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?

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On 2/26/10, Vincent Onelli <vonelli@optonline.net> 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?

First of all, you can Shift-LeftClick in emacs and chose another font.
I don't how you can make that choice permanent, but I'm pretty sure
you can. (See the emacs manual after hitting Ctrl-h i)

You can also start emacs with
emacs -fn fontname,
and xfontsel helps you find a suitable font. This is very oldschool,
but still works.

As for me, I put this line:

Emacs.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-m-*-*-1

in my ~/.Xdefaults file. (Beware, that it may have to be called
~/.Xdefaults-yourhost.yourdomain or some such.)

HTH,

Andras
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Vincent Onelli <vonelli@optonline.net> a écrit*:


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?


Are system fonts normal?

What is written in your ~/.emacs?

have you some config for emacs in your ~/.Xdefault ~/.Xresources whatever...?


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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.



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Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed."

**** -- G.K. Chesterton





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On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Steven F. LeBrun <steven@lebruns.com> 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
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On 03/01/2010 01:16 PM, Chris Rouch wrote:
>
> Or use the menus: Options->Set default font.

That doesn't work. Try it, then C-x 5 2 . The new window is still
in the old font.

Andrew.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:10:11 -0500
> From: "Steven F. LeBrun" <steven@lebruns.com>
> Subject: Re: Emacs has very large characters

> 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

Thank you so much for detail info, those are big help since I am at very
beginning of using emacs. The problem was not within emacs, I had some
other strange conditions also, it was do to the upgrading that I had
done from f11 to f12, it was suggested to me that it is best to do a
fresh installation so I did a fresh total installation and every thing
wend back to normal. Thank you again
Vinny




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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/01/2010 01:16 PM, Chris Rouch wrote:
>>
>> Or use the menus: Options->Set default font.
>
> That doesn't work. *Try it, then C-x 5 2 . *The new window is still
> in the old font.

curious, it works for me.
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