From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Default font and .Xdefaults Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:36:23 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145464678 5098 80.91.229.2 (19 Apr 2006 16:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 19 18:37:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgb-0007J9-PW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:37:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgb-00073p-1n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:37:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgR-00073i-Ir for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgQ-00073W-5s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgQ-00073T-0U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FWFhY-0000lS-E1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FWFgD-0007EO-SB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:37:25 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.60 ([207.167.42.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:37:25 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.60 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:37:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 56 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.60 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: 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:34469 Archived-At: Tim Johnson wrote: > > I've just installed emacs 21.4a with the following > version info: > > GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) > On Linux Redhat 9.0 > > It now appears that the .Xdefaults setting of: > > Emacs.default.attributeFont: > -*-Fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-8 > > Is not being loaded. Do you mean that it used to? Does it help to generalize the resource name from Emacs.default.attributeFont to Emacs*Font? > According to docs, default font is Courier 12pt under X > and that is what I believe that I am seeing, but it is wholly inadequate > for someone of my vision. Yes, I've bumped mine up to 14 pt. > NOTES: > I've "recompiled" .Xdefaults as in xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults > Have loaded emacs with -q and -debug-init with no changes or > complaints. > > Questions: > > What syntax is needed for .Xdefaults to provide a larger, > bolder font? I wonder if making the default face bold causes problems? You might also like to try this utility to confirm what you're seeing: (defun xfd (&optional xlfd) "Run the xfd program. XLFD defaults to the selected frame's font, or the default face's font." (interactive (list (read-string "Font: " (cons (or (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'font) (face-font 'default)) 1)))) (start-process "xfd" "*Messages*" "xfd" "-fn" (or xlfd (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'font) (face-font 'default)))) -- Kevin Rodgers