Re: seting default values

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: wsgr12@yahoo.com (wsgr12)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: 10 Jan 2004 16:41:49 -0800
> 
> I would like to know what to write in .emacs in order to

First, a word of advice: don't lump several unrelated issues into a
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> 1. set the default font to be terminal

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "-*-*terminal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"))

> 2. change the default screen size

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 40))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(width . 90))

> 3. change the tab size

(setq tab-width 2)

> 4. autoload some mode

(autoload 'matlab-mode "matlab-mode" "Enter Matlab mode." t)

Note that all of this is documented in the Emacs manual, so please
make a point of looking there first, and ask questions here if you
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unclear.  That way, you will become familiar with the on-line docs
faster, and you also help making the documentation better when you
report its shortcomings.