Re: Qt terminal size settings

[Ethan A M. <me...@uw...>]

On Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:50:51 PST m sutton wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have used the X11 terminal forever.  I'm looking to use the Qt
> terminal with my switch to version 5.4.
> 
> One thing I can't seem to do is set the default plot window size. With
> X11 you could do this through the Xresource mechanism.
> 
> I can set it with the 'set term qt' command, but I would like to be able
> to set in the Qt settings dialog.  Then it could be saved with the settings.

I do this by setting the environmental variable GNUTERM
in my login profile:

    setenv GNUTERM "qt size 700,440 font 'ArnoPro,12'"

	Ethan

> 
> I also noticed that the 'set term qt' command doesn't support a
> rounded/norounded option for line drawing.  This can only be done via
> the Qt settings dialog.
> 
> So here is my idea.  Add window width and height inputs to the Qt
> settings dialog to set a default terminal size. Add rounded/norounded
> (aka butt) option to the 'set term qt' command.
> 
> If these ideas seem worthwhile, I'm willing to work on coding it up.
> 
> MikeS