From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Pavol Murin" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting Font/FontSet Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:52:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: <11b141710803311040k641d8dd9o12f9d50c4034fb5e@mail.gmail.com> <87prta667m.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206996802 5150 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 20:53:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:53:22 +0000 (UTC) To: "Joel J. Adamson" , "Paulo J. Matos" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 22:53:53 2008 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 1JgR0p-0003kL-1P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:53:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgR0D-0002fQ-4X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:53:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQzv-0002f4-OC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:52:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQzt-0002eo-Pc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:52:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQzt-0002el-Lf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.190]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgQzs-000669-W9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y18so311731gvf.17 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:52:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ubGio2h6UOUWigd3WX5sfL2xyx3nRSA9Ci1pVb62DzM=; b=fyFm2t2J4H0bk9ilooDvrZnAVhV2EwDhwB93Nztu8OiCC57/ef6/6N7Fbj/8szDTzn3515bXdmXOzYjQpvktTBc6Dgrswg5D0E40GOdl+3L/1kzZqRHxYahP+cPdo7wimqFSOhCaqlYHs6XoB1Qv07DkcJcqnR1bU3IVWU6n7l4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EXbWwSFkRF88uxWPNxFOYyvBNh56+IRVHmeCJaNg/0p1CKWYWZUL2jdhs+3xZKkuuVcWh7NoAP6FU1Ef2APLEGUHB0axHIOagsqUYJluVJ5OazUmZljPahwNt/URcZZc/G13Vq6x8YOwy0mu23PoN+MMFDFmHfKGm+0tSC+/nE8= Original-Received: by 10.150.195.21 with SMTP id s21mr3621399ybf.114.1206996767436; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:52:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.11.1 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:52:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87prta667m.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Google Wireless Transcoder (1) 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:52926 Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Joel J. Adamson wrote: > "Paulo J. Matos" writes: > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Pavol Murin wrote: > >> > Hello all, > >> > > >> > I installed Ubuntu on a new machine and GNU Emacs font seems too big > >> > when compared to my other Gentoo machines. > >> > So each time I start I do: Set Font/FontSet -> Misc -> clean 8x8. How > >> > can I set this up in my .emacs? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > >> something like this (just change the font name): > >> > >> (set-default-font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10") > >> > > > > Is there a way to list all the fonts available to GNU Emacs? > > On Unix with X11 you can use the command xlsfonts, or use the > interactive xfontsel to select a font. > or if you are in Gnome or KDE, just use the font tools available. Writing the font name exactly as it appears in the font tool (and adding -size as above, e.g. -10) should be enough. Use the *scratch* buffer for immediate feedback. (tested on KDE and it works well, I don't have Gnome here). muro