Re: XTerm font resource

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I wrote:

> Fedora 31
> xterm-351-1.fc31.x86_64.rpm
>
> If I open an xterm window and use the menu to select the "Small"
> font, I like the result. But I can't seem to find the proper
> command options to get that result immediately, without the need
> to use the menu. The font I find from "appres XTerm xterm |
> grep -i VT100.font3" is "6x10" but that is certainly not what
> I see in the xterm window. Applying the result of "appres XTerm
> xterm | grep -i VT100.utf8Fonts.font3" using the xterm option "-fa
> '-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1'" gets
> a smaller version of the font which appears when selecting "Small".
> Adding the "-fs 9.0" option gets a font that appears to be identical
> but isn't as crisp. Examining both with xmag shows that mine has a lot
> of half-tones but the one that comes up with "Small" doesn't.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here? What options can I use on a
> command line to get the same font as selecting "Small" with the xterm
> menu?

Seth Kenlon answered:

> I don't use xterm but I use rxvt and for that, I have to issue this command
> to update my .Xdefaults settings (such as fonts, colours, and so on).
>
> $ xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
>
> It could be the same for xterm?

Thanks but I don't think that's the solution. I'm not trying to change
the default resources. I just want to discover the proper *command line*
options to get the same result I already get using CTRL-rightmouse.
-- 
	Dave Close

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