From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Baringer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: A Few Small Questions Date: 12 Jun 2002 13:31:14 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3D06E191.E6191CC4@mailandnews.com> <1023873519.6111.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023881819 22446 127.0.0.1 (12 Jun 2002 11:36:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17I6Qt-0005pr-00 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:36:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17I6Q1-0007Lq-00; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from ppp-62-10-93-140.dialup.tiscali.it ([62.10.93.140] helo=localhost.com) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17I6N9-0006rR-00 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: (from marco@localhost) by localhost.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id g5CBWGJ02944; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:32:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost: marco set sender to e.baringer@studenti.to.it using -f Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <1023873519.6111.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Original-Lines: 33 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1.30 Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:448 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:448 Charles Muller writes: > I am trying to set the default font in my Emacs (in Red Hat) to a larger > size. I found some sample .emacs files on the web that contained > settings such as > > (set-default-font "-*-Courier-normal-r-*-*-16-96-*-*-c-90-*-ansi-") > > But when I try these, I get an error message saying that the font I have > listed is not defined. How can I get a list of the fonts that are > defined for my installation? > M-x set-default-font TAB will give you all the fonts available. this is kind of hackish, but it works. use: (insert (frame-parameter nil 'font)) once you have found a font you like to write this into your .emacs unless you feel like copying the font name. type the above, hit C-x C-e and then delete that lisp code. -- -Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There's a crack in everything. It's how the light gets in. -Isonard Cohen