Re: FVWM: xterm VT Fonts resize action

From: Grant McDorman <grant_at_isgtec.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 97 13:14 EST

> Hi,

> Sometime in the late 1900s it was said:

> PG> I am trying to introduce a small user group to the delights of fvwm
> PG> and several users have come back with a resizing problem. We are using
> PG> Sun Sparc and Ultra-Sparcs with Solaris 2.5.1 and attempting to use
> PG> fvwm-2.0.43 instead of dtwm as manager. Cntl+Mouse3 in a
> PG> /usr/openwin/bin
> PG> /xterm window gives a menu where you can reset the font for the current
> PG> xterm:

> [Chomp]

> PG> The "Unreadable" ( which is VERY SMALL ) behaves the same on dtwm but
> PG> fvwm, although returning to the default size and Font, is blank over the
> PG> "resized" width.
> PG>
> PG> ____________________ ______ ____________________
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |:::: | |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |:::: | |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |:::: | |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | => ------- => |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |abc |
> PG> |abcdef ghijk lmn | |abc |
> PG> | | | |
> PG> -------------------- ---------------------

> [Chomp]

> PG> As I said, all the other fonts seem to behave ok except this very small
> PG> one. Is this fvwm? Is there a resource file option ( fontlist etc )
> PG> problem?

I tried this on Solaris 2.5.1 (SunOS 5.5.1) with 2.0.46, and had no problem.

It is unlikely to be a font problem; I am not sure, in fact, how the window
manager can have any effect on this. Does the affected (blank) area of the
xterm window refresh if you do an 'xrefresh'?


Grant McDorman <grant_at_isgtec.com>
ISG Technologies, Inc. http://www.isgtec.com
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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Received on Tue Nov 04 1997 - 12:17:22 GMT

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