starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Ryan Moszynski]

here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:

/usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20

however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
do this through my .emacs file.

any suggestions?

thanks,

ryan

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 11.06.2007 um 23:26 schrieb Ryan Moszynski:

> however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i  
> have to
> either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after  
> i start
> emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot  
> find how to
> do this through my .emacs file.
>

         (setq default-frame-alist '(
           (border-color          . "#4e3831")
           (foreground-color      . "grey10")
           (background-color      . "ghost white")
           (vertical-scroll-bars  . left)
           (cursor-color          . "purple")
           (cursor-type           . box)
           (font                  . 10x20)
           (active-alpha          . 0.75)
           (inactive-alpha        . 0.875)
           (top . 50) (left . 150) (width . 89) (height . 56)))

There is also initial-frame-alist ...

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Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
> 
>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
> 
>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
> 
>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
>  emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
>  do this through my .emacs file.

That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:

Emacs*font:                        fixed
Emacs*foreground:                  wheat
Emacs*background:                  black
Emacs*cursorColor:                 green
Emacs.geometry:                    105x48-58+28
Emacs.dialog*.background:          LightSteelBlue1
Emacs.dialog*.foreground:          DarkRed

Then run "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources".


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Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

> however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
> either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
> emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
> do this through my .emacs file.

M-x customize-face RET default RET


        Stefan

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle]

s. keeling wrote:
> Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
>   
>>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
>>
>>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
>>
>>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
>>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
>>  emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
>>  do this through my .emacs file.
>>     
>
> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
>   
sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

ray

[OT] Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <Raimund.Kohl@nabuli.de>:
>  s. keeling wrote:
> > Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
> >   
> >>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
> >>
> >>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
> >>
> >>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
> >>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
> >
> > That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
> 
>  sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

That's insane (if true).  Do you have a ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession?
Add "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" to it.  *DM do source one or the other
(or either) of those files.


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Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Ryan Moszynski]

this method works to set the font on startup.  However, i use color-theme 
in .emacs to load my colors:

(require 'color-theme)
(color-theme-initialize)
(color-theme-aalto-light)

and when using: 

         (setq default-frame-alist '(
           (font                  . "10x20")
	   ))


the color theme loads fine for the initial window, but then when i make a new 
emacs window with 'C-x 5 2' my color them doesn't load at least the 
background color properly.  

is there a way around this?

thanks,

ryan


to set the font size . .emacs
On Monday 11 June 2007 6:26 pm, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 11.06.2007 um 23:26 schrieb Ryan Moszynski:
> > however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i
> > have to
> > either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after
> > i start
> > emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot
> > find how to
> > do this through my .emacs file.
>
>          (setq default-frame-alist '(
>            (border-color          . "#4e3831")
>            (foreground-color      . "grey10")
>            (background-color      . "ghost white")
>            (vertical-scroll-bars  . left)
>            (cursor-color          . "purple")
>            (cursor-type           . box)
>            (font                  . 10x20)
>            (active-alpha          . 0.75)
>            (inactive-alpha        . 0.875)
>            (top . 50) (left . 150) (width . 89) (height . 56)))
>
> There is also initial-frame-alist ...
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> IMBECILITY, n.  A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire
> affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
>                     -- Ambrose Bierce: _The Devil's Dictionary_

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 13.06.2007 um 19:02 schrieb Ryan Moszynski:

> is there a way around this?

Forget colour-theme?

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you're talking about.
                                   -- John von Neumann

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Cecil Westerhof]

Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle wrote:
>> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
>>   
> sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

That is true, but it reads ~/.Xdefault. I use:
################################################################################
emacs.geometry:   250x150+0+0
emacs.background: black
emacs.foreground: white
emacs.font:       *-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*
emacs.toolBar:    off
################################################################################
And it works like a charm.

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Cecil Westerhof <dummy@dummy.nl>:
>  Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle wrote:
> >>[me]:
> >> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
> >>   
> > sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...
> 
>  That is true, but it reads ~/.Xdefault. I use:

s/Xdefault/Xdefaults/         :-)


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