From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I ask a Simple question? Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:07:44 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <851wpqwsrj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159810843 13362 80.91.229.2 (2 Oct 2006 17:40:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:40:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 02 19:40:40 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 1GURmH-00018v-N9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:40:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GURmH-0007Fo-6S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:40:29 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!newsfeed.ision.net!newsfeed2.easynews.net!ision!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1GUa9oVOYbgiBAv/ONh0PUgpm+E= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 02 Oct 2006 19:07:55 CEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: d9de2927.newsspool4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=PmSFAh8KSOjJ00P1S40fZg4IUK\BH3YbnlXk0a^; L^hCV`H8_`hhQd^9QSCVg3dOflR6NaX0L3>c@b Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142141 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:37761 Archived-At: neil 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