Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
> 
>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
> 
>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
> 
>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
>  emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
>  do this through my .emacs file.

That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:

Emacs*font:                        fixed
Emacs*foreground:                  wheat
Emacs*background:                  black
Emacs*cursorColor:                 green
Emacs.geometry:                    105x48-58+28
Emacs.dialog*.background:          LightSteelBlue1
Emacs.dialog*.foreground:          DarkRed

Then run "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources".


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Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

> however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
> either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
> emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
> do this through my .emacs file.

M-x customize-face RET default RET


        Stefan

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle]

s. keeling wrote:
> Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
>   
>>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
>>
>>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
>>
>>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
>>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
>>  emacs through shift/left-click.  I have been looking but i cannot find how to 
>>  do this through my .emacs file.
>>     
>
> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
>   
sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

ray

[OT] Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <Raimund.Kohl@nabuli.de>:
>  s. keeling wrote:
> > Ryan Moszynski <ryan.m.lists@gmail.com>:
> >   
> >>  here's how i launch emacs through the kde menu:
> >>
> >>  /usr/local/bin/emacs-22.0.92 -font 10x20
> >>
> >>  however, if i start the emacs session from a terminal or as root, i have to 
> >>  either type the "-font 10x20" every time, or change the font after i start 
> >
> > That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
> 
>  sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

That's insane (if true).  Do you have a ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession?
Add "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" to it.  *DM do source one or the other
(or either) of those files.


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Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[Cecil Westerhof]

Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle wrote:
>> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
>>   
> sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...

That is true, but it reads ~/.Xdefault. I use:
################################################################################
emacs.geometry:   250x150+0+0
emacs.background: black
emacs.foreground: white
emacs.font:       *-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*
emacs.toolBar:    off
################################################################################
And it works like a charm.

Re: starting emacs with -fn 10x20 from .emacs

[s. keeling]

Cecil Westerhof <dummy@dummy.nl>:
>  Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle wrote:
> >>[me]:
> >> That's X's job.  Put it into ~/.Xresources:
> >>   
> > sure?  AFAIK neither GDM nor KDM do read the XResources ...
> 
>  That is true, but it reads ~/.Xdefault. I use:

s/Xdefault/Xdefaults/         :-)


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