From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: exits funnel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How can I determine what the default font it? Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:06:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040226020656.27229.qmail@web40503.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077761463 14909 80.91.224.253 (26 Feb 2004 02:11:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:11:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 26 03:10:55 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AwAzH-0000pW-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 03:10:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwAxX-0004Ct-M2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AwAwi-0003tj-J9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AwAvc-00021c-41 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:07:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.218.78.120] (helo=web40503.mail.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwAvV-0001zm-Bn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:07:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [67.86.87.9] by web40503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:06:56 PST Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17222 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17222 Hello, I've just upgraded to emacs 21.3.1 from emacs 19.7(?) running on RedHat Linux. It works great but for one immediate problem. The default font size is much smaller and I can barely read it. I've done a bit of research (I'm pretty new to Linux and well as emacs) on changing the font size but I have a few quick questions. First of all it seems I can do this either by modifying my .emacs file or by modifying .Xdefaults. Which approach is better? I'm assuming if I change .Xdefaults this will affect other programs besides emacs. My other question is how can I find out what font emacs is currently displaying? Thanks in advance for any replies. -exits __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools