[LIH]Changing font size in mutt

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

Hi!

I generally use mutt in an xterm. My monitor is running at 1024x768
resolution and therefor text in mutt looks damn small, especially if
you have been at the screen for 12+ hours a day. Is there any way to
change the font size of just mutt leavaing the rest of the apps
intact?

Remember, I am running it an xterm, and I dont want rest of the apps
in xterm to start getting bigger too!

- Sandip

[Vardhan Varma]

in true xterm you can use the menu which pop up by pressing
Control-RightMouseButton. to change font when and as needed.

Post by Sandip Bhattacharya
Hi!
I generally use mutt in an xterm. My monitor is running at 1024x768
resolution and therefor text in mutt looks damn small, especially if
you have been at the screen for 12+ hours a day. Is there any way to
change the font size of just mutt leavaing the rest of the apps
intact?
Remember, I am running it an xterm, and I dont want rest of the apps
in xterm to start getting bigger too!
- Sandip
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Post by Sandip Bhattacharya
I generally use mutt in an xterm. My monitor is running at 1024x768
resolution and therefor text in mutt looks damn small, especially
if you have been at the screen for 12+ hours a day. Is there any
way to change the font size of just mutt leavaing the rest of the
apps intact?

Pls see the LOST below.

####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]#######################

Sub : Enlarging font size on xterm LOST #252

To enlarge/ reduce the font while in xterm (under X windows),
Press Ctrl+[Rt mouse button] while the mouse is inside the
xterm. A menu of the vt fonts is displayed ... Choose ...

####<***@nde.vsnl.net.in>####################################


Regards

[Noufal Ibrahim]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:59:37AM +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya assembled some
asciibets to write:

: Remember, I am running it an xterm, and I dont want rest of the apps
: in xterm to start getting bigger too!
Don't set the xterm resources globally. Start an xterm with a
specific font and run mutt in it. xterm -help for more info.

[Mario Michael da Costa]

Post by Sandip Bhattacharya
I generally use mutt in an xterm. My monitor is running at 1024x768
resolution and therefor text in mutt looks damn small, especially if
you have been at the screen for 12+ hours a day. Is there any way to
change the font size of just mutt leavaing the rest of the apps
intact?

sorry none that i know of. however ....

Post by Sandip Bhattacharya
Remember, I am running it an xterm, and I dont want rest of the apps
in xterm to start getting bigger too!

why not open a seperate xterm specially for mutt ?
"xterm -rv -fn 10x20 -e mutt -y &" works for me. actually that is what i
have in my .enlightenment/file.menu. i have the same resolution as you
do. or try with Eterm (shift and "+" to increase font size), gnome
terminal, or konsole.

you've been on the list long enough to know what all those options
mean or if not where to find out. the 10x20 is by trial and error.
anybody having some pointers on how to better specify a font size ? i
need it for my 14 " monitor at home.

Thank You,
Regards,
mario

[Raju Mathur]

Post by Sandip Bhattacharya
I generally use mutt in an xterm. My monitor is running at
1024x768 resolution and therefor text in mutt looks damn small,
especially if you have been at the screen for 12+ hours a
day. Is there any way to change the font size of just mutt
leavaing the rest of the apps intact?

Mario> sorry none that i know of. however ....

Actually...

alias mutt="echo -n '<ESC>]50;9x15bold<CTRL-G>' ; /usr/bin/mutt"

Would change the xterm font to 9x15bold before starting xterm.
Presumably there's some way to change the font back to the original
too after mutt is done. How to do that is left as an exercise for the
user ;-)

<ESC> is a literal escape character. <CTRL-G> is a literal control-G
(ASCII 7, BEL, etc.).

Look for xterm.seq in your distribution. It details all the escape
sequences that xterm recognises.

-- Raju

Mario> [snip]

[H S Rai]

why not open a seperate xterm specially for mutt ? "xterm -rv -fn
10x20 -e mutt -y &" works for me. actually that is what i

<snip>

anybody having some pointers on how to better specify a font size
? i need it for my 14 " monitor at home.

Is it not good to use console to read mail? Just ctrl+alt+F2, login
and issue "mutt" and enjoy :-)

[Mario Michael da Costa]

Post by H S Rai
Is it not good to use console to read mail? Just ctrl+alt+F2, login
and issue "mutt" and enjoy :-)

:o), if only everyone sends text only mail. lynx can be used for html
mail and antiword for M$-word attachments. however i still need
gnumeric for excel sheets and ee for jpegs/gifs. try telling an uncle
or an aunt to try sending text only emails, esp when the uncle/aunt is
"computer savvy" (knows word, excel, windows and outlook distress). i
do use only console though when i'm short of time. esp since most of
my work now is console based (vim, octave and iverilog).

Thank You,
Regards,
mario