From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:40:01 +1000 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <878wvv3ctq.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <87fxq5d8gg.fsf@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216626107 3305 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2008 07:41:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:41:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 21 09:42:36 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KKq2W-0006rZ-2h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:42:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35886 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKq1d-00013d-35 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:41:41 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!flpi089.ffdc.sbc.com!prodigy.net!news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Pdy2Em1p0BKuinSkqYhH+bHSRlI= Original-Lines: 43 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a27d54c5.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=LYPl>JBSOoD0UO2<>T]L; AL?0kYOcDh@JIGb]mONgOiJ6Gk:o:b^5?J8MIVZB_Q1`AWWYOof@A1R@ Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160417 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:55765 Archived-At: "Doctor Who" writes: > On 7/19/08, Wolfgang Zweimueller wrote: >> "Doctor Who" writes: >> >>> I'm trying to get emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 as the >>> font. When I try to invoke emacs like this: >>> >>> emacs --font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8" >>> >>> I get the error: >>> >>> Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8' is not defined >> >> I had the same problem (with another font). My solution was to put >> this line into ~/.Xresources: >> >> Emacs.font: dejavu sans mono >> >> Then do a "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" or restart your X11. Now Emacs >> should start with that font. >> >> hth, >> Wolfgang >> > > Thanks for the reply...unfortunately that did not work for me. Not > sure if the problem is specific to my OS (openSUSE 11.0 in this case) > as to where it is looking for those settings. The font in the menu > bar looks great, but the font in the editor screen does not respect > what is put in ~/.Xresources. > > If your running a GTK based version of emacs 23, its actually the other way round. The fonts in the GTK widgets don't respect/honor .Xresources/Xdefaults settings. Only the font in the editing 'window' does. See the emacs manual in the section on Xresources. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au