RE: Default face - font questions.

[Drew Adams]

> To change the default font for new (non special-display) frames...
> 
>   (set-face-attribute 'default t   :font FONT)
> 
> To change the default font for the current frame, as well as future
> frames...
> 
>   (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font FONT)
> 
> I understand how when we are in the middle of an emacs session it'd help
> to have an option to change the font only of the future-new frames.
> 
> But i dont understand the difference of using the 't', or 'nil' option
> in an .init file when starting a new emacs session . Doesnt it hold than
> in that case all frames are newone making 't' superfluous in .init file?

You understand correctly. You should not notice any difference between `nil' 
and `t' as the value of parameter FRAME, when you use `set-face-attribute' in 
your init file.

(P.S. Your mailer quotes things weirdly - lots of extraneous `|' and `\|' here 
and there.)