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From: "BillJosephson" <billjosephson@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: fatal font problem with emacs
Date: 22 Oct 2006 18:48:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1161568106.026124.25630@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.137.1161560471.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>


Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 22.10.2006 um 04:25 schrieb BillJosephson:
>
> > Warning: Cannot convert string
>
> Do you have X resources set for GNU Emacs? If so, why can't you set
> an existing font?
>
> If not: what about setting existing fonts as X ressources for GNU Emacs?
>
> 	Emacs*font:
> 	Emacs.dialog*.font:
> 	Emacs.pane.menubar.font:
> 	Emacs.menu*.font:
>
> Putting
>
> 	(setq debug-on-error t)
>
> into .emacs might show where the warning comes from ...
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> If all else fails read the instructions.
>                                           - Donald Knuth


Thanks, Peter. Frankly, your reply is a bit above my head. How would I
know if I have X resources set for GNU Emacs? Or how to set an existing
font?

I've used Emacs a lot before but never configured it, nor am  I much of
a sysadmin....

Thanks again.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-23  1:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-22  2:25 fatal font problem with emacs BillJosephson
2006-10-22 23:41 ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found] ` <mailman.137.1161560471.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-23  1:48   ` BillJosephson [this message]
2006-10-23  8:55     ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]     ` <mailman.147.1161593726.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-25  8:14       ` BillJosephson
2006-10-25  9:21         ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]         ` <mailman.228.1161768081.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-28 18:11           ` BillJosephson
2006-10-28 19:48             ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]             ` <mailman.355.1162064979.27805.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-29  2:40               ` Tim X
2006-11-02 17:59 ` IsraelMendezMartinez
2006-11-04 16:13   ` BillJosephson

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