seting default values

seting default values

[wsgr12]

Hi, 

I would like to know what to write in .emacs in order to

1. set the default font to be terminal
2. change the default screen size
3. change the tab size
4. autoload some mode

Examples will be greatly appreciated.

Re: seting default values

[Tim McNamara]

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.

Re: seting default values

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: wsgr12@yahoo.com (wsgr12)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: 10 Jan 2004 16:41:49 -0800
> 
> I would like to know what to write in .emacs in order to

First, a word of advice: don't lump several unrelated issues into a
single message, because that makes it hard to follow the resulting
discussion, as it usually breaks up into several separate sub-threads.
It also makes it harder for you to come up with a meaningful Subject
line, thus some people who read this forum will miss the thread.

> 1. set the default font to be terminal

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "-*-*terminal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"))

> 2. change the default screen size

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 40))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(width . 90))

> 3. change the tab size

(setq tab-width 2)

> 4. autoload some mode

(autoload 'matlab-mode "matlab-mode" "Enter Matlab mode." t)

Note that all of this is documented in the Emacs manual, so please
make a point of looking there first, and ask questions here if you
cannot find anything in the manual or if what you found is somehow
unclear.  That way, you will become familiar with the on-line docs
faster, and you also help making the documentation better when you
report its shortcomings.

Re: seting default values

[Kai Grossjohann]

wsgr12@yahoo.com (wsgr12) writes:

> 3. change the tab size

Note that there are two different things: What does Emacs display when
it sees a tab character?  And what happens when you hit the TAB key?

In unusual circumstances, Emacs could display "goobledigook" when it
sees a tab character, and remove three spaces when you hit the TAB key
;-)

Please specify your question further...

Kai