From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem customising Emacs using m-x set-face-display Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:10:32 +0200 Message-ID: <8216EA55-408A-489C-929C-3135B4CA20BF@Web.DE> References: <200604262247.42604.brent.heard@ic24.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146089878 23456 80.91.229.2 (26 Apr 2006 22:17:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:17:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 27 00:17:54 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 1FYsKU-0001O1-KR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:17:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYsKU-0004hY-0H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:17:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYsKH-0004hG-2p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:17:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYsKF-0004gj-Io for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:17:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYsKF-0004gg-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:17:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.221] (helo=fmmailgate01.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FYsN1-0000X5-H6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:20:27 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CB624C0B29; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:10:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [87.193.38.249] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #108) id 1FYsDS-0007pK-00; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:10:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200604262247.42604.brent.heard@ic24.net> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: brent X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de 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:34678 Archived-At: Am 26.04.2006 um 23:47 schrieb brent: > If I try 'Set for current Session', then all the changes work fine. > If I try > 'Save for future Sessions' and then shutdown and restart Emacs, > then I find > that the colour changes work but the fonts fail to re-size. You could try to add: (setq default-frame-alist '( (font . "fontset-11pt_adobe_courier") ; (font . "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-11-*-iso10646-1") )) or use an X resource to specify font and size: Emacs*font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*- iso10646-1 -- Greetings Pete The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.