From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Anton V. Belyaev" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to force emacs to start in graphics mode? Date: 26 Jul 2006 22:49:24 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1153979364.886178.212790@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> References: <1153944438.292634.268740@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153982491 14995 80.91.229.2 (27 Jul 2006 06:41:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 27 08:41:29 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5zYd-00005P-O4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5zYd-000217-9e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:41:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.186.172.4 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1153979370 16962 127.0.0.1 (27 Jul 2006 05:49:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:49:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.0 RUSPBSITS01, 1.0 RUMOWS00007 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=194.186.172.4; posting-account=MJsRpw0AAAB1knIy9XY5Qkoe7pbkNmfZ Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140649 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36274 Archived-At: I dont think it is really needed: the old emacs 21, which resides at usr/bin, starts from the same console in graphics mode. Peter Dyballa wrote: > Am 26.07.2006 um 22:07 schrieb Anton V. Belyaev: > > > But when I'm trying to run ~/local/bin/emacs it starts in text mode in > > the console. > > > > Is there any way to force emacs use graphics mode? > > Could you launch X11 and set the DISPLAY environment variable in the > shell from which you try to launch GNU Emacs? Alternatively you can > tell GNU Emacs via -d a particular display to show up. > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does > not want merely because you think it would be good for him. > -- Robert Heinlein