Re: How set font for *all* buffers... not just first one?

[seberino]

Tim

thanks for help...

I have Emacs 21 and tried 
(set-face_attribute ...) as well as
(set-face-attribute ...)

the first gave error and second didn't change font.

Am I missing something?

CS

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:50:26PM +1100, Tim Cross wrote:
> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> 
> > seberino@spawar.navy.mil writes:
> > 
> > > This line in .emacs set font for first buffer only...
> > >
> > > (set-frame-font "-b&h-luxi 
> > > mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-160-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15")
> > >
> > > So my question is....where do I set font so that all buffers
> > > use that font???....
> > 
> > Use `default-frame-alist' or set the font as an X resources.
> 
> or use M-x customize-face RET default RET
> 
> Or, if running emacs 21, you can use set-face-attribute for the
> default face. If the 3rd argument to this function is nil, it will
> apply to all frames e.g.
> 
> (set-face_attribute 'default nil :family "b&h-lucidatypewriter")
> 
> or, on the command line use emacs -fn "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-......
> 
> Personally, I like to use X resources for setting the font as using
> that font is only relevant when your running under X, but your .emacs
> runs when you running under tty, X, within xterm, etc etc.
> 
> The X setting is
> 
> emacs.font: -b&h-..........
> 
> in your .Xresources file.
> 
> Tim
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