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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: MarcusKracht on May 04, 2004, 04:42:50 pm

Title: change xterm settings
Post by: MarcusKracht on May 04, 2004, 04:42:50 pm

I am trying to set up my zaurus with pdaxrom
such that when I open up an xterm it
automatically comes up with a bigger font and
adapted geometry. So far, I have to first let
an xterm pop up and then type eg

xterm -fa Helvetica 14 &

to get a new window with the required font
size. It is unclear to me where I need to
make the necessary changes.

-- Marcus

Title: change xterm settings
Post by: jerrybme on May 04, 2004, 05:12:21 pm

Marcus:
I just created a script and then pointed the mb-xterm-wrapper.sh (can\'t remember exact name) to my script, so when I click on the xterm icon, it comes up with the colors & font that I want. There is also a thread on using aterm, if you prefer that shell.
Jerry

Title: change xterm settings
Post by: MarcusKracht on May 05, 2004, 06:05:17 pm

Quote

Marcus:
I just created a script and then pointed the mb-xterm-wrapper.sh (can\'t remember exact name) to my script, so when I click on the xterm icon, it comes up with the colors & font that I want. There is also a thread on using aterm, if you prefer that shell.
Jerry

Jerry,

thanks very much. I\'d be interested to see the
solution. I downloaded aterm finally because it
had a scrollbar. Aparently, xterm allows you to
scroll, but it is awkward. So I now use aterm.
I changed the mb-wrapper-xterm.sh so that it
calls aterm, not xterm. To my surprise, the
aterm I get from the sidebar is different from the one that I get from the desktop. Why is
that and how to control for that? Seems there are different configurations lying around, but where? Also, I have tried to change the font size, but once again I am stuck. I am playing
with the configuration in .Xresources, but with
no visible effect.

-- Marcus

Title: change xterm settings
Post by: jerrybme on May 05, 2004, 08:36:26 pm

The icon on the task bar called the mb-wrapper script; the menu is controlled by some xml, but I\'m not sure where (I like being able to launch both terminals). Did you write a script with your aterm settings?  Just call it whatever you want with the .sh extension; chmod +x it and place it in your /bin directory. Then point the mb-wrapper to call your script.
Hope that helps.
Jerry