From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jmg3000@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I ask a Simple question? Date: 4 Oct 2006 12:06:41 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1159988801.087342.3040@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> References: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159990859 18733 80.91.229.2 (4 Oct 2006 19:40:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 04 21:40:58 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 1GVCbY-0005zM-Js for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:40:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVCbY-0004pO-3r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:40:32 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.1.159.253 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1159988806 2246 127.0.0.1 (4 Oct 2006 19:06:46 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:06:46 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060830 Firefox/1.5.0.7 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=72.1.159.253; posting-account=0jymeQwAAAALbReIpIl6kgFFa_Xdu9Pp Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142186 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:37805 Archived-At: neil wrote: > We all know that emacs is complicated and hard for novice users. I disagree. Though, there are a number of keyboard commands to memorize. > [snip] > When i start emacs, i always hold down the shift key and left click my > mouse to get font select. You see, i cannot read the small default font > and need to make it larger. This is the value i always select: > > Courier 18 > > *My Simple Question:* Please show me exactly what line i need to write > into a .emacs configuration file so that this font size is loaded > automatically each time i start up emacs? If you're ~/.emacs file is ok, instead of touching it, just try running Emacs like this: $ emacs -fn 10x20 foo.txt and see how you like it. If you really want that courier font, use: $ emacs -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1 foo.txt After you've picked a font you like, so you don't have to always type "-fn blah...", put it into your ~/.Xresources file (create the file if you don't already have one) like so: emacs.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1 then log out and log back in to X. To pick out a font and get its full name (like that -adobe-courier-med...) I run NEdit and use its built in font selection tool. I tried xfontsel, but it wasn't helpful. ---John