From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: neil Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Can I ask a Simple question? Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:31:23 GMT Message-ID: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159807255 32198 80.91.229.2 (2 Oct 2006 16:40:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:40:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 02 18:40:53 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUQq3-0001ZL-Qc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUQq3-0001s7-9d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:40:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!proxad.net!proxad.net!news.clara.net!wagner.news.clara.net!pe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.47.16.16 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk Original-X-Trace: fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk 1159806683 82.47.16.16 (Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:31:23 BST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:31:23 BST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142140 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37759 Archived-At: We all know that emacs is complicated and hard for novice users. Especially for someone as slow as me. I have been searching the Internet for 3 hours and i cannot find the answer. When i start emacs, i always hold down the shift key and left click my mouse to get font select. You see, i cannot read the small default font and need to make it larger. This is the value i always select: 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? I know, I am really pathetic at not knowing this. I really hate having to ask such a simple question. I only know that it goes something like (set-default-font "???????"), but cant figure what goes between the "". Thank you.