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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Jeff B <Jeff_B.atHome@clowderHouse.net>
Cc: 49050-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49050: 26.1; The INSANITY of setting a default font size in EMACS and saving it for future instances.
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:25:28 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o8c635rb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35cbc6ad-32a5-d89c-77eb-582e29c57d8e@clowderHouse.net> (message from Jeff B on Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:09:15 -0400)

> From: Jeff B <Jeff_B.atHome@clowderHouse.net>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:09:15 -0400
> 
> >> From: Jeff B <Jeff_B.atHome@clowderHouse.net>
> >> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:39:29 -0400
> >>
> >> There should be an EASY way to change the overall font size in EMACS
> >> and save that setting, one which is accessible in the menus where an
> >> untutored user can find it and use it.
> > On 6/15/21 3:05 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > That easy way is what you tried: Options->Set Default Font, then Save
> > Options.  I don't know why it didn't work for you, it does for me.
> 
> Well I don't know why the save has never worked for me.  Perhaps it is 
> because
> I've always happened to have tried it on odd number days of the month.  
> That's
> a good a guess as any.
> 
> I did make the change to my .emacs file which you suggested and it works, so
> thank you very much for that, and I shall hang onto that change for future
> reference.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug.





      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-16  2:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-15 16:47 bug#49050: 26.1; The INSANITY of setting a default font size in EMACS and saving it for future instances Jeff B
2021-06-15 18:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-15 22:45   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-16 14:57     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-16 15:07       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-16 16:03         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-17 14:13           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-17 18:48             ` Jeff B
2021-06-17 19:08               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-17 19:31               ` Christopher Dimech
     [not found]   ` <5a3fc745-5500-94fb-5725-bf6b05cd1b0e@clowderHouse.net>
     [not found]     ` <83r1h32bkx.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]       ` <35cbc6ad-32a5-d89c-77eb-582e29c57d8e@clowderHouse.net>
2021-06-16  2:25         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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