Re: emacs in xterm

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

zeycus wrote:
> Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having a
> problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
> started using X-windows, and when I type the command 'emacs' in a xterm it
> is xemacs which is launched, with a fancy window, different font, etc. But,
> what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would make use of
> the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I wish just that, with
> the same font I am using in that xterm, etc. The way it behaves if I launch
> emacs before starting theX-windows.
> 
> Forgive me if this question is well-known and explained, I did not manage to
> solve it. Thanks in advance!

If you really want to run emacs in a terminal, use
emacs -nw

(no window)


BTW,
You can configure the which font emacs uses via the .Xresources file,
or the customise menu (this might be beta emacs only; I use Xemacs which
has had font customisation in the main release for a while now).

HTH,
Colin S. Miller


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