Hi Larry,

you're right, the ADSM GUI should honor the -fn flag, just as it does with the
other "standard" X flags (e.g. -bg and -fg are already honored today).  This
may get fixed in an upcoming release.

However, for now you can use the work-around of using X resources to set the
font the GUI should use.  Try invoking the GUI like this:

 dsm -xrm '*fontList: fixed'

This lets the GUI come up with the font "fixed" being used for all panels.  To
use another font, simply replace "fixed" with that font's name (the command
"xlsfonts" gives a list of fonts available on your system).

Alternatively, you can put a line like "dsm*fontList: fixed" into your
.Xdefaults file ("dsm" is the GUI's X class name), and source this file using
"xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults".  This sets the default font to be used for all dsm
sessions.

Cheers,
                     Christian


Christian Bolik
IBM SM IT Software Development ADSM