Re: Changing the font

Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> I would like to change the font used by MSys from Courier-12 to
> something else. I think the start rxvt command is where to do it.
> But the font I want to use has spaces in its name
>  - DejaVu Sans Mono.
> How do I use this?

You need to quote the font name in the RXVT start up command, e.g.:
  ``... -fn 'DejaVu Sans Mono'-16 ...''

However, you may find the effect is disappointing;  for me, this
results in excessive and irregular glyph spacing!

BTW, you are advised against customising msys.bat in this manner;
if you ever reinstall MSYS, your customisation will be overwritten.
However, there is currently no other way to achieve the customisation
you desire, without modifying msys.bat;  provided you remember this
potential volatility, feel free to experiment.

> BTW I would like to know why the MSys post-install says:
> "Oh joy, you do not have C:/MinGW/bin/make.exe. Keep it that way."

MinGW provides a Win32 native build of GNU make, nominally identified
as `mingw32-make.exe'.  MSYS also provides its own version of GNU make,
which offers more reliable operation, but can only be used in the MSYS
environment; this version is named `make.exe'.

The comment in the post install is a caution, lest you be tempted to
rename `mingw32-make.exe' as `make.exe';  in MSYS, you want to use the
MSYS version, and keeping the unambiguously different names avoids any
possibility of using the wrong one.

Regards,
Keith.


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