How to change the font size in terminal from terminal without the use of a mouse
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I am working with LXTerminal 0.2.0 and want to know how to change the font size to make it easier in my eyes and for general knowledge so that I can do it in the absence of a mouse since that is what normally exists. I am trying to learn to be self sufficient working by myself with no mouse in a normal terminal environment. I am working with ubuntu 16.04lts. Please don't refer to gui as I know how that works.
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I am working with LXTerminal 0.2.0 and want to know how to change the font size to make it easier in my eyes and for general knowledge so that I can do it in the absence of a mouse since that is what normally exists. I am trying to learn to be self sufficient working by myself with no mouse in a normal terminal environment. I am working with ubuntu 16.04lts. Please don't refer to gui as I know how that works.
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alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
When you press (and hold) thealtkey, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. UseE(while still holding thealtkey) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for exampleRin Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.
– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
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What doesCtrlplusShiftplus theequalskey do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) andCtrlplusshiftplus theminussign decreases the font size (and the window size).
– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS withlxterminal 0.3.1I can also usectrland+to increase the font andctrlandshiftand-to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.
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May 21 at 6:25
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I am working with LXTerminal 0.2.0 and want to know how to change the font size to make it easier in my eyes and for general knowledge so that I can do it in the absence of a mouse since that is what normally exists. I am trying to learn to be self sufficient working by myself with no mouse in a normal terminal environment. I am working with ubuntu 16.04lts. Please don't refer to gui as I know how that works.
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I am working with LXTerminal 0.2.0 and want to know how to change the font size to make it easier in my eyes and for general knowledge so that I can do it in the absence of a mouse since that is what normally exists. I am trying to learn to be self sufficient working by myself with no mouse in a normal terminal environment. I am working with ubuntu 16.04lts. Please don't refer to gui as I know how that works.
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alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
When you press (and hold) thealtkey, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. UseE(while still holding thealtkey) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for exampleRin Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.
– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
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What doesCtrlplusShiftplus theequalskey do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) andCtrlplusshiftplus theminussign decreases the font size (and the window size).
– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS withlxterminal 0.3.1I can also usectrland+to increase the font andctrlandshiftand-to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.
– sudodus
May 21 at 6:25
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alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
When you press (and hold) thealtkey, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. UseE(while still holding thealtkey) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for exampleRin Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.
– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
2
What doesCtrlplusShiftplus theequalskey do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) andCtrlplusshiftplus theminussign decreases the font size (and the window size).
– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS withlxterminal 0.3.1I can also usectrland+to increase the font andctrlandshiftand-to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.
– sudodus
May 21 at 6:25
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alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
When you press (and hold) the
alt key, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. Use E (while still holding the alt key) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for example R in Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
When you press (and hold) the
alt key, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. Use E (while still holding the alt key) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for example R in Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
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What does
Ctrl plus Shift plus the equals key do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) and Ctrl plus shift plus the minus sign decreases the font size (and the window size).– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
What does
Ctrl plus Shift plus the equals key do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) and Ctrl plus shift plus the minus sign decreases the font size (and the window size).– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS with
lxterminal 0.3.1 I can also use ctrl and + to increase the font and ctrl and shift and - to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:25
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS with
lxterminal 0.3.1 I can also use ctrl and + to increase the font and ctrl and shift and - to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:25
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The configuration file for lxterminal is: $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf with the default font and size showing as:
fontname=Monospace 12
Simply alter this with your favourite command line editor such as vim and your changes are made. However it would be far cooler to use sed to accomplish with something like the following one-liner:
sed -i_bak '/^fontname/s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/' $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
This works by:
sed -i_bak: Make the changes inline and save a backup of the original file with the suffix_bak'/^fontname/: Match the line with 'fontname' at the beginning.s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/'Substitute the last 2 numbers with '22' or the number for the size of the font that you require.
How cool is the command line!
References:
- How to use sed to modify last 2 digit of a line when a string matches in a file
answered May 21 at 10:12
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The configuration file for lxterminal is: $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf with the default font and size showing as:
fontname=Monospace 12
Simply alter this with your favourite command line editor such as vim and your changes are made. However it would be far cooler to use sed to accomplish with something like the following one-liner:
sed -i_bak '/^fontname/s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/' $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
This works by:
sed -i_bak: Make the changes inline and save a backup of the original file with the suffix_bak'/^fontname/: Match the line with 'fontname' at the beginning.s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/'Substitute the last 2 numbers with '22' or the number for the size of the font that you require.
How cool is the command line!
References:
- How to use sed to modify last 2 digit of a line when a string matches in a file
answered May 21 at 10:12
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The configuration file for lxterminal is: $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf with the default font and size showing as:
fontname=Monospace 12
Simply alter this with your favourite command line editor such as vim and your changes are made. However it would be far cooler to use sed to accomplish with something like the following one-liner:
sed -i_bak '/^fontname/s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/' $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
This works by:
sed -i_bak: Make the changes inline and save a backup of the original file with the suffix_bak'/^fontname/: Match the line with 'fontname' at the beginning.s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/'Substitute the last 2 numbers with '22' or the number for the size of the font that you require.
How cool is the command line!
References:
- How to use sed to modify last 2 digit of a line when a string matches in a file
answered May 21 at 10:12
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up vote
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The configuration file for lxterminal is: $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf with the default font and size showing as:
fontname=Monospace 12
Simply alter this with your favourite command line editor such as vim and your changes are made. However it would be far cooler to use sed to accomplish with something like the following one-liner:
sed -i_bak '/^fontname/s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/' $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
This works by:
sed -i_bak: Make the changes inline and save a backup of the original file with the suffix_bak'/^fontname/: Match the line with 'fontname' at the beginning.s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/'Substitute the last 2 numbers with '22' or the number for the size of the font that you require.
How cool is the command line!
References:
- How to use sed to modify last 2 digit of a line when a string matches in a file
answered May 21 at 10:12
andrew.46
20.2k1463138
The configuration file for lxterminal is: $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf with the default font and size showing as:
fontname=Monospace 12
Simply alter this with your favourite command line editor such as vim and your changes are made. However it would be far cooler to use sed to accomplish with something like the following one-liner:
sed -i_bak '/^fontname/s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/' $HOME/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
This works by:
sed -i_bak: Make the changes inline and save a backup of the original file with the suffix_bak'/^fontname/: Match the line with 'fontname' at the beginning.s/[0-9][0-9]$/22/'Substitute the last 2 numbers with '22' or the number for the size of the font that you require.
How cool is the command line!
References:
- How to use sed to modify last 2 digit of a line when a string matches in a file
answered May 21 at 10:12
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alt-E pulls up the EDIT menu, <up> arrow then <enter> selects preferences, then I could tab to 'terminal font' & alter font size with <arrow>, <tab> & <enter> keys. I do realize you want a quick key way - but it works (I don't use lxterminal so haven't looked for better)
– guiverc
May 21 at 5:13
When you press (and hold) the
altkey, the hotkeys for the pulldown menu items are underlined. UseE(while still holding thealtkey) in English, and some other letter in other languages, for exampleRin Swedish, which stands for 'Redigera'.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:15
2
What does
CtrlplusShiftplus theequalskey do when all three keys are pressed together? In LXTerminal 0.3, that increases the font size (and window size) andCtrlplusshiftplus theminussign decreases the font size (and the window size).– DK Bose
May 21 at 6:16
For me in Lubuntu 18.04 LTS with
lxterminal 0.3.1I can also usectrland+to increase the font andctrlandshiftand-to decrease the font. But this is only temporary. Do it via the Edit menu, if you want to change the settings in a persistent way.– sudodus
May 21 at 6:25