"Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

"Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Deniz Dogan]

I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
change is stored in ~/.emacs.

Any ideas on what might be going on?

-- 
Deniz Dogan

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:

> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>
> Any ideas on what might be going on?

you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com>:
> Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>
>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>
> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>

But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
important one...

-- 
Deniz Dogan

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Jesse W. Wilson]

Some problem with setting the default font on Win 7 here. The next time 
I open emacs, it forgets.

On 7/8/2010 8:44 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
> 2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado<smade4@gmail.com>:
>    
>> Deniz Dogan<deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>      
>>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>>>        
>> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
>> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
>> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>>
>>      
> But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
> something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
> important one...
>
>    

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/7/9 Jesse W. Wilson <syrex314@gmail.com>:
> Some problem with setting the default font on Win 7 here. The next time I
> open emacs, it forgets.
>
> On 7/8/2010 8:44 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
>>
>> 2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado<smade4@gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Deniz Dogan<deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>  writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>>>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>>>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>>>>
>>>
>>> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
>>> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
>>> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
>> something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
>> important one...
>>
>>
>
>

I'll report it as a bug and we'll see what happens.

-- 
Deniz Dogan

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/7/9 Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>:
> 2010/7/9 Jesse W. Wilson <syrex314@gmail.com>:
>> Some problem with setting the default font on Win 7 here. The next time I
>> open emacs, it forgets.
>>
>> On 7/8/2010 8:44 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
>>>
>>> 2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado<smade4@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Deniz Dogan<deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>  writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>>>>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>>>>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
>>>> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
>>>> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
>>> something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
>>> important one...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> I'll report it as a bug and we'll see what happens.
>

Gah, just as I submitted the bug report I found that you need to click
"Save Options" under the "Options" menu to make it permanent. D'oh.

-- 
Deniz Dogan

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Jesse W. Wilson]

Well at least the problem's solved... thanks!
-Jesse

On 7/8/2010 10:56 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
> Gah, just as I submitted the bug report I found that you need to click
> "Save Options" under the "Options" menu to make it permanent. D'oh.
>
>    

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:

> 2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com>:
>> Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>>
>> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
>> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
>> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>>
>
> But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
> something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
> important one...

I think the change shouldnt be persistent, as per design, by the menu.

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Tim X]

Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com> writes:

> Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>
>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>
> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>

Note that after making any changes in the options menu, you must also
save those changes to have them persist across sessions. 

Tim

-- 
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Tim X]

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:

> 2010/7/9 Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com>:
>> Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I used the menu in Emacs 23.2 (on Windows 7) to set the default font
>>> but it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect. Nothing about the
>>> change is stored in ~/.emacs.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>>
>> you can try changing the font as you described then M-x customize-face
>> RET default RET and try saving the change, not sure if this will work
>> though as i dont have a windows box to test, but it should i think.
>>
>
> But the "menu method" should work, so I'm just wondering if there's
> something I'm doing wrong here. If this is a bug, it's a pretty
> important one...

After setting your font with the options menu, you must then select
'Save Options' from that menu to have your changes become persistent
across emacs sessions.

Tim
 
-- 
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Jesse W. Wilson]

Now that I think of it, why is this menu item titled Set *Default* Font? 
That implies to me it should set the font that emacs *defaults* to when 
opened.

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Jesse Wilson
Bartels Lab: Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optics
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Colorado State University
jessew@engr.colostate.edu

Re: "Set default font" on Windows doesn't take permanent effect

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Not exactly, you can set non default fonts also, default just means all
other will inherit from it.

"Jesse W. Wilson" <syrex314@gmail.com> writes:

> Now that I think of it, why is this menu item titled Set *Default*
> Font? That implies to me it should set the font that emacs *defaults*
> to when opened.