Re: Getting emacs23 to use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8 font

[Tim X]

"Doctor Who" <whodoctor@gmail.com> writes:

>
> Thanks.  So I found the default font I want to use as the default in
> the emacs editor window using fc-list:
>
> Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Roman
>
> Now, how do I go about having emacs-23 use this font in the editor
> window?  Do I use ~/.Xresources or ~/Xdefaults.  What is the correct
> syntax for the file to use?
>
Your options are -

emacs -fn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-12" # for a 12pt font.

Add it to .Xresources as the line

Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono

or just use the select default font from the options menu.

Tim

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