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  • How to make xclock bigger?

    From Julian Bradfield@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Mon Jun 26 08:44:25 2017
    On 2017-06-25, Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:
    Yes. I was able to do it as:

    $ xclock -digital -update 1 -xrm "xclock*width:800" -xrm "xclock*height:800"

    But, damn! It *still* doesn't make the actual characters (digits) any bigger. It just makes the da** window bigger.

    You need to RTFM better:


    -face pattern
    This option specifies the font to use in digital mode when the
    Xrender extension is used. Patterns are specified using the
    fontconfig face format described in the Font Names section of
    fonts.conf(5).


    so you either need to use -face with a FontConfig spec, or you need to
    give the -norender option, in which case -fn with an X font will work.

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 26 12:34:24 2017
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Julian Bradfield <[email protected]> wrote:
    ...
    -face pattern
    This option specifies the font to use in digital mode when the
    Xrender extension is used. Patterns are specified using the
    fontconfig face format described in the Font Names section of
    fonts.conf(5).


    so you either need to use -face with a FontConfig spec, or you need to
    give the -norender option, in which case -fn with an X font will work.

    To me, the documentation is gibberish. I'm just looking for a quick
    solution. All I am trying to do is use xclock to time some other
    processes, so I need it to be big and visible. In fact, it would also be
    nice if I could make it "stays on top"; I know you can do this in MS
    Windows, don't know if it can be done in X.

    Anyway, I did see the bit about -face in the man page, but, as I said, it
    is gibberish. Can you tell me what to put in for the "FontConfig spec" (whatever that is) ?

    Also, I tried '-norender' - didn't change anything. Still get small characters, regardless of how big or small the window is.

    So, the search for a solution continues...

    --
    I'm building a wall.

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  • From Richard Tobin@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Mon Jun 26 12:44:49 2017
    XPost: comp.unix.programmer

    In article <oiooki$hie$[email protected]>,
    Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:
    So I run xclock like this:

    $ xclock -digital &
    $

    and it comes up, but it is very tiny, and I'd like it to be bigger.

    xclock -norender -digital -fn '-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-400-*-*-*-*-*-*'

    works for me (FSVO "works"), but the same thing with "-render" and
    "-face" doesn't.

    -- Richard

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Mon Jun 26 14:58:51 2017
    XPost: comp.unix.programmer

    [email protected] (Kenny McCormack) writes:

    So I punted and tried another Google search, and the "face"
    option worked on the first try. Don't ask me what a "face"
    is, and "how you get a list of faces".

    Yeah, I share your sentiments.
    But who cares what a "face" is as long as we have something that works.


    Every clock has a face.

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Mon Jun 26 16:07:58 2017
    XPost: comp.unix.programmer

    In article <Li94B.37367$[email protected]>,
    Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] (Kenny McCormack) writes:

    So I punted and tried another Google search, and the "face"
    option worked on the first try. Don't ask me what a "face"
    is, and "how you get a list of faces".

    Yeah, I share your sentiments.
    But who cares what a "face" is as long as we have something that works.


    Every clock has a face.

    Trite, but true.

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    Shikata ga nai...

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