Xterm font - setting size

[ongoto]

-How to set the font for Xterm-

One way is to locate and edit .Xdefaults file.  If it is not in your /home/user/ directory, do:
locate Xdefaults

Copy it to your /home/user/ directory and rename it if necessary to
.Xdefaults     (needs the dot in front)
chown user:group .Xdefaults

Edit .Xdefaults and find the line xterm*font: . It will probably
be followed by fixed

Replace it with these two lines
XTerm*font:     *-fixed-*-*-*-20-*
XTerm*boldFont: *-fixed-*-*-*-20-* (-20- is the font size)

Save and do one more thing to make the changes take effect.
xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults

Cheers

[Rudge]

ongoto,  nice tip. I don't use Xterm because the font is always too small. Maybe I will give it a shot. Thanks!

[uncleV]

Thanks, ongoto!

Just for information:
On my LXDE there's .Xdefault file only in /root directory and locate doesn't find it if ran in non-root mode.

What does command xrdb do? It seems I have to run it each time after changes are made for them to take effect. I will fill a remark in this file to remind me of this.

[ongoto]

xrdb (X resource database manager) is a program used to read the user preferences into a database.  That data base is used when the X server starts.  The xrdb command gives you a way to refresh the data base without having to reboot or restart the X server.

That's my best guess anyway.   

[uncleV]

And it fulfills my answer, thank you

[uncleV]

Here's an example:

[uncleV@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost uncleV]# updatedb
[root@localhost uncleV]# locate Xdefaults
/root/.Xdefaults
[root@localhost uncleV]# exit
[uncleV@localhost ~]$ locate Xdefaults
[uncleV@localhost ~]$

Updated but doesn't find it when run by <user>.
The user isn't allowed to peek to the Master's pot of soup you know

[uncleV]

Why sorry?

That's a minor issue and it's easily elucidated if one is really interested in it, except the newbie, but the newbie would ask
You did the work for us, thanks.