From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Halliday Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to change the font size in .emacs file Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:38:08 +0100 Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030528203808.52649f26.devnull@example.com> References: <84r86kkf2e.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054150794 19909 80.91.224.249 (28 May 2003 19:39:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:39:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 28 21:39:50 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19L6m6-0005Aa-00 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 21:39:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19L6mf-0001EG-3J for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 May 2003 15:40:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!213.51.129.3.MISMATCH!newshub1.home.nl!home.nl!amsnews01.chello.com!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: GNU/Linux Sylpheed Claws 0.9.0 Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.41.200.92 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1054150684 82.41.200.92 (Wed, 28 May 2003 19:38:04 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:38:04 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113805 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10299 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10299 Kai Gro=DFjohann wrote: > M-x customize-face RET default RET or if you are running emacs in X (i see you are in windows Tongjie Chen, so i doubt this will work) add something like (set-default-font "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1") to your .emacs file. i find this method the most intuitive as i like being able to enter the font in this format. cheers, Sam