Changing XTERM Fonts size ....

[A. Khattri]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Ben Duncan wrote:

> Ok, I have a customer who runs some COBOL applications
> remotely from Linux Workstations. The Linux Workstations are set
> at 800 x 600 ( I think, might be 1024 x 768 ).
>
> The applications (SouthWare) runs in 80 x 25 character mode.
> The xterm display takes up 1/2 to 2/3 of the X Windows display.
>
> They NOW want the display to occupy the WHOLE desktop.
>
> Any Ideas on this ?

In the old days, one of the popup menus in xterm was a font menu that
allowed you to pick smaller fonts. I can't remember how you bring
the menu up (maybe CTRL click?) but each mouse button brought up a
different menu. Maybe "man xterm" will tell you how to invoke these menus?



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