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Re: emacs display in X11R5

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From: Don &
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:33
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>>>>> In article <1992Dec13.030227.12401@seas.smu.edu>, pedersen@seas.smu.edu (Ted Pedersen) writes:

TP> I am using emacs 18.59.1 and having some difficulty. When I use an X
TP> terminal (we run X11R5) my emacs window has little bitty type in it.
TP> When I expand the window I get a bigger window but the type remains
TP> the same very small size. Is there a way to make the emacs type size
TP> larger? Otherwise emacs works fine in this setup. 

In your ~/.Xdefaults file put:
emacs.Font:            lucidasanstypewriter-bold-12

or 14 or 18.

Alternatively, you could start emacs with the command line,
emacs -font lucidasanstypewriter-bold-12

This is explained in the emacs man page, I think.

Don Bashford
bashford@scripps.edu
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