RFC: Making the xfs font server optional in Fedora Core and its derivatives.

[Mike A. Harris]

Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Mike A. Harris <mharris at mharris.ca> said:
>> I figured emacs would be the killer. ;)
> 
> What about xterm?  You can't break xterm! :-)
> 
> xterm links against libfreetype and libfontconfig, but if I stop xfs or
> clear the X server font path, xterm will not start.  I still use plain
> old 6x13 (aka fixed) as my terminal font of choice.  Is there a way to
> get the equivalent font without old-style core fonts?

xterm supports Xft/fontconfig, you simply need to pass the right
commandline options to it.

man xterm



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