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Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font
From: |
Tim X |
Subject: |
Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:40:01 +1000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
"Doctor Who" <whodoctor@gmail.com> writes:
> On 7/19/08, Wolfgang Zweimueller <wzwei@gmx.at> wrote:
>> "Doctor Who" <whodoctor@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm trying to get emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 as the
>>> font. When I try to invoke emacs like this:
>>>
>>> emacs --font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8"
>>>
>>> I get the error:
>>>
>>> Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8' is not defined
>>
>> I had the same problem (with another font). My solution was to put
>> this line into ~/.Xresources:
>>
>> Emacs.font: dejavu sans mono
>>
>> Then do a "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" or restart your X11. Now Emacs
>> should start with that font.
>>
>> hth,
>> Wolfgang
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply...unfortunately that did not work for me. Not
> sure if the problem is specific to my OS (openSUSE 11.0 in this case)
> as to where it is looking for those settings. The font in the menu
> bar looks great, but the font in the editor screen does not respect
> what is put in ~/.Xresources.
>
>
If your running a GTK based version of emacs 23, its actually the other
way round. The fonts in the GTK widgets don't respect/honor
.Xresources/Xdefaults settings. Only the font in the editing 'window'
does. See the emacs manual in the section on Xresources.
Tim
--
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
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- Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font, Dan Espen, 2008/07/20
- Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font, Doctor Who, 2008/07/20
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- Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font, Dan Espen, 2008/07/20
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- Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font, Tim X, 2008/07/21
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Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font, Wolfgang Zweimueller, 2008/07/20