From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 67449@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67449: Manual: add how to change default global font size in .emacs
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 07:50:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fs0tawqv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <63f64522726258ee8dbde487a579325c@jidanni.org> (message from Dan Jacobson on Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:18:16 +0800)
tags 67449 notabug wontfix
close 67449
thanks
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:18:16 +0800
> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>
> In (info "(emacs) Fonts") we learn
>
> > By default, Emacs displays text on graphical displays using a 10-point
> > monospace font, and the font size can be changed interactively (*note
> > Text Scale::).
>
> That is great. But what is 10-point is not the right default size for
> you.
The text just below that explains how to do that in half a dozen
different ways.
> Well, to make a new defaut, just put
> (global-text-scale-adjust INCREMENT)
> in your .emacs. As simple as that.
No, that's not the right way, since it doesn't affect all the faces
used by Emacs. You've misunderstood the intent and purpose of
global-text-scale-adjust and friends.
> OK, also in (info "(emacs) Text Scale") we see
>
> > to change the sizes of the fonts globally, type ‘C-x
> > C-M-+’, ‘C-x C-M-=’, ‘C-x C-M--’ or ‘C-x C-M-0’, or scroll the mouse
> > wheel with both the ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Meta’ modifiers pressed.
>
> That is also great, but you also need to mention how to change it
> permanently in .emacs: via (global-text-scale-adjust INCREMENT).
Because doing that permanently makes no sense, and that's not what
global-text-scale-adjust is for.
This is not a bug, and there's nothing we should do here.
Closing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-26 5:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-26 2:18 bug#67449: Manual: add how to change default global font size in .emacs Dan Jacobson
2023-11-26 5:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-11-26 13:28 ` Dan Jacobson
2023-11-26 13:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-26 20:55 ` Dan Jacobson
2023-11-27 3:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-29 3:10 ` Dan Jacobson
2023-11-29 12:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-30 7:23 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2023-11-30 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-02 3:16 ` Dan Jacobson
2023-12-02 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
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