From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Can I ask a Simple question?
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:07:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <851wpqwsrj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net
neil <neil@serenity.region4.net> writes:
> We all know that emacs is complicated and hard for novice users.
> Especially for someone as slow as me. I have been searching the Internet
> for 3 hours and i cannot find the answer.
>
> 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? I know, I am really pathetic at
> not knowing this. I really hate having to ask such a simple question.
>
> I only know that it goes something like
> (set-default-font "???????"), but cant figure what goes between the "".
Which version of Emacs and which operating system?
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-02 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-02 16:31 Can I ask a Simple question? neil
2006-10-02 17:07 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2006-10-03 12:34 ` neil
2006-10-03 12:38 ` David Kastrup
2006-10-02 17:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.7677.1159810570.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-03 13:00 ` neil
2006-10-03 16:13 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.7702.1159892008.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-03 16:38 ` Johan Bockgård
2006-10-03 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-11 13:26 ` robert.thorpe
2006-10-04 19:06 ` jmg3000
2006-10-04 20:58 ` Drew Adams
2006-10-05 15:06 ` rgb
2006-10-11 12:04 ` Sam Peterson
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