xterm: query font used after larger-vt-font() calls

[Alex]

I have used Debian for years, but decided to try Ubuntu on a
new desktop to get more up to date packages. I got most things
to where I like them, but there are still a few annoying issues.

The current one is the xterm font. If I start the xterm with
a "fixed" font and increase it a few times (by larger-vt-font()
feature) I get the font I like. However, I cannot find what
exactly font it is to add to my Fvwm menu, etc. and spending an
hour with xfontsel did not help (too many variants).

Is there a way to find out what is the current font the xterm
uses (i.e. the font after larger-vt-font() calls, not the one
xterm was started with)?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

-Alex

[des...@verizon.net]

Alex <ale...@localhost.localdomain> writes:

If it's set with xresources, this will turn it up:

Home> appres XTerm
*VT100.font3: 6x10
*VT100.font4: 7x13
*VT100.font1: nil2
*VT100.font5: 9x15
*VT100.font6: 10x20
*VT100.font2: 5x7

Otherwise, you're using the builtins, you may need to
look at the source or man page.

--
Dan Espen

[Dave Gibson]

Quick and dirty:

printf '\033]50;?\007'

The returned string, which will probably be taken by the shell as input
from the keyboard, will be the above control sequence with the '?'
replaced with a font name or alias.

If the returned font name is an alias, look it up with xprop:

xprop -font 7x13

See /usr/share/doc/xterm*/ctlseqs.txt for details.

This site may be of interest:

<http://home.comcast.net/~urbanjost/CLONE/UNIX_SCRIPTS/scripts_xterm/index.html>

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