Messed up my lxterminal settings

uConsole
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I was trying to adjust my terminal settings for my old weak eyes. Just want to make to font bigger. I used lxterminal preferences and picked a font in Style, then went to Display and changed Default Window size. And now everything in the terminal window is wonky. Like the cells for each character are too wide, so there’s too much horizontal space between characters.

Like an idiot I failed to note down what the original settings were…

Can anyone help point me to what the default window size should be for my uConsole? Or teach me how to maybe reinstall lxwindow?

Btw, having a ball playing with the uConsole!

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if you delete the dotfiles for lxterminal in ~/.config and reboot it should go back to the default values.

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if not here’s the unchanged one.

lxterminal.conf

[general]
fontname=Monospace 10
selchars=-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_
scrollback=10000
boldbright=true
bgcolor=rgb(0,0,0)
fgcolor=rgb(170,170,170)
palette_color_0=rgb(0,0,0)
palette_color_1=rgb(170,0,0)
palette_color_2=rgb(0,170,0)
palette_color_3=rgb(170,85,0)
palette_color_4=rgb(0,0,170)
palette_color_5=rgb(170,0,170)
palette_color_6=rgb(0,170,170)
palette_color_7=rgb(170,170,170)
palette_color_8=rgb(85,85,85)
palette_color_9=rgb(255,85,85)
palette_color_10=rgb(85,255,85)
palette_color_11=rgb(255,255,85)
palette_color_12=rgb(85,85,255)
palette_color_13=rgb(255,85,255)
palette_color_14=rgb(85,255,255)
palette_color_15=rgb(255,255,255)
color_preset=VGA
disallowbold=false
cursorblinks=false
cursorunderline=false
audiblebell=false
visualbell=false
tabpos=top
geometry_columns=80
geometry_rows=24
hidescrollbar=false
hidemenubar=false
hideclosebutton=false
hidepointer=false
disablef10=false
disablealt=false
disableconfirm=false

[shortcut]
new_window_accel=<Primary><Shift>n
new_tab_accel=<Primary><Shift>t
close_tab_accel=<Primary><Shift>w
close_window_accel=<Primary><Shift>q
copy_accel=<Primary><Shift>c
paste_accel=<Primary><Shift>v
name_tab_accel=<Primary><Shift>i
previous_tab_accel=<Primary>Page_Up
next_tab_accel=<Primary>Page_Down
move_tab_left_accel=<Primary><Shift>Page_Up
move_tab_right_accel=<Primary><Shift>Page_Down
zoom_in_accel=<Primary><Shift>plus
zoom_out_accel=<Primary><Shift>underscore
zoom_reset_accel=<Primary><Shift>parenright
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Thanks Alex, deleting the file cleared it up back to normal.
Can you offer advice on what parameter(s) to change or what method to use to increase the font size without throwing the character spacing off?

Best Regards,

Michael Jones
SCSI Toolbox

303-972-2072

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BTW I tried just changing the font & its size in Preferences but nothing changes

Best Regards,

Michael Jones
SCSI Toolbox

303-972-2072

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i just use ctrl shift + to increase the size. nothing fancy. it’s rex btw. :wink:

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Thanks Rex, that worked great!
Sorry about the name mixup.

Best Regards,

Michael Jones
SCSI Toolbox

303-972-2072

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Hello again Rex - do you know of a way to set the screen defaults so that new windows will open with the new larger settings? Like using Ctl - Sft -+ to get the size I want then making those settings be the new default that new windows open as?

Also, back in the day I had a multiple virtual desktop setup on my Linux system, but under Trixie (I’m pretty sure that’s the release I’m running) I can’t find any of the methods documented online that work.

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the first one i’m not sure i haven’t tried to set it permanent, i only need to change it sometimes to read it.
multiple workspaces though i can help with, here’s my copy of rc.xml for labwc located in ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml then logout and back in the key bindings i have set are ctrl+left/right
it’s the stock rc.xml just with workspace switching added.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc">
   <desktops>
    <popupTime>1000</popupTime>
    <names>
      <name>Desktop 1</name>
      <name>Desktop 2</name>
      <name>Desktop 3</name>
      <name>Desktop 4</name>
    </names>
  </desktops>

  <keyboard>
    <keybind key="C-Left">
      <action name="GoToDesktop" to="left" />
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-Right">
      <action name="GoToDesktop" to="right" />
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86_AudioLowerVolume">
      <action name="Execute" command="amixer sset Master 5%-"/>
      <action name="Execute" command="~/.config/volume_osd.sh"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86_AudioRaiseVolume">
      <action name="Execute" command="amixer sset Master 5%+"/>
      <action name="Execute" command="~/.config/volume_osd.sh"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86_AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute" command="amixer sset Master toggle"/>
      <action name="Execute" command="~/.config/volume_osd.sh"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86_MonBrightnessUp">
      <action name="Execute" command="brightnessctl set +10%"/>
      <action name="Execute" command="~/.config/brightness_osd.sh"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86_MonBrightnessDown">
      <action name="Execute" command="brightnessctl set 10%-"/>
      <action name="Execute" command="~/.config/brightness_osd.sh"/>
    </keybind>
  </keyboard>
<theme><font place="ActiveWindow"><name>PibotoLt</name><size>12</size><weight>Normal</weight><slant>Normal</slant></font><font place="InactiveWindow"><name>PibotoLt</name><size>12</size><weight>Normal</weight><slant>Normal</slant></font><name>PiXonyx</name></theme></openbox_config>
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You can change the key bindings to something easier if you want. I just use that because the only time I use multiple workspaces is when using a keyboard and monitor.

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which is the “super” key?

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The CMD/Windows key.