works.
>  
>  Where am I wrong?
>  
>  Thank you so much for your help.
>  
>  Best,
>  
>  -- Marco 
Did you leave a blank line as the first line? I think if you don't .Xresources
won't work.

Here's mine:

$ cat .Xresources 

Xft.dpi: 81
XTerm*faceName: Droid Sans Mono
XTerm*faceSize: 11
URxvt.font: xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=12