From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: font problem (again) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200906101058.12307.fluca1978@infinito.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244635975 23982 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2009 12:12:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:12:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Luca Ferrari Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 10 14:12:53 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MEMfk-0005DE-1k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:12:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33811 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEMfj-0001Ku-3U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEMfO-0001Ko-Gv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEMfN-0001Kc-DX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53873 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEMfN-0001KZ-AH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.46.158]:3601) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEMfN-0000MZ-42 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so366252ywm.66 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:12:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YI3mNv++z64T5892ImmKTlv47gUPqCJGAdM1ycgvhXA=; b=qCqHT2BXov2toIUsxcjoF3QtH7kKGyurQf1z70PKfPyBid+5Gs2nKLJ2FzvDPK4c5E qwdUBrK2GX4bT5DWi9NNytx0eENGhoiBGsmx1cw3JXiy7QWUO2S1kRHw7qjKOGAenOEE mm9lq6Y/+XVFPhQudWi7MH0oS4pQUn6U0p1rA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kSPuwQjLz25NtYULHXzMEpo0TBaZdj5smYZY2yZTLC/xENYfU1NVvzSOdSDC0KvRs9 1kUzH+SyV3sKRmmvJpMotffkpZb1pnFvCkIPHW/kYS/gySLZk7VAzlghhaJPnWkHoaIy XsSfjWVvAyIEgCvdpeIhK5u5qKuEGUIn2L8kY= Original-Received: by 10.100.10.15 with SMTP id 15mr1156922anj.117.1244635948155; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:12:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200906101058.12307.fluca1978@infinito.it> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:65114 Archived-At: Hi Luca, On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Luca Ferrari wrote: > I'm using emacs 22.2.1, from the ubuntu 64 bit repository. My .emacs file > contains the following as last line: > > (set-frame-font "-*-Courier-bold-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*") > (setq initial-frame-alist '((width . 100)(height . 40)) ) > > However, the startup font is not the selected one. If I select the same font > from the options/set font menu I can get such font working. This is really > annoying, is there a way to force the startup font? I believe you want (set-default-font "-*-Courier-bold-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*") but I couldn't tell you for sure. I use M-x customize-face default to get my font working the way I want it. -- In Christ, Timmy V. http://burningones.com/ http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail