[comp.windows.x] weird Xterm font problem

jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) (04/07/91)

I have my prompt string set to control codes that make it print in 
boldface, like so:

  setenv enter_standout "^[[1m"  #  the ^[ is really an ESC
  setenv exit_standout  "^[[m"
  alias setprompt set prompt = \
      \"\$\{enter_standout\}\$\{cwd:t\}\>\$\{exit_standout\} \"
  alias cd 'cd \!*; setprompt'

When I start up a new xterm, this doesn't work.  I have to select the
"default" menu item from the xterm "font" menu first.  

Anyone got a fix?  Or is there any way to make xterm automatically 
execute this menu item when it starts up?

The only font-related resource that I have which affects xterm is
"*font: *-courier-medium-r-*-12-*".  The font doesn't seem to matter.

	-- Jamie

phil@inetg1.ARCO.COM (Phil Meyer) (04/10/91)

In article <JWZ.91Apr7015454@thalidomide.lucid.com>, jwz@lucid.com (Jamie
Zawinski) writes:
> I have my prompt string set to control codes that make it print in 
> boldface, like so:
 
> When I start up a new xterm, this doesn't work.  I have to select the
> "default" menu item from the xterm "font" menu first.  
> 
> Anyone got a fix?  Or is there any way to make xterm automatically 
> execute this menu item when it starts up?


The XTerm resource file may have boldFont set by default.  Put:
XTerm*boldFont:
in your .Xdefaults to nullify this.
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