* A Few Small Questions
@ 2002-06-12 5:52 Scott Goldstein
2002-06-12 9:18 ` Charles Muller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Scott Goldstein @ 2002-06-12 5:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
I have two unrelated questions.
1. How can I find out what variables are valid in the list,
default-frame-alist? In other, what parameters can I set?
2. When I run bash in Emacs, I would like it to read my .bash_profile
file. I have the following in my .emacs in order to do this:
(setq explicit-sh-args '("-login" "-i"))
However, it doesn't work. Any ideas?
Thanks for the help.
Scott
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: A Few Small Questions 2002-06-12 5:52 A Few Small Questions Scott Goldstein @ 2002-06-12 9:18 ` Charles Muller 2002-06-12 11:31 ` Marco Baringer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Charles Muller @ 2002-06-12 9:18 UTC (permalink / raw) I am trying to set the default font in my Emacs (in Red Hat) to a larger size. I found some sample .emacs files on the web that contained settings such as (set-default-font "-*-Courier-normal-r-*-*-16-96-*-*-c-90-*-ansi-") But when I try these, I get an error message saying that the font I have listed is not defined. How can I get a list of the fonts that are defined for my installation? Chuck ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: A Few Small Questions 2002-06-12 9:18 ` Charles Muller @ 2002-06-12 11:31 ` Marco Baringer 2002-06-12 15:38 ` Setting default fonts Charles Muller 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Marco Baringer @ 2002-06-12 11:31 UTC (permalink / raw) Charles Muller <acmuller@gol.com> writes: > I am trying to set the default font in my Emacs (in Red Hat) to a larger > size. I found some sample .emacs files on the web that contained > settings such as > > (set-default-font "-*-Courier-normal-r-*-*-16-96-*-*-c-90-*-ansi-") > > But when I try these, I get an error message saying that the font I have > listed is not defined. How can I get a list of the fonts that are > defined for my installation? > M-x set-default-font TAB will give you all the fonts available. this is kind of hackish, but it works. use: (insert (frame-parameter nil 'font)) once you have found a font you like to write this into your .emacs unless you feel like copying the font name. type the above, hit C-x C-e and then delete that lisp code. -- -Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There's a crack in everything. It's how the light gets in. -Isonard Cohen ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Setting default fonts 2002-06-12 11:31 ` Marco Baringer @ 2002-06-12 15:38 ` Charles Muller 2002-06-12 16:56 ` Chuck Siska 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Charles Muller @ 2002-06-12 15:38 UTC (permalink / raw) Marco Baringer helpfully advised: > > M-x set-default-font TAB > > will give you all the fonts available. this is kind of hackish, but it > works. My apologies for my denseness--I am completely new to Emacs, and am struggling. When I do like the above, I then get a request for information like Font name: But I don't know what I am supposed to input here. When I do this: > (insert (frame-parameter nil 'font)) Then, when I start Emacs, the first thing I get is a listing of an Adobe Courier 12 point font. But I don't know what I should do with this. Is there any chance that I could get you to explain just a bit further. I think I am almost there (I have gotten XML validation working, MEW working, and Japanese input working, so I should be able to work through this matter of default fonts!) Thanks much, Chuck ------------------------------ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Setting default fonts 2002-06-12 15:38 ` Setting default fonts Charles Muller @ 2002-06-12 16:56 ` Chuck Siska 2002-06-13 6:48 ` Charles Muller 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Chuck Siska @ 2002-06-12 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw) chuck -- to see all the available fonts, first select a buffer into which you don't mind entering text (e.g., the *scratch* buffer). now enter the following lisp expression in that buffer: (insert (prin1-to-string (x-list-fonts "*"))) place the text cursor at the end of this lisp expression and type M-x eval-print-last-sexp. you should see a parenthesized list like the following appear immediately after that lisp expression. each entry, in double-qoutes, is a font description. (note, i've shortened my output list, here, from my own 880 entries to just the two shown. ("-*-Mini Pics Red Rock-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-iso8859-1" "-*-Mini Pics Lil Vehicles-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-iso8859-1") now, i setup my initial font in emacs by executing the following lisp expressions when i'm running emacs on mswind. These are executed automatically in my _emacs (or .emacs) file when emacs starts up, but you can execute them by hand if you wish. note, that i've taken a liberty, here, of replacing some of the font description elements with a "*" wildcard, but you can just use one of the font descriptions directly. ; set font to terminal, regular, 6 point. (setq cs-default-font "-*-Terminal-normal-r-*-*-8-60-*-*-c-*-*-oem-") (progn (setq initial-frame-alist (append `((font . ,cs-default-font)) initial-frame-alist)) (setq default-frame-alist (append `((font . ,cs-default-font)) default-frame-alist))) good luck. -- chuck Charles Muller wrote: > > Marco Baringer helpfully advised: > > > > > M-x set-default-font TAB > > > > will give you all the fonts available. this is kind of hackish, but it > > works. > > My apologies for my denseness--I am completely new to Emacs, and am struggling. > > When I do like the above, I then get a request for information like > > Font name: > > But I don't know what I am supposed to input here. > > When I do this: > > > (insert (frame-parameter nil 'font)) > > Then, when I start Emacs, the first thing I get is a listing of an Adobe Courier 12 point font. But I don't know what I should do with this. Is there any chance that I could get you to explain just a bit further. I think I am almost there (I have gotten XML validation working, MEW working, and Japanese input working, so I should be able to work through this matter of default fonts!) > > Thanks much, > > Chuck > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -- |\_/\_.-'""``:-._ What is life without looking for . . `; -._ )-;-,_`) the next cute little bug to play with? v_,- _ ),(,.\ ``-' _.- _.,-_/ / ((.' -- chuck.siska@conexant.com `<}:.. ((,.-' ((,/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Setting default fonts 2002-06-12 16:56 ` Chuck Siska @ 2002-06-13 6:48 ` Charles Muller 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Charles Muller @ 2002-06-13 6:48 UTC (permalink / raw) On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 01:56, Chuck Siska wrote: > chuck -- > > to see all the available fonts, first select a buffer into which > you don't mind entering text (e.g., the *scratch* buffer). now > enter the following lisp expression in that buffer: > > (insert (prin1-to-string (x-list-fonts "*"))) > > place the text cursor at the end of this lisp expression and type > M-x eval-print-last-sexp. > > you should see a parenthesized list like the following appear immediately > after that lisp expression. each entry, in double-qoutes, is a > font description. (note, i've shortened my output list, here, > from my own 880 entries to just the two shown. > > ("-*-Mini Pics Red Rock-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-iso8859-1" "-*-Mini Pics Lil > Vehicles-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-iso8859-1") > > now, i setup my initial font in emacs by executing the following > lisp expressions when i'm running emacs on mswind. These are > executed automatically in my _emacs (or .emacs) file when emacs > starts up, but you can execute them by hand if you wish. note, > that i've taken a liberty, here, of replacing some of the font > description elements with a "*" wildcard, but you can just use > one of the font descriptions directly. > > ; set font to terminal, regular, 6 point. > (setq cs-default-font "-*-Terminal-normal-r-*-*-8-60-*-*-c-*-*-oem-") > > (progn > (setq initial-frame-alist > (append `((font . ,cs-default-font)) > initial-frame-alist)) > (setq default-frame-alist > (append `((font . ,cs-default-font)) > default-frame-alist))) Great! Thanks! Chuck ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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