[325] in SIPB bug reports
fonts in xscreensaver
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Feb 16 16:32:35 1989
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 16:29:53 EST
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@Athena.MIT.EDU>
To: dryfoo@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
From the xscreensaver man page:
Xscreensaver will accept all X toolkit command-line options
and resource database specifications, using the instance
xscreensaver or the class Xscreensaver; for more informa-
tion, see X(1). In addition, xscreensaver will accept the
...
Many of the program defaults are defined in the file
/usr/sipb/lib/app-defaults/Xscreensaver. To find out the
specific resource strings which may be used to set default
fonts and other defaults, users should refer to that file.
From the Xscreensaver file:
Xscreensaver*menu.font: helvetica-bold18
Xscreensaver*float.font: helvetica-bold14
Xscreensaver*message.font: fgb-13
Xscreensaver*prompt.font: helvetica-bold24
From the man page for X(1):
-fn font, -font font
Either option specifies the font to use for display-
ing text.
Therefore, you can use either the X resource strings above, or the -fn
option on the command line.
jik
