From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: seting default values Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:02:45 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073794644 28965 80.91.224.253 (11 Jan 2004 04:17:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 11 05:17:19 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 1AfX2N-0007YC-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:17:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AfXww-0005x1-76 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:15:46 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NLMBeuiVwNUkreG3XIqsZM6z1ew= Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 93afa32f.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1073793765 gemini.bitstream.net 1096 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119977 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:15919 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15919 wsgr12@yahoo.com (wsgr12) writes: > Hi, > > I would like to know what to write in .emacs in order to > > 1. set the default font to be terminal What do you mean by this? To launch eshell on startup? > 2. change the default screen size The size and location of the first screen you see is determined by something other than Emacs. How this is set depends on what OS you are using. > 3. change the tab size Try the Options menu, the Customize Emacs item. When you save the changes you make, your .emacs is already updated. You can change a *lot* of stuff without ever manually editing your .emacs.