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From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:37:37 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d4l73cxq.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.15066.1216559074.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

"Doctor Who" <whodoctor@gmail.com> writes:

>
> Thanks.  So I found the default font I want to use as the default in
> the emacs editor window using fc-list:
>
> Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Roman
>
> Now, how do I go about having emacs-23 use this font in the editor
> window?  Do I use ~/.Xresources or ~/Xdefaults.  What is the correct
> syntax for the file to use?
>
Your options are -

emacs -fn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-12" # for a 12pt font.

Add it to .Xresources as the line

Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

or just use the select default font from the options menu.

Tim

-- 
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-21  7:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-18 16:59 Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font Doctor Who
2008-07-19 18:37 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-19 21:17   ` Doctor Who
     [not found]   ` <mailman.15061.1216536046.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-20  7:44     ` Tim X
2008-07-20 13:04       ` Doctor Who
     [not found]       ` <mailman.15066.1216559074.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-21  7:37         ` Tim X [this message]
2008-07-20 14:46     ` Dan Espen
2008-07-20 18:15       ` Doctor Who
     [not found]       ` <mailman.15076.1216577712.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-20 19:00         ` Dan Espen
2008-07-20 20:24       ` Joel J. Adamson
     [not found]       ` <mailman.15085.1216585747.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-21  7:45         ` Tim X
     [not found] ` <mailman.15050.1216492932.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-20  1:50   ` Tim X
     [not found] <mailman.15015.1216429293.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-19 18:39 ` Wolfgang Zweimueller
2008-07-20 12:58   ` Doctor Who
     [not found]   ` <mailman.15064.1216558688.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-21  7:40     ` Tim X

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