From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to set default font? Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:42:21 -0500 Message-ID: <44639caima.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258238832 16640 80.91.229.12 (14 Nov 2009 22:47:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:47:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 14 23:47:06 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N9ROc-0001YD-8e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:47:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58107 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N9ROb-0001O5-Q8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:47:05 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:42:21 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3Jm5ZEPzsCIXMlWcaUs41pccVxY= Original-Lines: 17 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-99Gw/MoDEvc6Qncs1vW30f7yIPfwN1+zrZIR2PEdXvpSQKObTDakHF0Po8sr8C4MhTC4flLvR1qpgYp!HO0xFC455BY2LmRydFjBW0iwY9S13nNIDTKmllK0Zc+zWsaqYLbHASKc1JH460q/7OGfioGP4uXc!o1rXCmwiVw== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:174659 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:69744 Archived-At: kj writes: > I use Emacs 22.3.1 on Mac OS X (Darwin). I'm basically stuck with > this version, because it's the one that's offered by the package > manager I use (MacPorts). > > This version of Emacs, if running under X11, has the menu Options >> Set Font/Fontset.... When I select it I get 3 more options: > Misc, Courier, and Fontset. So I pick Courier, and from the choices > I then get I pick 18 bold. Then I must re-adjust the size of the > window to fit my screen. > > The annoyance is that I have to go through this song-and-dance for > *every* Emacs session. Is there a way to make this font selection > (and window size) stick for good? Have you looked at the "Font X" page in the Emacs manual?