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AW: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT


From: Albert, Jürgen
Subject: AW: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:01:39 +0100

try this:

Shift-Left Mouse -> Select Font

goto Scratch buffer
Type (print (frame-parameters)) and C-x C-e

look for (font . ".....

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Neil Mackie [mailto:address@hidden
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2003 14:47
> An: address@hidden
> Betreff: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT
> 
> 
> First, thanks to Stephen Leake, Eli Daniel & Jonathan 
> Underwood for responding to my last question "How to add a menu". 
> 
> For many years ,with Xemacs, I have had a fixed width font 
> that I have been happy with. However with NTemacs I have been 
> unable to settle on a font that is both fixed width (so the 
> indentations in C++ line up) and easy to read (so I can spot 
> my bugs  &;->  )
> 
> I would welcome suggestions from others using emacs on NT/XP 
> as to which fonts are fixed width and which they find easy to 
> read. My personal preference seems to be towards sans serif 
> fonts that are not too wide.
> 
> I know I can select a font using the dialogue obtained by 
> selecting shift-mouse 1 but I prefer to set the font in my 
> startup file like this
>     (set-default-font "-*-MS Sans 
> Serif-normal-r-*-*-12-90-*-*-p-80-*-ansi-")
> However I do not know the mapping between the fonts in the 
> GUI dialogue and the format used in set-default-font. 
> Additionally the command list-fontsets only lists two fonts. 
> Is there a way of getting the list of fonts displayed by the 
> GUI dialogue in the set-default-font format so I can set the 
> font in the startup file?
> 
> Regards,
> Neil (J Mackie).
> 
> 
> 




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