Set the default font to Courier 14 size ? possible to run emacs as background always ?

Set the default font to Courier 14 size ? possible to run emacs as background always ?

[Mike H]

How do you set the .emacs files such that the default font is Courier
14 size?

And just one more question :)   (Sorry to ask too many questions...)

Is it possible to modify .emacs file such that emacs will
automatically run on background.
(I don't want to type & everytime )

Thank you !

Re: Set the default font to Courier 14 size ? possible to run emacs as background always ?

[Mike Treseler]

Mike H wrote:
> How do you set the .emacs files such that the default font is Courier
> 14 size?

M-x customize-variable
default-frame-alist

Then insert any font you like.

Center-click:
 Save for Future Sessions
 Set for Current Session

Example below with font courier 12.

       -- Mike Treseler

___________________________________
Default Frame Alist: Hide
INS DEL Parameter: tool-bar-lines
            Value: 0
INS DEL Parameter: scroll-bar-foreground
            Value: "brown"
INS DEL Parameter: scroll-bar-background
            Value: "skyblue"
INS DEL Parameter: menu-bar-lines
            Value: 1
INS DEL Parameter: vertical-scroll-bars
            Value: left
INS DEL Parameter: width
            Value: 80
INS DEL Parameter: height
            Value: 90
INS DEL Parameter: cursor-color
            Value: "red"
INS DEL Parameter: cursor-type
            Value: box
INS DEL Parameter: foreground-color
            Value: "brown"
INS DEL Parameter: background-color
            Value: "lavender"
INS DEL Parameter: font
            Value:
"-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-9"
INS DEL Parameter: mouse-color

            Value: "black"

Re: Set the default font to Courier 14 size ? possible to run emacs as background always ?

[Sebastian Kaps]

// Mike H writes:

> How do you set the .emacs files such that the default font is Courier
> 14 size?

(set-default-font "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1")

> Is it possible to modify .emacs file such that emacs will
> automatically run on background.

You can put (server-start t) in your .emacs file. When Emacs is running,
use "emacsclient <filename>" to open a new buffer with <filename>. Close
the buffer with 'C-x #'.

-- 
Ciao, Sebastian

Re: Set the default font to Courier 14 size ? possible to run emacs as background always ?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is it possible to modify .emacs file such that emacs will
> automatically run on background.
> (I don't want to type & everytime )

No.  Feel free to request it as a new feature via M-x report-emacs-bug.
It'd be basically a feature that allows Emacs to fork as daemons do.


        Stefan