[CentOS] Set font and size in xterm

Robert Heller wrote:
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> This is *my* setup: my xterms have a green background, with black text,
> a red cursor, an VT100 geometry of 80x38 (characters), with a scrollbar,
> and using the font specified by
> '-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-*-1'.
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Here's a related question: I've played around in the past, but have never
gotten it to work: I want to arrange *where* firefox and thunderbird come
up on my screen. They don't *seem* to recognize -geometry.... Any idea?

        mark