-fa or -fs command line options #224243Description
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> brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.5.2
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 6f39076b3c2251994419215279d0525ef667fc31
Last commit: 12 days ago
Branch: stable
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HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.RCguznumGW/org.xquartz:0
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 10
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.3 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.3/bin/ruby
CPU: deca-core 64-bit arm_firestorm_icestorm
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.49.0 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.5-arm64
CLT: 16.3.0.0.1.1742442376
Xcode: 16.3
Rosetta 2: false
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brew doctoroutput saysYour system is ready to brew.and am still able to reproduce my issue. - I ran
brew updateand am still able to reproduce my issue. - I have resolved all warnings from
brew doctorand that did not fix my problem. - I searched for recent similar issues at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues?q=is%3Aissue and found no duplicates.
What were you trying to do (and why)?
I was trying to run xterm -fa "Codelia" -fb "Codelia Bold" -fs 10 -bg black -fg grey -sb -sl 100000 -rightbar -tn xterm-256color & and xterm complained that the -fa is bad. Removing that, I tried again, and it complained that the -fs parameter was bad. Both of these options work in xterm 398 from homebrew. I am unable to test xterm 399 from outside of homebrew as I am unable to compile it from source. The xterm changelog does not mention this change.
What happened (include all command output)?
> xterm -fa "Codelia" -fb "Codelia Bold" -fs 10 -bg black -fg grey -sb -sl 100000 -rightbar -tn xterm-256color &
xterm: bad command line option "-fa"
usage: xterm [-/+132] [-C] [-Sccn] [-T string] [-/+ah] [-/+ai] [-/+aw]
[-b number] [-baudrate rate] [-/+bc] [-bcf milliseconds]
[-bcn milliseconds] [-bd color] [-/+bdc] [-bg color] [-bw number] [-/+cb]
[-cc classrange] [-/+cjk_width] [-class string] [-/+cm] [-/+cn] [-cr color]
[-/+cu] [-/+dc] [-display displayname] [-e command args ...] [-fb fontname]
[-/+fbb] [-/+fbx] [-fc fontmenu] [-fg color] [-fi fontname] [-fn fontname]
[-/+fullscreen] [-fw fontname] [-fwb fontname] [-fx fontname] [#geom]
[%geom] [-geometry geom] [-help] [-/+hm] [-/+hold] [-iconic] [-/+ie]
[-/+im] [-into windowId] [-/+itc] [-/+j] [-/+k8] [-kt keyboardtype] [-/+l]
[-/+lc] [-lcc path] [-leftbar] [-lf filename] [-/+ls] [-/+maximized]
[-/+mb] [-mc milliseconds] [-/+mesg] [-/+mk_width] [-ms color] [-n string]
[-name string] [-nb number] [-/+nomap] [-/+nul] [-/+pc] [-pf fontname]
[-/+pob] [-report-charclass] [-report-colors] [-report-fonts]
[-report-icons] [-report-xres] [-rightbar] [-/+rv] [-/+rvc] [-/+rw] [-/+s]
[-/+samename] [-/+sb] [-selbg color] [-selfg color] [-/+sf] [-sh number]
[-/+si] [-/+sk] [-sl number] [-/+sm] [-/+sp] [-/+t] [-ti termid]
[-title string] [-tm string] [-tn name] [-/+u8] [-/+uc] [-/+ulc] [-/+ulit]
[-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-version] [-/+wc] [-/+wf] [-xrm resourcestring]
[-ziconbeep percent]
Type xterm -help for a full description.
fish: Job 1, 'xterm -fa "Codelia" -fb "Codeli…' has ended
> xterm -v
XTerm(399)
What did you expect to happen?
I expect the -fa and -fs options to work. they worked in xterm 398. unfortunately I don't know if this is a regression in the homebrew formula (seems doubtful, the change to 399 here doesn't change how xterm is built from what I can see) or if this is a regression in xterm itself (this also seems extremely unlikely.)
Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)
brew update
brew upgrade
xterm -fa "Codelia" -fb "Codelia Bold" -fs 10 -bg black -fg grey -sb -sl 100000 -rightbar -tn xterm-256color
I imagine any opentype or truetype font would work in exchange for Codelia.