* Changing the default font on the fly [not found] <mailman.169.1340467234.20353.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2012-06-23 21:18 ` Eddie 2012-06-23 21:25 ` Drew Adams 2012-06-23 23:17 ` Bill White 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Eddie @ 2012-06-23 21:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs The default font in my Emacs 23.3 (various Linux installations) is DejaVu Sans Mono Book 11. That's perfect for the calendar and my phone book, etc. if I want to do some longer writing in a more readable font, I can use the menu and go Options | Set Default Font | nibble through the various choices. But I'd rather not use the menu. I would like to get a hunk of code that is the functional equivalent to Options | Set Default Font | Droid Sans Regular 12. I don't know how to accomplish this on my own (I'm primarily a writer and editor, and I've never demonstrated any talent for programming), nor have I found any examples online that I could modify for my own uses. And from there I would like to assign that hunk of code to a keystroke series. I've assigned some macros to keystrokes, so I think I can do that part. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* RE: Changing the default font on the fly 2012-06-23 21:18 ` Changing the default font on the fly Eddie @ 2012-06-23 21:25 ` Drew Adams 2012-06-23 22:50 ` Eddie 2012-06-23 23:17 ` Bill White 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2012-06-23 21:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Eddie', help-gnu-emacs > I can use the menu and go Options | Set Default Font | nibble > through the various choices. But I'd rather not use the menu. > I would like to get a hunk of code that is the functional > equivalent to Options | Set Default Font | Droid Sans Regular 12. > > I don't know how to accomplish this on my own (I'm primarily a writer > and editor, and I've never demonstrated any talent for programming), > nor have I found any examples online that I could modify for my own > uses. > > And from there I would like to assign that hunk of code to a keystroke > series. I've assigned some macros to keystrokes, so I think I can do > that part. > > Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Changing the default font on the fly 2012-06-23 21:25 ` Drew Adams @ 2012-06-23 22:50 ` Eddie 2012-06-24 0:11 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Eddie @ 2012-06-23 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:25:00 -0700 "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote: > > I can use the menu and go Options | Set Default Font | nibble > > through the various choices. But I'd rather not use the menu. > > I would like to get a hunk of code that is the functional > > equivalent to Options | Set Default Font | Droid Sans Regular 12. > > > > I don't know how to accomplish this on my own (I'm primarily a > > writer and editor, and I've never demonstrated any talent for > > programming), nor have I found any examples online that I could > > modify for my own uses. > > > > And from there I would like to assign that hunk of code to a > > keystroke series. I've assigned some macros to keystrokes, so I > > think I can do that part. > > > > Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. > > http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts > Thanks, I did see that page. And I had learned ways to set, say, (set-frame-font "-unknown-Droid Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1") as a default by sticking it in my .emacs. But as it turns out, I cannot figure out how to assign those same 2 lines of text to a keystroke combination, or to assign, say, (set-frame-font "-unknown-Carmina Md BT-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1") to another keystroke combo. I don't know how to turn these lines of text into either a command or a function or an elisp file or a macro or something that I can assign to a keystroke, the way I did with this line that turns typopunct mode on & off. (global-set-key "\C-x\M-t" 'typopunct-mode) I think one difference is that "set-frame-font" requires a response, whereas "typopunct-mode" is either on or off. Did I mention that I am no programmer? :) I could go on utilizing the menu to change typefaces, but I'd rather not if I can avoid it. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Changing the default font on the fly 2012-06-23 22:50 ` Eddie @ 2012-06-24 0:11 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Thien-Thi Nguyen @ 2012-06-24 0:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eddie; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs () Eddie <penguinismo@almostconnecticut.net> () Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:50:09 -0400 (set-frame-font "-unknown-Droid Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1") and (set-frame-font "-unknown-Carmina Md BT-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1") These are expressions. You can make them commands (one of which you already know: ‘typopunct-mode’) by placing a: ;; -*- emacs-lisp -*- (defun COMMAND-NAME () DOCSTRING (interactive) EXPRESSION) in ~/.emacs (or rather, two of them). For example: (defun use-droid-font () "Set the frame font to Droid Sans Mono." (interactive) (set-frame-font "-unknown-Droid Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1")) (defun use-carmina-font () "Set the frame font to Carmina Md BT." (interactive) (set-frame-font "-unknown-Carmina Md BT-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1")) Lastly, make keybindings to taste and you are done, and can demonstrably call yourself a programmer. Welcome, a world of bug creation awaits! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Changing the default font on the fly 2012-06-23 21:18 ` Changing the default font on the fly Eddie 2012-06-23 21:25 ` Drew Adams @ 2012-06-23 23:17 ` Bill White 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bill White @ 2012-06-23 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Sat Jun 23 2012 at 16:18, Eddie <penguinismo@almostconnecticut.net> wrote: > I would like to get a hunk of code that is the functional equivalent > to Options | Set Default Font | Droid Sans Regular 12. I do this: ,----[ ~/.emacs ] | (set-default-font "-unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-14-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1") `---- To get that long crazy string that describes the font, I tried lots of fonts via Set Default Font til I found one I liked, then put the cursor on one of its characters and typed C-u C-x = to get this information (the string you need is after "xft:" and does not include the mysterious stuff in parens on that line): ,---- | position: 853 of 1002 (85%), restriction: <0-144>, column: 1003 | character: o (displayed as o) (codepoint 111, #o157, #x6f) | preferred charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV)) | code point in charset: 0x6F | syntax: w which means: word | category: .:Base, L:Left-to-right (strong), a:ASCII, l:Latin, r:Roman | buffer code: #x6F | file code: #x6F (encoded by coding system utf-8-emacs-unix) | display: by this font (glyph code) | xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-14-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 (#x52) | | Character code properties: customize what to show | name: LATIN SMALL LETTER O | general-category: Ll (Letter, Lowercase) | canonical-combining-class: 0 (Spacing, split, enclosing, reordrant, and Tibetan subjoined) | bidi-class: L (Left-to-Right) | decomposition: (111) ('o') | mirrored: N | uppercase: 79 (O) | titlecase: 79 (O) | | There are text properties here: | fontified t | | [back] `---- Cheers - bw -- Bill White . billw@wolfram.com "No ma'am, we're musicians." ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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