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
next prev 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
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2008-07-21 7:37 ` Tim X [this message]
2008-07-20 14:46 ` Dan Espen
2008-07-20 18:15 ` Doctor Who
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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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