From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#67449: Manual: add how to change default global font size in .emacs Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 07:50:48 +0200 Message-ID: <83fs0tawqv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <63f64522726258ee8dbde487a579325c@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4699"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 67449@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dan Jacobson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 26 06:52:26 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1r784A-00013T-DI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 06:52:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r783n-0004R8-Aq; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r783h-0004Qg-9E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:51:57 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r783g-0005CX-VI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:51:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r783m-0004QH-6d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 67449 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 67449-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B67449.170097789016930 (code B ref 67449); Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 67449) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Nov 2023 05:51:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40629 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r783F-0004Oz-UH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45730) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r783D-0004Oh-90; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:51:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r7832-000597-2N; Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:51:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=mgqvEpR1ySyF4azJMfiO/QdiIXqPDf8W1536Pqe8leE=; b=PMjhWsn/FmUa1t957z6r rjZLrocvFURkibdws4VgO/90E0JJGLKLh8IaY8mXi5mR9tK9MsNJFc6zkMg2dD/52AQiV7c/oUAw0 wVFTdKkYfZjmZEZpji6rXQ1enjg1ileyjKr1SFJ/D3w487JYh7Dt+O3KKSeDEFO4G6+FHYGgN7OVK l2yYPIDsr7OXMFB1FqE/RWP4vucbnNcyKLOYpjECz/72wSqjjovNwLwLAYXQlr780Zz7uFdth+zBo 5UDUjq3hUUtWl4wmtT9sCpfE9PavEONTuP42DmcIarVD7cNDiIg8xjX8soNss3yeyREpBeII6YbUb a/pn6E1JejytQg==; In-Reply-To: <63f64522726258ee8dbde487a579325c@jidanni.org> (message from Dan Jacobson on Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:18:16 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:275035 Archived-At: tags 67449 notabug wontfix close 67449 thanks > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:18:16 +0800 > From: Dan Jacobson > > 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.