Re: Qt terminal size settings

[m s. <mw...@us...>]

On 2/24/2021 11:59 PM, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> 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 guess I didn't realize the GNUTERM could contain terminal options. 
Until now I never had the need to have options in GNUTERM.


>
>> 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.
Any thoughts on extending the 'set term qt' to have options like
rounded/norounded and antialias on/off capability?  I would really like
to set these on the fly without my users having to open the settings dialog.

MikeS