Specifying xterm's font in .Xresources.

Hello,

I have the following line in .Xresources:

XTerm*font: "-*-andale mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

When I start xterm, I get an error message:

xterm: unable to open font ""-*-andale
mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"",
trying "fixed"....

But when I start xterm with the following command-line option

xterm -fn "-*-andale mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

the requested font is used, and no error messages are issued, though
font's name string is the same one.

Why is that so?


ddtl.

ddtl <this.is@invalid> wrote:
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> I have the following line in .Xresources:
> XTerm*font: "-*-andale mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"[/color]

don't use quotes in the resource value. Aside from trimming leading
whitespace and expanding some backslashes, Xt doesn't modify the
string. Your shell gets rid of double-quotes.

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>don't use quotes in the resource value. Aside from trimming leading
>whitespace and expanding some backslashes, Xt doesn't modify the
>string. Your shell gets rid of double-quotes.[/color]

Thanks, that solved the problem.

ddtl.