On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Steven F. LeBrun <steven@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/26/2010 02:35 PM, Vincent Onelli wrote: > > Hello, > I installed emacs from software that comes with Fedora 12, the > characters are so large that makes unusable. Any body know how to > correct it to a standard font? > > > > Emacs, by default, should be using the system standard font unless otherwise > specified to use a different font. You should check your X resources files > (~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources) and your .emacs file to see if something is > specifying the large font that you are seeing. > > > There are a couple of ways that you can specify the font to be used in > emacs. > > One way is to set the value in your ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources file. > > emacs.font: 8x16 > > Another way is to set it for an individual session of Emacs by using command > line arguments: > > emacs --font=9x15 > > Yet another way, which is my preference, involve setting the font in emacs > itself using emacs-lisp. Basically what you want to do is change the value > of emacs variable default-frame-alist which controls how new frames are > created. Again, there are several ways to do this. > > Method 1: Customization > 1) Start emacs > 2) Enter Cntrl-H v default-frame-alist > 3) Move your cursor over the underlined "customize" that is in the > sentence just above "Value:" > 4) Hit Enter > 5) This brings you to a customization frame where you can set values in > default-frame-alist. > 6) If the Parameter font already exists, change its value to the font > that you want. > 7) Otherwise, click (using enter key) the last "INS" button. > 7a) replace the nil on the Parameter line with font. > 7b) replace the nil on the Value line with the name of the X font > that you want. > 8) Click (using the enter key) the button near the top with the label > "Save for future sessions". This will add emacs-lisp code to your .emacs > file to automatically set the font value each time you start emacs. > > > Method 2: Modifying .emacs - adding to default-frame-alist > Add the following line to your .emacs file: > > (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "9x15")) > > where the 9x15 is the name of the font that you want to use. > > Method 3: Modifying .emacs - setting default-frame-alist > Add the following emacs-lisp code to your .emacs file, modifying as desired: > > (setq default-frame-alist > '((width . 80) > (height . 40) > (menu-bar-lines . 1) > (background-color . "cornsilk") > (foreground-color . "navy") > (name . "Emacs") > (horizontal-scroll-bars . 1) > (vertical-scroll-bars . 1) > (font . "8x16") > )) > > This is the method that I use because I like setting colors and a few other > frame parameters to my liking. > > For list of available fonts, look in the fonts.alias files in > /usr/share/X11/fonts/*/ directories. > > -- > Steven F. LeBrun > Or use the menus: Options->Set default font. This has the disadvantage that emacs is mapped at the default size and then resized on-screen to the size needed for the new font. Regards, Chris -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
