Change Shell Font via Command
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I play a lot of Nethack and I suspect that I'm not alone in preferring a larger font for it than I normally use for my terminal. I tend to use 12 for normal terminal stuff (vim or whatever) and 16+ for Nethack. Normally I just change the font in my preferences but I'm getting the urge to automate this process. I want to create a script or an alias or something that will change the font size and launch nethack with a single command. Can it be done?
Edit:
OS: Debian
DE: Xfce
Shell: Bash
command-line fonts
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
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I play a lot of Nethack and I suspect that I'm not alone in preferring a larger font for it than I normally use for my terminal. I tend to use 12 for normal terminal stuff (vim or whatever) and 16+ for Nethack. Normally I just change the font in my preferences but I'm getting the urge to automate this process. I want to create a script or an alias or something that will change the font size and launch nethack with a single command. Can it be done?
Edit:
OS: Debian
DE: Xfce
Shell: Bash
command-line fonts
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
1
We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48
add a comment |
I play a lot of Nethack and I suspect that I'm not alone in preferring a larger font for it than I normally use for my terminal. I tend to use 12 for normal terminal stuff (vim or whatever) and 16+ for Nethack. Normally I just change the font in my preferences but I'm getting the urge to automate this process. I want to create a script or an alias or something that will change the font size and launch nethack with a single command. Can it be done?
Edit:
OS: Debian
DE: Xfce
Shell: Bash
command-line fonts
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
I play a lot of Nethack and I suspect that I'm not alone in preferring a larger font for it than I normally use for my terminal. I tend to use 12 for normal terminal stuff (vim or whatever) and 16+ for Nethack. Normally I just change the font in my preferences but I'm getting the urge to automate this process. I want to create a script or an alias or something that will change the font size and launch nethack with a single command. Can it be done?
Edit:
OS: Debian
DE: Xfce
Shell: Bash
command-line fonts
command-line fonts
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
edited Feb 27 at 19:47
some_guy632
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
asked Feb 27 at 10:27
some_guy632some_guy632
1084
1084
1
We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48
add a comment |
1
We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48
1
1
We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48
add a comment |
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It depends on the terminal emulator you are using.
For instance, xfce4-terminal stores its configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm. When starting a new instance, it also let you execute a given command with the -x/--execute and -e/--command options. With features like these it's easy to create a function/script to automatize what you want.
Example:
run-nano()
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )9$/112/g' <config-file>
nano
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )12$/19/g' <config-file>
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
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Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
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It depends on the terminal emulator you are using.
For instance, xfce4-terminal stores its configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm. When starting a new instance, it also let you execute a given command with the -x/--execute and -e/--command options. With features like these it's easy to create a function/script to automatize what you want.
Example:
run-nano()
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )9$/112/g' <config-file>
nano
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )12$/19/g' <config-file>
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
1
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
add a comment |
It depends on the terminal emulator you are using.
For instance, xfce4-terminal stores its configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm. When starting a new instance, it also let you execute a given command with the -x/--execute and -e/--command options. With features like these it's easy to create a function/script to automatize what you want.
Example:
run-nano()
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )9$/112/g' <config-file>
nano
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )12$/19/g' <config-file>
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
1
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
add a comment |
It depends on the terminal emulator you are using.
For instance, xfce4-terminal stores its configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm. When starting a new instance, it also let you execute a given command with the -x/--execute and -e/--command options. With features like these it's easy to create a function/script to automatize what you want.
Example:
run-nano()
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )9$/112/g' <config-file>
nano
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )12$/19/g' <config-file>
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
It depends on the terminal emulator you are using.
For instance, xfce4-terminal stores its configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm. When starting a new instance, it also let you execute a given command with the -x/--execute and -e/--command options. With features like these it's easy to create a function/script to automatize what you want.
Example:
run-nano()
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )9$/112/g' <config-file>
nano
sed -Ei 's/^(FontName=Noto Mono )12$/19/g' <config-file>
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
answered Feb 27 at 11:32
nxnevnxnev
2,9162524
2,9162524
1
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
add a comment |
1
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
1
1
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
Works like a charm. I used an alias instead of a function but now I'm lauching nethack and increasing the font in one command. And I learned about sed! Thanks kind stranger.
– some_guy632
Feb 28 at 1:43
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We cannot know if it can be done if we do not know details about what is being used.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Feb 27 at 10:42
Updated it with my distro, shell, and desktop environment.
– some_guy632
Feb 27 at 19:48