From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#67449: Manual: add how to change default global font size in .emacs Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:42:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83sf4l82zi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <63f64522726258ee8dbde487a579325c@jidanni.org> <83fs0tawqv.fsf@gnu.org> <83wmu4aajv.fsf@gnu.org> <83b92d9750b8259a21b54abf7391188c@jidanni.org> <83h6l7anau.fsf@gnu.org> <87jzq11cha.7.fsf@jidanni.org> <83plzs7mln.fsf@gnu.org> <87msuvhfhn.fsf@gmail.com> <83y1efbpno.fsf@gnu.org> <8dc1669f020a6a5ffcf2efd1ff541c18@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30942"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 67449@debbugs.gnu.org, kevin.legouguec@gmail.com To: Dan Jacobson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 02 08:43:05 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeW-0007sf-R9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 08:43:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeM-0001ys-IY; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeK-0001yj-V9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:52 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeK-0003NR-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeT-0007Q1-Ru for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:43:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:43:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 67449 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix notabug Original-Received: via spool by 67449-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B67449.170150296428493 (code B ref 67449); Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:43:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 67449) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2023 07:42:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56589 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r9KeB-0007PV-Je for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59570) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r9Ke9-0007PH-CM for 67449@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9Kdu-00028F-KQ; Sat, 02 Dec 2023 02:42:26 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=+9HGi/k6uvzMcLwAP25spcLlLQVUWqXtjLDCKtZ3lR0=; b=clvnx/xYJMcx5ae+HYuR hlZzV3EoGTrKuWKVk9PPGeecW6pVAZXnzhQZegCvuw9xoXbtIeZ48d1mmqedGtsyVDKEWVVg5/2qb uFHq7aorUCcP64L6vPXoMNrw8By5Pwhy03iRNULG91KOfqqgD16cHOOvniJ4bgZ0+cHgnu67q0WRP hLVQ7wJvxoizKFbHZ6YUvYykqc7e7g331xloVeeo4BZLkNED6tJv3Gv2+kfc+UTYeTZJbQfZw0jfn QIezlRY8EwG7mclJAC+pJ+plJtSlPRiBi/33DlJiqEe0ZSlRCUPHK940aA/3fmP2uwsEzkj4ayj9Q wsWy8HUBk6jKdA==; In-Reply-To: <8dc1669f020a6a5ffcf2efd1ff541c18@jidanni.org> (message from Dan Jacobson on Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:16:14 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:275356 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:16:14 +0800 > From: Dan Jacobson > Cc: Kévin Le Gouguec , > 67449@debbugs.gnu.org > > So the default size "10" must be buried in the C source code, and if > the user wants to change *it* they must recompile emacs. > Too bad. It isn't too bad, since the default size can be customized, as explained by that section of the manual. > $ emacs -Q -eval "(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height (* 18 6))" > tests great! (Except I found I needed to multiply any value I wanted by > six, in order to get that value. At least on a Chromebook.) The section "Frame Parameters" explains how to do this for the init file. (The section "Fonts", which started this discussion, has a hyper-link to "Frame Parameters".)