From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Change default font size? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:12:09 +1100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87hcx2mdly.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163508079 13681 80.91.229.2 (14 Nov 2006 12:41:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:41:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 14 13:41:15 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 1Gjxb2-000431-EZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:41:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gjxb0-00052d-IY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:40:58 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newspeer.tds.net!216.168.2.163.MISMATCH!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-07!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XRHLUyVXwNJPhxUqfGR5x2W232k= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 21 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:143090 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38708 Archived-At: John Oliver writes: > Our users just got new LCD monitors and are now at 1280X1024 resolution. > One now says her emacs is "too small". I was hoping to find an entry > for her .emacs or some command-line parameters I can add to her alias to > start emacs with a slightly larger font size. > > -- I usually find using xfontsel to select an appropriate font and then putting that in the .Xresources/.Xdefaults file works well. Alternatively, using the customize interface and setting the default face should work. Finally, specifying a font on the command line should provide a quick way to test various fonts until you find one that works well. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au