From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What is the proper way to set the default font these days? Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:40:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0906060758n3113b6cdr37a5635b389428b8@mail.gmail.com> <87ab4k3g04.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4A2BB621.201@harpegolden.net> <8763f6g61q.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <7b501d5c0906080759wba474b4re93ecbfdf94c9629@mail.gmail.com> <873aaag1wf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244500832 20368 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2009 22:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Chad Brown Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 09 00:40:29 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MDnVx-0005PW-FH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:40:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDnVw-0007I1-TN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDnVi-0007DX-OH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDnVd-0007C1-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33383 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDnVc-0007Bw-TB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f185.google.com ([209.85.221.185]:37546) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDnVc-0006rt-JB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:04 -0400 Original-Received: by qyk15 with SMTP id 15so3959713qyk.14 for ; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=nSzb0VwMfD2IAqL/xI6q7RHbIun4EVjeXQQhWr9nfPA=; b=f9f0DRGxcAWKifHW2MdUUahxm+Tg8r2O7m6Sgf10imJKdlbz/ndjBRWQQ6p8TnfzAI Gowzjy1ZrPivucBJPiwc3fWCYRMvfdVm+U8dXJ3v1lcijvQ8B7eJWD3hQWnWkUVPM6yu YpROF4OCI6CP9Jk3xbsswZQHh1nPdC0DJz684= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=OXmUiLCMh6QvtUQrECgaM7R8r3BFrwePxZ6GpGyWDSliJAEYkIzpcm2AJ/Na1TpLPo 4LiY2ZnJxKFontccGsNMvMgffv/OJSLn7t5hC4Y6nofv3Vpvwl1pl+sOPhXnzfwoaqQr 0bcjMdyAAWgFgrbWdbBTd8HxqQBDCrtPqxep8= Original-Received: by 10.224.67.213 with SMTP id s21mr7395464qai.151.1244500803944; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from SCARLETT.PSY.CMU.EDU (SCARLETT.PSY.CMU.EDU [128.2.249.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm367495qwj.4.2009.06.08.15.40.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111384 Archived-At: On Jun 8, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Chad Brown wrote: > I am curious: is there a way to do a similar thing under non-X > systems like macosx or win32? The Nextstep port (for OS X) had a way to emulate X resources, which has since been removed because it didn't actually add enough useful functionality to merit the overhead. The right way to set a default font is IMHO to customize the `default' face in one way or the other. You can also give a command line argument when actually running a terminal: Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -fn Lucida\ Grande However, this is of limited practical use because in normal use (at least in OS X - not sure about Nextstep in GNU/Linux environments) you wouldn't start the executable that way (even from a terminal). I've never seen the kind of issues in NS (or Carbon, for that matter) that the OP encountered in the screenshot.