From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:37:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87vdz1lnz7.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: <4b75340e0807180959n6f27757bg4c6049d6c56f196e@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216492967 4994 80.91.229.12 (19 Jul 2008 18:42:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:42:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Doctor Who" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 19 20:43:35 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 1KKHOu-0007GZ-4p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:43:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKHO1-0004po-62 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKHNh-0004nE-Mg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKHNf-0004kk-Dr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40760 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKHNf-0004kf-B8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:40748 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKHNf-0004ia-4M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-024-088-244-171.nc.res.rr.com [24.88.244.171]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m6JIfGoD025253; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:41:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4b75340e0807180959n6f27757bg4c6049d6c56f196e@mail.gmail.com> (Doctor Who's message of "Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:43 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:55735 Archived-At: "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 One way to do it: ,----~/.Xdefaults | | !Emacs | Emacs*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-*-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 | Emacs*cursorColor: magenta | Emacs*foreground: White | Emacs*background: Black | Emacs*borderwidth: 0 | Emacs*bitmapIcon: on | ! Lucid resources: | Emacs.pane.menubar.font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 | Emacs*menu*fontSet: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 | Emacs.dialog*.font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 | Emacs.dialog*.foreground: Black | Emacs.dialog*.background: Gray | Emacs.pane.menubar.foreground: Black | Emacs.pane.menubar.background: Gray `---- $ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults and open Emacs anew. Use xfontsel to find the name of the font that you want (where I have terminus above). Another way is to customize the default face and put in the name of the font under "Family." Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com