From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans BKK Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: setting default font name Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 06:32:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4208f504-fdd5-4b2a-8340-0c7b363797aa@googlegroups.com> References: <87egzrz5c2.fsf@bach.histomat.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400592936 26543 80.91.229.3 (20 May 2014 13:35:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 13:35:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 20 15:35:27 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WmkCT-0002KD-TP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 May 2014 15:35:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53526 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WmkCT-00058N-Gp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:35:25 -0400 X-Received: by 10.58.181.68 with SMTP id du4mr12538205vec.15.1400592761057; Tue, 20 May 2014 06:32:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.191.68 with SMTP id gw4mr69026obc.15.1400592760881; Tue, 20 May 2014 06:32:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!hl10no1710406igb.0!news-out.google.com!qf4ni5721igc.0!nntp.google.com!c1no11252652igq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87egzrz5c2.fsf@bach.histomat.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=99.52.250.94; posting-account=IUdGewoAAACF9WtA3i8stuVyXNk2FqaH Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.52.250.94 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 13:32:40 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205499 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97768 Archived-At: Haines Brown wrote: > I finally am able to open an emacs session that relies on=20 > **a custom init file** using the -q -l options=20 >by setting the font in a session that is started without the -q option, an= d then save that font to its init file. Then I can copy that material to th= e init file used with the -q option. There seem to be a lot of issues around the specific font issue, functions = used, syntax etc that would be great to get isolated and correct solution p= osted FFR. However I want to also point out the more general issue that you appear to = not have completely absorbed from my and Drew's posts above - see my emphas= is above. By launching with the -q option you are=20 A) instructing Emacs to launch without ANY init file at all, even if you = then also load a script to be eval'd with the -l option - this is NOT the s= ame as loading an init file.=20 And B) explicitly instructing Emacs to NOT save any configuration changes mad= e through the Customize facility - as you are informed by a warning message= at startup. Launching instances of emacs either via another user's session or by script= ing a different $HOME folder before launching emacs as in the thread I poin= ted out above is IMO a more straightforward way to test most config/init is= sues with clean slate to troubleshoot interference from other packages/scri= pts normally loaded in your production setup.