Re: [RP] Ratpoison on the OLPC XO

[Bill Clementson]

Hi Shawn,

On Feb 15, 2008 10:32 PM, Shawn Betts <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Feb 12, 2008 9:51 AM, Bill Clementson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Shawn,
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> > Thanks for your quick response!
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> np :).
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> > > You can change the font with C-t : set font
> > >  Does that help?
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> > I ran xlsfonts and got the following:
> > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
> > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
> > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
> > 6x13
> > cursor
> > fixed
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> > So, I created a ~/.ratpoisonrc file with the following line:
> > deffont -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
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> > When ratpoison started up, it still started with the default (tiny) font.
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> I suppose this is partly because of poor error reporting on ratpoison's
> part. There is no command called deffont and hasn't been for years. You want
> 'set font'. the def* commands were deprecated and later removed but you can
> still turn them on with the 'compat' command.

I put the deffont statement in my .ratpoison file because it was
documented as an available command:
http://ratpoison.antidesktop.net/cgi-bin/wiki/deffont
http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/docs/Commands.html

and, also used in some example .ratpoisonrc files:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_Ratpoison/Example_Config
http://ratpoison.antidesktop.net/cgi-bin/wiki/Maru

In any case, using the colon command : set font does not change the
font either on the XO. There are known issues with font handling on
the XO and I might have to just wait until these are resolved.

Thanks again for your help.

- Bill