Re: FVWM: Alternative DefaultFont feature

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:41:47 +0000

On 15 Feb 2004 17:21:51 +0100, Johan Svedberg wrote:
>
> Basically what I would like to do is something like this:
>
> DefaultFont foo bar
>
> Where FVWM would use bar if foo is not availible on the system. Very
> similar to the way it falls back on 'fixed'.

This is already possible in 2.5.x. Use "DefaultFont foo;bar", like:

  DefaultFont "xft:Luxi Mono;-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--12-*-iso8859-*"

> Another nice thing would be to be able to say something like this in the
> configuration file:
>
> + "XTerm" Exec exec xterm -fn $[DefaultFont] &
>
> Or is there currently some way to accomplish what I'm trying to do here?

Keep in mind that the fvwm font specification is richer than the one
supported by xterm and other programs, see "FONT NAMES" in the man page.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Sun Feb 15 2004 - 12:44:05 GMT

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