setting the font in .emacs

setting the font in .emacs

[Dan Hitt]

Hi,

I'd like emacs (21.2.1) to come up with a larger font than it
does by default, and i'd like to do this by adding some command
to my .emacs file.

In other words, i don't want to go through shift-down-mouse-1 to
change things each time i start emacs.

How can i do this?

This is all on x windows, so i suppose i should be willing to
solve this problem with some x resouce method, although my
preference would be to do something more window-system independent.

I've done C-h a, and nothing seems appropriate.  I've also
looked at the faq (and, btw, is there some way to toggle
the faq between its current info format at a flat file?).
I've also looked at mouse.el, but don't want to start reverse
engineering if there's a simpler way.

Thanks in advance for any tips on how to do this, including
rtfm advice, and thanks also for any suggestions on further
sources to consult for help.

dan

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Oliver Scholz]

hitt@eskimo.com (Dan Hitt) writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like emacs (21.2.1) to come up with a larger font than it
> does by default, and i'd like to do this by adding some command
> to my .emacs file.

(set-face-font 'default
	       "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")

Or set it via customize: 

`M-x customize-face RET default RET'

    -- Oliver

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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Keith]

>>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

    os> (set-face-font 'default
    os> "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")


That was something I had not yet found out, but actually solved one of
my small problems. Tried it and it worked perfectly.

Unfortunately I use emacs at the cli as well and this generates an
error if emacs is started outside of X. How should it be modified to
only apply ix X is running, there by not generating the error?

-- 
Keith.

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[David Forrest]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Keith wrote:

> >>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:
>
>     os> (set-face-font 'default
>     os> "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
>
>
> That was something I had not yet found out, but actually solved one of
> my small problems. Tried it and it worked perfectly.
>
> Unfortunately I use emacs at the cli as well and this generates an
> error if emacs is started outside of X. How should it be modified to
> only apply ix X is running, there by not generating the error?

Use the variable window-system:

(when window-system (...))

Dave
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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Oliver Scholz]

Keith <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

>>>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:
>
>     os> (set-face-font 'default
>     os> "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
>
>
> That was something I had not yet found out, but actually solved one of
> my small problems. Tried it and it worked perfectly.
>
> Unfortunately I use emacs at the cli as well and this generates an
> error if emacs is started outside of X. How should it be modified to
> only apply ix X is running, there by not generating the error?
[...]

Yes, you can check for various display capabilities with the
`display-.*-p'-functions. In this case `display-multi-font-p' would be
the appropriate one:

(when (display-multi-font-p)
  (set-face-font ...))

    -- Oliver

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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Keith]

>>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

    os> Yes, you can check for various display capabilities with the
    os> `display-.*-p'-functions. In this case `display-multi-font-p'
    os> would be the appropriate one:

    os> (when (display-multi-font-p) (set-face-font ...))

Perfect! Thank you for that     :-)

-- 
Keith.

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Keith O'Connell]

>>>>> "kroc" == Keith  <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk>:
>>>>> "os"   == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de>:

    os> Yes, you can check for various display capabilities with the
    os> `display-.*-p'-functions. In this case `display-multi-font-p'
    os> would be the appropriate one:

    os> (when (display-multi-font-p) (set-face-font ...))

    kroc> Perfect! Thank you for that :-)

I know I said perfect, but that was a little premature. When the emacs
window is opened it comes up with the face font specified in the
command above, however if you spawn another window with C-x 5 2, it
comes up with the original font.

Having specified a font in .emacs, how can I make the spawned windows
follow this instruction as well?

-- 
Keith.

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Kai Großjohann]

Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> I know I said perfect, but that was a little premature. When the emacs
> window is opened it comes up with the face font specified in the
> command above, however if you spawn another window with C-x 5 2, it
> comes up with the original font.

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "your-font-name-here"))

I think this works without conditionals.

kai
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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Keith O'Connell]

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:

    Kai> (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font
    Kai> . "your-font-name-here"))

    Kai> I think this works without conditionals.

You are right as usual - Thanks very much!

-- 
Keith.

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Oliver Scholz]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> I know I said perfect, but that was a little premature. When the emacs
>> window is opened it comes up with the face font specified in the
>> command above, however if you spawn another window with C-x 5 2, it
>> comes up with the original font.
>
> (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "your-font-name-here"))
>
> I think this works without conditionals.

My bad, I don't use `set-face-font' myself, I should have checked
that it works correctly.

But I am puzzled. Both `set-face-font' and `set-face-foreground' work
by calling `set-face-attribute'. But the former, when applied to the
default face, changes the attribute in question _not_ for future
frames, while the latter does. Why the difference?

    -- Oliver

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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Kai Großjohann]

Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

> But I am puzzled. Both `set-face-font' and `set-face-foreground' work
> by calling `set-face-attribute'. But the former, when applied to the
> default face, changes the attribute in question _not_ for future
> frames, while the latter does. Why the difference?

Maybe a bug.  Can you reproduce it by doing set-face-attribute
manually?  From "emacs -q -no-site-file"?  If so, please submit a bug
report.

kai
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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>]

os> (set-face-font 'default
os> "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
[...]
> Unfortunately I use emacs at the cli as well and this generates an
> error if emacs is started outside of X.

You might consider it as a bug and send it to gnu.emacs.bug (aka
gnu-emacs-bug@gnu.org).


        Stefan

Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Benjamin Lewis]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, kroc@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

>>>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> os> (set-face-font 'default
> os> "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
> 
> 
> That was something I had not yet found out, but actually solved one of
> my small problems. Tried it and it worked perfectly.
> 
> Unfortunately I use emacs at the cli as well and this generates an
> error if emacs is started outside of X. How should it be modified to
> only apply ix X is running, there by not generating the error?

How about 
(if window-system
   (set-face...))

-- 
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Re: setting the font in .emacs

[Fredrik Staxeng]

Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

> hitt@eskimo.com (Dan Hitt) writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like emacs (21.2.1) to come up with a larger font than it
> > does by default, and i'd like to do this by adding some command
> > to my .emacs file.
> 
> (set-face-font 'default
> 	       "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
> 
> Or set it via customize: 
> 
> `M-x customize-face RET default RET'
> 
 
If you use the X resource instead the font will be correct from the start,
so you don't have to see Emacs resize the window. E g

emacs.font:     -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 

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