Re: Can I ask a Simple question?

[robert.thorpe@antenova.com]

neil wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> snipped
>
> > > Courier 18
> > >
> > > *My Simple Question:* Please show me exactly what line i need to write
> > > into a .emacs configuration file so that this font size is loaded
> > > automatically each time i start up emacs?
> >
> > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "-outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-24-180-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1"))
> >
> Hello Eli,
> I  changed the .emacs file to what you wrote:
> (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "-outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-24-180-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1"))
> Unfortunately, it has not worked. When i start emacs, I get this error
> message:
> -------------------------------
> (/usr/local/bin/emacs)
> Loading tool-bar...done
> Loading image...done
> Loading tooltip...done
>
>
> An error has occurred while loading `/home/neil/.emacs':
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: PK

Try copying your current .emacs file to another file name.

Then make a new .emacs file just containing

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font .
"-outline-CourierNew-normal-r-normal-normal-24-180-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1"))

That should tell you if the problem you are seeing is a bug in your
.emacs file or a bug in Emacs.  A bug in emacs is unlikely but not
impossible.