[TriLUG] Emacs... Pretty?

[Chris Knowles]

Both excellent suggestions that fix what I needed fixed. 

Tanner... my eyes thank you.

CJK

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 10:01 -0400, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> There are several ways you can change the emacs font.
> Probably the easiest is to add "-fn 10x20" (adjust as needed)
> to the emacs command line.  Alternatively, you can edit the
> .Xdefaults file and add a line like this:
> 
> emacs*font: 10x20
> 
> And, finally, you can add (set-frame-font "10x20") in the .emacs
> file.  Any of these should do the trick.
> 
> BTW, here's a good article on customizing emacs:
> 
> http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/pdfs/LXF71.tut_emacs.pdf
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
> 
> On 4/10/07, Chris Knowles <chrisk at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Every so often I am called upon to edit DocBook XML files.
> >
> > I like using Emacs, specifically the PSGMLX mode... Which was presented
> > at TriLUG some time ago.
> >
> > However, after a recent reload of my Ubuntu Edgy box, Emacs defaults to
> > these tiny little fonts.
> >
> > Now, I would like to attribute that to the superior eyesight and
> > intelligence of the average Emacs user, but alas my advancing age and
> > time in front of computers makes me want letters I can read.
> >
> > And on top of that, they're ugly.
> >
> > My Emacs-fu is weak.  Can someone help me with an easy way to just jack
> > the font size up by a couple of points?
> >
> > TIA,
> > CJK
> >
> > --
> > TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tanner Lovelace
> clubjuggler at gmail dot com
> http://wtl.wayfarer.org/
> (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an
> increscent, all sable.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/attachments/20070410/65afeb53/attachment.pgp>