From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Default font and .Xdefaults Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:57:46 -0000 Organization: Alaska Internet Solutions Message-ID: Reply-To: tim@johnsons-web.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145421626 25382 80.91.229.2 (19 Apr 2006 04:40:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:40:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 19 06:40:22 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FW4UG-0003Je-Kt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FW4UG-0008Dp-7K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:40:20 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!sn-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-03!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-02!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-ams-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 38 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138826 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:34444 Archived-At: Hello: I've just installed emacs 21.4a with the following version info: GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) On Linux Redhat 9.0 It now appears that the .Xdefaults setting of: Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-Fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-8 Is not being loaded. According to docs, default font is Courier 12pt under X and that is what I believe that I am seeing, but it is wholly inadequate for someone of my vision. NOTES: I've "recompiled" .Xdefaults as in xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults Have loaded emacs with -q and -debug-init with no changes or complaints. Questions: What syntax is needed for .Xdefaults to provide a larger, bolder font? Pointers to docs? FYI: I also have no Info node for 'emacs', but that's an issue I'll tackle when I can easily read again. (i.e. c-h i memacs RET gives [no match]) Thanks tim -- Tim Johnson http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com