[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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