increasing font size hangs the emacs

increasing font size hangs the emacs

[Ask]

Hi

I am using emacs (21.1) under X server (fvwm ) environment where I
connect to the X server using vnc client. Running emacs results into a
new X window where fonts are very small. This has started when I
sytared using a computer with high resolution (1440x900). When I
increase the font size  to say 9x15, it takes quite a lot of time to
do this. It gives an illusion of emacs getting hung. Please help. Does
anybody know of a quick fix ?

Thanks

Re: increasing font size hangs the emacs

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Ask <ask.q@indiatimes.com> wrote:

> When I increase the font size to say 9x15, it takes quite a lot of
> time to do this.

I don't have a fix, but maybe specifying the font on the command
line helps avoid it.  Also you could try a more recent version of Emacs.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

Re: increasing font size hangs the emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 30.06.2008 um 10:22 schrieb Ask:

> Does anybody know of a quick fix ?


Imagine ~/.Xdefaults-<X client name>. There you can set a particular  
font (and more) for the remote GNU Emacs.

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Re: increasing font size hangs the emacs

[nakkaya]

you can also set it in .emacs

(defun na-resize-frame-big ()
  "Set size"
  (interactive)
  (set-face-attribute 'default (selected-frame) :height 130 :width 'normal)
  (set-frame-width (selected-frame) 178)
  (set-frame-height (selected-frame) 50 )
  (set-frame-position (selected-frame) 0 1)) 

when you call this function it will make emacs full screen with bigger
fonts. to set a particular font you can use 

  (set-default-font "monaco")

or for firefox like cycling you can try

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CycleFontSizes


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Re: increasing font size hangs the emacs

[Ask]

On Jun 30, 3:16 pm, Nikolaj Schumacher <n_schumac...@web.de> wrote:
> Ask <as...@indiatimes.com> wrote:
> > When I increase the font size to say 9x15, it takes quite a lot of
> > time to do this.
>
> I don't have a fix, but maybe specifying the font on the command
> line helps avoid it.  Also you could try a more recent version of Emacs.
>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher

Amazing. Thanks !!! It worked. Ilike this '9x15' font and want to set
on my xterm too.
Do you know what is the expansion for '9x15' ? For example '6x13' is a
nickname of

"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1"

I am looking for similar expansion for 9x15.

Thanks in advance.

Re: increasing font size hangs the emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.07.2008 um 10:09 schrieb Ask:

> Do you know what is the expansion for '9x15' ?


	xlsfonts | grep 9x15

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