setting xterm font from the command line

[Parv]

in message <20040624145011.71cbd047 at localhost>,
wrote epilogue at allstream.net thusly...
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:07:09 -0400
> Parv <parv at pair.com> wrote:
> 
> > i tried w/ xterms included in 4.3.0 and locally compiled version
> > (patch 187) w/o any problems; the exact command was...
> > 
> >   xterm -fn \
> >     '-bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-*-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
> 
> in order for it to work, you *must* escape the fontname
> whitespace.
> 
> xterm -fn -bitstream-bitstream\ vera\ sans\mono-*-yada,yada.
> 
> also, if you're using the ' ' on either end of the fontname (as
> you've shown above), drop them.

Please ignore my previous reply to epilogue's reply.

After providing the correct font syntax (w/o the single quotes but
w/ quoted space), epilogue's syntax /also/ works for me.


  - Parv

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