From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Charles Muller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: frame size and background color settings Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:30:28 +0900 (JST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20020624.173028.74753307.acmuller@gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024907441 28199 127.0.0.1 (24 Jun 2002 08:30:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:30:41 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17MPFA-0007Kh-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:30:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MPBs-00051P-00; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp01.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.131]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MPBE-0004y5-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:26:36 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-49-223.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.49.223] helo=localhost) by smtp01.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 17MPBC-0006tx-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:26:34 +0900 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:512 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:512 I am a newbie, presently experimenting and learning with both Emacs and Xemacs. The Emacs package that came with my Red Hat 7.3 distro came set up with a nice black-text, white-background setting that I like. I figured out how to set the fonts and frame size to my liking with .emacs file. I have been trying to duplicate this with Xemacs, but trying to sort out the information on this seems to be a bit more confusing, since I have found explanations for doing this in the .emacs file, the .Xdefaults file, and the custom.el file. The font changes that I made in Xemacs were saved to custom.el. When I made frame size changes doing like (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 25)) in init.el, they take effect when I start Xemacs from the Red Hat Desktop icon, but not when I start from the command line. Other sources seem to say that I should be using a setting like Xemacs+geometry.... in .Xdefaults, but AFAICT, my system does not yet have this file. Apparently there are different ways of doing this. Can someone outline the main points of Xemacs-specific methods of setting background color and frame size? (Version 21.4.6) Much appreciated, Chuck ----------------------- Charles Muller Digital CJKV-English Dictioaries www.acmuller.net