[xmonad] XMonad.Prompt font

[Adam Sjøgren]

I was experimenting with switching from dmenu to XMonad.Prompt.Shell.

With dmenu I can get the font I want by passing the argument '-fn "DejaVu
Sans Condensed-8:normal"' (a truetype font, using xft).

I would like the same in XMonad.Prompt.Shell.

xfontsel(1) of course does not list truetype fonts, and the
documentation only says:

"data XPConfig
Constructors
XPC
font :: String Font"

- http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Prompt.html

So if anyone else runs into this: what you need to know/guess is to
prefix the 'font' with "xft:" in your configuration; i.e.:

myPromptConfig = defaultXPConfig
{
position = Top
-- ...
, font = "xft:DejaVu Sans Condensed-8"
}


Best regards,

Adam

[Daniel Wagner]

Thanks, I've pushed an improvement to the docs that mentions this.

~d

Post by Adam Sjøgren
I was experimenting with switching from dmenu to XMonad.Prompt.Shell.
With dmenu I can get the font I want by passing the argument '-fn "DejaVu
Sans Condensed-8:normal"' (a truetype font, using xft).
I would like the same in XMonad.Prompt.Shell.
xfontsel(1) of course does not list truetype fonts, and the
"data XPConfig
Constructors
XPC
font :: String Font"
- http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Prompt.html
So if anyone else runs into this: what you need to know/guess is to
myPromptConfig = defaultXPConfig
{
position = Top
-- ...
, font = "xft:DejaVu Sans Condensed-8"
}
Best regards,
Adam
--
"How are you this tiny and this strong? You are Adam SjÞgren
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