Howto specify a dosemu font?
I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"h
My specified satisfactory font in ~/.dosemurc is:
$_X_font = "vga12x30" # The biggest 11" wide x 8.5"high
I'm using Kubuntu Feisty Fawn and invoke dosemu with /usr/bin/xdosemu.
My fonts for dosemu are in ~/.fonts. They used to work in the previous Kubuntu version Dapper Dan.
In the ~/.fonts directory I have run mkfontdir to create a fonts.dir and fonts.alias.
I also ran fc-cache with the following results:
lba@kinda ~ $ fc-cache -f -v ~/.fonts /home/lba/.fonts: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs /var/cache/fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory /home/lba/.fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded
My /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf is stock and all lines are commented out except for the single line of $_hdimage = "freedos:ro"
Have I missed a vital step?
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"h
It took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"hIt took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
Hello David. No, I did not know that.
I just tried to adjust the Kterm with dosemu running and the window does not adjust at all.
This might possibly be the font I'm running, which was selected because I wanted a bigger Kterm - the larger font seems to provide a larger Kterm window to accommodate it.
My large font is
$_X_font = "vga12x30" # The biggest 11" wide x 8.5"high
What is your font setting? Maybe yours is adjustable and mine is not?
Larry
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"h
The way I specify the font is this...
$ which dos ~/bin/dos
$ cat ~/bin/dos xterm -pc -fg white -bg black -geometry 80x25 -e dosemu &
After the terminal starts up, I use CTRL-RIGHT-MOUSE and hold until the window menu comes up, and select HUGE for the font size.
I don't like xdosemu because of the faint colors on my screen.
HTH
Mike
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"hIt took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
Hello David. No, I did not know that.
I just tried to adjust the Kterm with dosemu running and the window does not adjust at all.
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This might possibly be the font I'm running, which was selected because I wanted a bigger Kterm - the larger font seems to provide a larger Kterm window to accommodate it.
My large font is
$_X_font = "vga12x30" # The biggest 11" wide x 8.5"highWhat is your font setting? Maybe yours is adjustable and mine is not
not dosemu, xdosemu. x, x, x! I believe xdosemu is nothing but a wrapper which makes dosemu use the xfonts. Typing "xdosemu" in an eterm opened another term, which I don't think was 'e', but I could be wrong. IAC, it was adjustable. daveA
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not dosemu, xdosemu. x, x, x! I believe xdosemu is nothing but a
The repetition like that was hardly necessary. I'm sure he would have gotten the point with just a statement.
I also reduced some of the cross-posting.
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wrapper which makes dosemu use the xfonts. Typing "xdosemu" in
On my machine, it's not even that:
$ which xdosemu /usr/local/bin/xdosemu $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/xdosemu lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Oct 14 2005 /usr/local/bin/xdosemu -> dosemu
Looks like it's just a link to me. Presumably the executable checks its invocation.
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an eterm opened another term, which I don't think was 'e', but I could be wrong. IAC, it was adjustable. daveA
Yes, on my machine as well. But, as I commented, I find the display dim.
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not dosemu, xdosemu. x, x, x! I believe xdosemu is nothing but a
The repetition like that was hardly necessary. I'm sure he would have gotten the point with just a statement
Absolutely. I was in a hurry and impatient to share my ignorance.
Why can't Larry A. enlarge his xdosemu window by dragging? Is he missing dosemu fonts or xfonts?
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Yes, on my machine as well. But, as I commented, I find the display dim.
That's true, but it's better than tiny. daveA
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not dosemu, xdosemu. x, x, x! I believe xdosemu is nothing but a
The repetition like that was hardly necessary. I'm sure he would have gotten the point with just a statement
Absolutely. I was in a hurry and impatient to share my ignorance.
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Why can't Larry A. enlarge his xdosemu window by dragging? Is he missing dosemu fonts or xfonts?
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Yes, on my machine as well. But, as I commented, I find the display dim.
That's true, but it's better than tiny. daveA
I have learned how to drag and enlarge the xdosemu window but I don't like the look of the fonts.
When I use the default font in .dosemurc, both xterm and konsole (KDE) will re-size.
However, I prefer in .xdosrmurc to specify the $_X_font = "vga12x30"
which is a large 11" wide x 8.5" high font.
The window apparently gets fixed by the size of the font.
My only remaining problem is that I cannot get colors in the directory listing - just had to throw that off thread statement in.
Larry
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"hIt took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
Hello David. No, I did not know that.
I just tried to adjust the Kterm with dosemu running and the window does not adjust at all.This might possibly be the font I'm running, which was selected because I wanted a bigger Kterm - the larger font seems to provide a larger Kterm window to accommodate it.
My large font is
$_X_font = "vga12x30" # The biggest 11" wide x 8.5"high
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What is your font setting? Maybe yours is adjustable and mine is not
not dosemu, xdosemu. x, x, x! I believe xdosemu is nothing but a wrapper which makes dosemu use the xfonts. Typing "xdosemu" in an eterm opened another term, which I don't think was 'e', but I could be wrong. IAC, it was adjustable. daveA
Sorry for the confusion David. I always start dosemu in KDE with xdosemu either from the command line or icon.
Actually xdosemu is soft linked to dosemu but the script can tell which way it was called and act accordingly.
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"hIt took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
BTW, also with xdosemu one can use CTRL-ALT-F to toggle full-screen mode.
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I am trying to specify a larger font for dosemu 1.2.2 than the default font specified in ~/.dosemu of
# $_X_font = "" # default 8.5"w x 4.25"h
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It took me a very long time to find out that I could use xdosemu and drag the window to fill the screen and it would use a larger font automatically. You knew that though, right? daveA
BTW, also with xdosemu one can use CTRL-ALT-F to toggle full-screen mode.
Mike
Very nice Mike. Another keeper for my nfo file.
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