Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!fauern!NewsServ!hotblack!hf From: hf@hotblack (Hannes Faestermann) Subject: Re: Babble from su0961@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Leonard Borowski) Message-ID: Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany References: <1991Mar20.020304.4060@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Date: 21 Mar 91 15:17:18 GMT Lines: 30 su0961@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Leonard Borowski) writes: >Ok, here's a question for everyone. I am using TWM under X11R4 and I am >trying to set up a menu when I click onto the root background. I got >that working just fine the problem is that one of the options from that >window is to run an Xterm, ok? Well, it when I select `new century >schoolbook' font the windowmanager doesn't like the font specification >because there are spaces between the words 'new century >schoolbook'. Here's the exact command I tried to use >"Xterm" !"xterm -fg snow -bg maroon4 -fn -adobe-new century >schoolbook-bold-i-normal-*-14-140-75-75-p-88-iso8859-1 &" >Any suggestions as to what I can do? I just tried "Test Window" !"xterm -fg snow -bg maroon4 -fn '-adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal-*-14-140-75-75-p-88-iso8859-1' &" and it seems to work with the quotes. Hope that helps. Hannes -- Hannes Faestermann | Internet: Physik-Department E17 | H.Faestermann@marvin.e17.physik.tu-muenchen.de TU Muenchen, | or: hf@marvin[.e17.physik.tu-muenchen.de] 8046 Garching, West Germany | BitNET : HF@DGABLG5P