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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs cmdargs.texi
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs cmdargs.texi |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:27:57 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Chong Yidong <cyd> 08/12/09 14:27:57
Modified files:
doc/emacs : cmdargs.texi
Log message:
(Font X): Move discussion of quoting to top.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.10&r2=1.11
Patches:
Index: cmdargs.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -b -r1.10 -r1.11
--- cmdargs.texi 23 Nov 2008 04:33:23 -0000 1.10
+++ cmdargs.texi 9 Dec 2008 14:27:56 -0000 1.11
@@ -793,9 +793,17 @@
Use @var{font} as the default font.
@end table
+When passing a font specification to Emacs on the command line, you
+may need to ``quote'' it, by enclosing it in quotation marks, if it
+contains characters that the shell treats specially (e.g. spaces).
+Here is an example:
+
address@hidden
+emacs -fn "DejaVu Sans Mono-12"
address@hidden smallexample
+
@cindex X defaults file
@cindex X resources file
-
You can also specify the font using your X resources file (usually a
file named @file{.Xdefaults} or @file{.Xresources} in your home
directory), by adding a line like this:
@@ -806,7 +814,8 @@
@noindent
You must restart X, or use the @command{xrdb} command, for the X
-resources file to take effect. @xref{Resources}.
+resources file to take effect. @xref{Resources}. When specifying a
+font in your X resources file, you should not quote it.
@cindex fontconfig
There are four different ways to express a ``font name''. The first
@@ -834,20 +843,6 @@
Monospace-12:weight=bold:slant=italic
@end smallexample
address@hidden
-When passing a font specification to Emacs on the command line, you
-may need to ``quote'' it, by enclosing it in quotation marks, if it
-contains characters that the shell treats specially (e.g. spaces).
-For example:
-
address@hidden
-emacs -fn "DejaVu Sans Mono-12"
address@hidden smallexample
-
address@hidden
-When specifying a font in your X resources file, you should not quote
-it.
-
The second way to specify a font is to use the @dfn{GTK format}.
This has the syntax
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