[PATCH 1/2] console_codes.4: mention caveats for xterm's ESC ] 50 command
Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:10:34 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-man |
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Fonts are only settable if xterm was launched with the right options (or X11 resources) that would allow this operation. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> --- man/man4/console_codes.4 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4 index 2fa8368e1..534510a4b 100644 --- a/man/man4/console_codes.4 +++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4 @@ -760,7 +760,10 @@ Change log file to .I name (normally disabled by a compile-time option). T} -ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST Set font to \f[I]fn\f[]. +ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST T{ +Set font to \f[I]fn\f[] (the escape code is normally disabled; +consult the xterm manpage for the "allowFontOps" setting) +T} .TE .P It recognizes the following with slightly modified meaning -- 2.54.0