Re: Re: huge font in column view

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On May 11, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
>
> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>> On May 10, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:
>>>>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>>>> On May 7, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Eraldo Helal wrote:
>>>>>>> When I press 'C-c C-x C-c' on a headline in org-mode, I get  
>>>>>>> into column
>>>>>>> view as expected, however the font is huuuge! I remember  
>>>>>>> seeing the
>>>>>>> same sized font when starting emacs without my config file. I  
>>>>>>> have set
>>>>>>> the font size for this very reason... but column mode seems to  
>>>>>>> ignore
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what is the spec of the face org-column in your setup? Does it  
>>>>>> make a
>>>>>> difference to specify the size for org-column explicitly?
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried setting the size explicitly:
>>>>>
>>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>>>> (org-column ((t (:background "gold" :height 80 :family  
>>>>> "Consolas"))))
>>>>> (org-agenda-column-dateline ((t (:background "deep sky  
>>>>> blue" :height 80
>>>>> :family "Consolas"))))
>>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>>>
>>>>> but it does not help.
>>>>
>>>> What do you get if you do M-x describe-face on the following faces:
>>>>
>>>> default
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> Face: default (sample) (customize this face)
>>>
>>>       Family: Consolas
>>>      Foundry: microsoft
>>>       Height: 79
>>>         Font: #<font-object -microsoft-Consolas-normal-normal-
>>> normal-*-11-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1>
>>>      Fontset: -microsoft-Consolas-normal-normal-normal-*-11-*-*-*-
>>> m-0-fontset-auto1
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>>
>>>> org-level-1
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> Face: org-level-1 (sample) (customize this face)
>>>
>>>       Family: Arial
>>>       Height: 1.8
>>>       Weight: bold
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>>
>>>> org-level-2
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> Face: org-level-2 (sample) (customize this face)
>>>
>>>       Family: Arial
>>>       Height: 1.6
>>>       Weight: bold
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>>
>>>> org-column
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> Face: org-column (sample) (customize this face)
>>>
>>>       Family: DejaVu Sans Mono
>>>       Height: 122
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>> In summary, the problem is -- from my point of view -- that the face
>>> specification (in my color-theme) is not honored:
>>>
>>> - org-column is NOT Consolas
>>> - org-column is NOT 80 in height (8pt, if I correctly get that the  
>>> unit is
>>> 1/10 of point)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Are you talking about column view in the agenda or in an org file?
>>>
>>> Both...
>>>
>>> Header line `ITEM | TODO | PRI | TAGS' is much narrower than the  
>>> "normal"
>>> rows.
>>
>> well, you org-column face says that it wants to be 122/10 points,  
>> so that is
>> already relatively big. It is possible (but I am not sure) that the  
>> factor
>> 1.8 you have set for level on faces still shines through as well,  
>> but I
>> don't think this should be the case.
>>
>> You need to find out how the 122 gets into the definition for org-  
>> column.
>
> I have scanned all the potential files for `122' and `DejaVu': my  
> `.emacs'
> file, and my `color-theme' (published a couple of days ago on this  
> same
> mailing list). No trace...
>
> I have no idea how that face is selected. For example, the only face  
> I'm using
> throughout my Emacs daily use, everywhere, is `Consolas'. It's the  
> `default',
> and the only other families I'm using are `Arial' and `Sans Serif'  
> -- though,
> for faces that have nothing to do with Org.
>
> I'm clueless.

Me too.  Maybe you need to go to the Emacs forums?

- Carsten