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Re: xterm: query font used after larger-vt-font() calls

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Alex <alex_m@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> I have used Debian for years, but decided to try Ubuntu on a
> new desktop to get more up to date packages. I got most things
> to where I like them, but there are still a few annoying issues.
> 
> The current one is the xterm font. If I start the xterm with
> a "fixed" font and increase it a few times (by larger-vt-font()
> feature) I get the font I like. However, I cannot find what
> exactly font it is to add to my Fvwm menu, etc. and spending an
> hour with xfontsel did not help (too many variants).
> 
> Is there a way to find out what is the current font the xterm
> uses (i.e. the font after larger-vt-font() calls, not the one
> xterm was started with)?

Quick and dirty:

 printf '\033]50;?\007'

The returned string, which will probably be taken by the shell as input
from the keyboard, will be the above control sequence with the '?'
replaced with a font name or alias.

If the returned font name is an alias, look it up with xprop:

 xprop -font 7x13

See /usr/share/doc/xterm*/ctlseqs.txt for details.

This site may be of interest:

<http://home.comcast.net/~urbanjost/CLONE/UNIX_SCRIPTS/scripts_xterm/index.html>

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xterm: query font used after larger-vt-font() calls Alex <alex_m@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-04 12:47 -0400
  Re: xterm: query font used after larger-vt-font() calls despen@verizon.net - 2011-07-05 14:11 -0400
  Re: xterm: query font used after larger-vt-font() calls dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2011-07-05 19:16 +0100

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