set default font for new frame

set default font for new frame

[ssSslang]

Hi there, I wonder how to set the new frame's font. Now I had
(set-default-font "MyFontName") written in ~/.emacs. I can see the right
font when I start emacs. But the font changed after I called C-x 5 2 to
make a new frame. Could someone told me a solution? Thanks.
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RE: set default font for new frame

[Herbert Euler]

>Hi there, I wonder how to set the new frame's font. Now I had
>(set-default-font "MyFontName") written in ~/.emacs. I can see the right
>font when I start emacs. But the font changed after I called C-x 5 2 to
>make a new frame. Could someone told me a solution? Thanks.

You can try something like this:

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . FONT-NAME))

Where FONT-NAME is the name of your prefered font.

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Guanpeng Xu

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Re: set default font for new frame

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 28.03.2007 um 12:45 schrieb Herbert Euler:

> (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . FONT-NAME))

There is also an initial-frame-alist ...

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Re: set default font for new frame

[B. T. Raven]

ssSslang wrote:
> Hi there, I wonder how to set the new frame's font. Now I had
> (set-default-font "MyFontName") written in ~/.emacs. I can see the right
> font when I start emacs. But the font changed after I called C-x 5 2 to
> make a new frame. Could someone told me a solution? Thanks.

At least under ver. 21.3 you can add window frame parameters to the 
make-frame function. I have this in my .emacs (for a second frame with a 
non-proportional font):

(make-frame '((name . "courier")
                (top . 1) (left . 1) (width . 98) (height . 17)
                (visibility . icon) ; nil or icon
                (font . "-outline-Courier 
New-normal-r-normal-normal-*-*-96-96-c-*-iso10646-1")))

(select-frame-by-name "courier")

;;Doesn't work in 22.0. Elisp manual (29.3.3 Window Frame Parameters) says 
somewhere that some optional arguments are semi-obsolete. Font is only 
mentioned under color parameters.