From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert D. Crawford" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: fullscreen does not work Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:55:56 -0500 Message-ID: <87hcrb9xoz.fsf@comcast.net> References: <4627a90a$0$337$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <87bqhknml8.fsf@comcast.net> <4627e1c9$0$327$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <87ejmfc0vq.fsf@comcast.net> <462885bb$0$328$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177065488 11049 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2007 10:38:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:38:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 20 12:37:58 2007 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 1HeqUw-0004SC-CB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:37:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeqZz-00061N-7I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:43:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcklog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:55:48 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RB4F/gNmpZipsebybgkrHh4Nmgo= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.51.66 Original-X-Trace: sv3-LJ7k9GsW3tPT9w6/SgTphmycMLwE+R75KpatElPjuqeJ5BmRrXihJBu9YyV81Hcdpe3XCBoFVXlpCxc!yn/vIw9euUq920d8jgkoIJrr2GNfghNvE9QBNvREcUbnoDyzp9mVOLGyHCuYnYlIgew/vfqoJruE!GXQ= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147255 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:42863 Archived-At: Cecil Westerhof writes: >> It would be _far_ easier to simply set the geometry >> in .Xdefaults. I have: >> >> emacs.geometry: 100x38+0+0 >> >> for a 1024x768 screen using the font setting: >> >> emacs*font: 10x20 > > I tried this in ${HOME}/.Xdefaults, but this has no result. That is where it should go. Did you log out and back in? .Xdefaults needs to be read by xrdb, which should be done when you log in. Alternatively, you can run xrdb ~/.Xdefaults and that should do the trick. rdc -- Robert D. Crawford rdc1x@comcast.net * SynrG notes that the number of configuration questions to answer in sendmail is NON-TRIVIAL -- Seen on #Debian