From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: change font but not frame size? Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:18:46 +0000 Message-ID: <1FF85F6E-1E40-41D0-BB51-69B7C2CB470D@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197807559 5597 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2007 12:19:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:19:19 +0000 (UTC) To: gnu emacs-help gnu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 16 13:19:30 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J3sSv-0005wt-Pg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:19:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J3sSb-0006aN-K0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:19:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J3sSN-0006aC-Eu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J3sSJ-0006Zb-RA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J3sSJ-0006ZY-LX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J3sSJ-0002vm-Bg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so1604892ugf.48 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:18:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:x-mailer; bh=xQx4bcTRT4fg9RV/6bLnHjb3+BPZF2S4/7QZBbdcP8A=; b=YQ8mX8ZfqsH3xBbBSv8G7tkxeL0S3P4QLFX5mNfRkH6inc7I8z8q1QBsTsCI51hcSULDSJHaM+3cCxpiWVz7XuC2JtouSOeAr3l1V8p8hamWTQyXe+HdMNnq4mik3f/15H3gNg/5PuFDyolAO7Zlmn9996O+/y/GEeuxlXfDVGU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:x-mailer; b=jEUBwIgOqLYFSAX/Lmu5J55tYN9MdC2g38zmPC5WHT9G2ASZwTSecVXSSlDyXEL4vtsAMCwfSdv0Y2fEQeBD989kv0uf4ZV+ET3P9xzw2ZK7k6F5c9HY3w7ftGrwMeum1hy9AXR/o3iUFe48NJtgtzgHa7ZPdukiFmtyu3mmUbM= Original-Received: by 10.66.252.18 with SMTP id z18mr2498438ugh.37.1197807528889; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:18:48 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from scarlett.inf.ed.ac.uk ( [129.215.174.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g30sm8389276ugd.2007.12.16.04.18.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:18:47 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:50111 Archived-At: Is it possible to change the font in a frame (default face) without changing the frame's pixel size? `set-frame-font' has a `keep-size' argument, which would do the job, except that it enlarges/shrinks the frame first before bringing it back to the original size. That is a rather ugly effect, and when you try to increase font sizes gradually, or switch between different sets of faces in a frame, such an animation is very annoying. How can I avoid that? Is there a way to block the screen update and "freeze" the frame until it is at its correct size?