From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Peterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I ask a Simple question? Date: 11 Oct 2006 05:04:07 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: References: <20061002172135.Q1494@serenity.region4.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160570633 6068 80.91.229.2 (11 Oct 2006 12:43:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:43:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 11 14:43:53 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 1GXdPh-0001uU-Kj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:42:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GXdPh-000836-20 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:42:21 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!ucdavis!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lect14.cs.ucdavis.edu Original-X-Trace: skeeter.ucdavis.edu 1160568247 7467 169.237.5.137 (11 Oct 2006 12:04:07 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ucdavis.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:04:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142365 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37986 Archived-At: neil writes: > We all know that emacs is complicated and hard for novice users. > Especially for someone as slow as me. I have been searching the Internet > for 3 hours and i cannot find the answer. Don't feel so bad, this feature is particularly thorny due to X font weirdness. There's all sorts of ways to do it. The way that consistently works for me: M-x customize-face RET default RET Play with the options using the mouse. When you find what you like, click Set for current session and then Save for future sessions. -- Sam Peterson skpeterson AT nospam ucdavis.edu "if programmers were paid to remove code instead of adding it, software would be much better" -- unknown