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RE: Default face - font questions.
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Default face - font questions. |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:30:10 -0700 (PDT) |
> 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.)