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I understand to create a new xterm with 1000 buffer size I can do xterm -sl 1000 &. How would I do this by default for all xterms? If this cannot be done, how do I do it for the current xterm? It looks like I need to use XTerm*saveLines: 1000 in a file, but which file do I use and do I need to do anything after writing that file?
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I have tried XTerm*saveLines: 5000 in .Xresources and .Xdefaults (and at the same time in both files), but no change in behaviour. Do I need to resource or restart anything? I am running on a VNC if that changes anything.
Stuart
Posted 2013-09-03T23:59:18.027
Reputation: 397
update question with your suggestion – Stuart – 2013-09-04T17:46:18.133
1Just for some context, what is your Desktop environment / Window Manager?
The Arch Wiki mentions making a change in an xterm, i.e. typing the
XTerm*saveLines: 5000and then merging your resources like so:xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources– thisguy123 – 2013-09-05T00:03:06.223I'm not actually sure. I use VNC to access a server, which I think is CentOS/GNOME.
XTerm*saveLines: 5000returnsXTerm*saveLines:: Too many arguments.– Stuart – 2013-09-05T20:20:28.583Hrmm this is probably why you didn't see a change when adding to
.XdefaultsI'd say read through the XTerm manpage and once you figure out the proper syntax of the size command and can get it to be accepted in a live terminal, just add that to your.Xdefaults– thisguy123 – 2013-09-05T22:26:00.133Makes sense. I made my
.Xdefaultsfile myself. Are there any other necessary lines in there, or can it be blank except for the line I am trying to add? – Stuart – 2013-09-06T23:01:37.557