From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: vls@m-net.arbornet.org (V. L. Simpson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How can I determine what the default font it? Date: 25 Feb 2004 22:45:59 -0600 Organization: Monster Island Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r7wifny0.fsf@godzilla.localnet> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077771695 31722 80.91.224.253 (26 Feb 2004 05:01:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 05:01:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 26 06:01:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AwDeH-0007Be-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:01:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwDdW-00017I-VS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:38 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!spooler1.hal-mli.net!news.hal-pc.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.180.153.48.adsl.hal-pc.org Original-X-Trace: 1077770525 news.hal-pc.org 7049 206.180.153.48:1024 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@hal-pc.org Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121269 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17223 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17223 >>>>> "exits" == exits funnel writes: > Hello, I've just upgraded to emacs 21.3.1 from emacs 19.7(?) > The default font size is much smaller and I can barely > read it. I've done a bit of research (I'm pretty new to Linux > and well as emacs) on changing the font size but I have a few > quick questions. First of all it seems I can do this either by > modifying my .emacs file or by modifying .Xdefaults. Which > approach is better? I'm assuming if I change .Xdefaults this > will affect other programs besides emacs. Only if you do it wrong 8-]. Read the section on "Frame Parameters" and X resources in the Emacs Reference Manual. > My other question is how can I find out what font emacs is > currently displaying? Thanks in advance for any replies. Run the function 'frame-parameters' to get a list of all the the attributes of the current frame. Type (frame-parameters) in the scratch buffer, press Ctrl-j right after that expression and it will print out a list of all the current parameters for that frame. Have fun vls