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