From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Geralt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting the global default font size. Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:52:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234457802 32061 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2009 16:56:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:56:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help List To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 12 17:57:52 2009 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 1LXese-0001WB-F8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:57:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54763 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXerK-0000Hq-3c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:56:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXeqP-0007uk-G5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:55:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXeqO-0007tJ-Nt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:55:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55640 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXeqO-0007t0-9v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:55:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f16.google.com ([209.85.220.16]:63052) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXeqN-00068m-Pk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:55:20 -0500 Original-Received: by fxm9 with SMTP id 9so2014034fxm.18 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:55:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=182KpWckYeofJlYTwQLr2R9D6y3j2ZmChhMZoE57nQk=; b=w3y/UvJwFleyXWM2zQ8NYqfO4wX/GMSwaGfm8oqyGyVvGwvRFPNVLcsBieqeeWW8Z+ vhuOAtLSHd2r4Oj4guPgBAQTetViIdz5yxLdNjlSVYf9q0VBSVMndfRFMK4i4sr6LSmN 4caZ8uW2bgqFYpbu1f515HHv0KNFkhfNJO2PA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LmoDpkm2qajyNL7y6DQVLVAE9RHVlKh9i8R4e+XlcPmrf4nT7lORFUFdfERWaDgOgP 7llLAdPTdE/QzcRoQEXOEj+LHvuMWLSzLqTA7EYhEhidlzz1TbY4pMqPyuFFxFqi1qhD XGdJ/+EBQ4GFLFNl6CFO9hfHvVIraHXyfU1Tc= Original-Received: by 10.181.144.10 with SMTP id w10mr368758bkn.84.1234457562602; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:52:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:62085 Archived-At: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote= : > > Am 10.02.2009 um 20:03 schrieb Geralt: > >> I've installed the inconsolata font[1] and I want to use it in my Emacs >> color-theme but I don't know how to add it. > > > Make it known to your X11 fonts sub-system (that's what an "installed" > should express) and then set either an X resource =E0 la: > > Emacs.Font: > -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1 > > (you can additionally use, for example: > > Emacs*menu*.font: -*-utopia-bold-r-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 > Emacs*pane.menubar.font: > -*-lucida-bold-r-*-sans-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 > Emacs.dialog*.font: -*-bitstream vera > serif-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1) > > or you put your default font choice into, for example: > > (setq initial-frame-alist '( > (tool-bar-lines . 0) > (menu-bar-lines . 2) > (border-color . "gold1") > (cursor-color . "turquoise1") > (mouse-color . "purple3") > (foreground-color . "DarkCyan") > (background-color . "antiquewhite1") > (vertical-scroll-bars . right) > (internal-border-width . 5) > (top . 10) (left . 625) (width . 80) (height . 50) > ;=95 (font . "fontset-global") > )) > > =96 and there's also default-frame-alist! > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Basic, n.: > A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in > that those who have it will not admit it in polite company. > > > Hi, thanks for the suggestion, but it's not really working. The reason is: I can find the inconsolata font using fc-cat or fc-list but I can't find it in xfontsel, so I don't know the string that I should write into my .Xresources file. How can I find that one out? Geralt.