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From: bd@hpopd.HP.COM (Bob Desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: problems with gnu emacs 18.55 on HP 9000/300
Message-ID: <8490010@hpopd.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 90 17:02:30 GMT
References: <TIM.90Aug6144944@cs.cs.columbia.edu>
Organization: HP Software Engineering Systems, UK
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> Whenever emacs is started with X switches, like -font or -geometry, a
> new buffer is created under the name of the argument to that switch.
> For example, if I run it with "emacs -font 9x15", emacs pops up in the
> correct font, but now there's a buffer named "9x15"!

There may be something wrong inside x_term_init() from the 18.55
distribution's "src/x11term.c", where the X arguments are handled.
(Maybe the routine is modifying local copies of the args?  I haven't
tracked it down.)  But my copy of 18.55 does the right thing with both
-fn and -font.

> Has anyone experienced similar behavior, or can you think of something
> I'm not?

I load my X settings from my .emacs file, which eliminates them from
the command line:

    (load "term/bobcat")			; DWIM with C-h and DEL
    ;; Set defaults for X11 or the terminal
    (cond
     ((eq window-system 'x)			; if running under X
      ;; Simulate the shell command-line arguments:
      ;; emacs -bg \#592020 -fg Wheat -ms Gold -cr Red -fn user8x16 &
      (x-set-background-color "#592020")	; dark brown
      (x-set-foreground-color "Wheat")
      (x-set-mouse-color "Gold")
      (x-set-cursor-color "Red")
      (x-set-font "user8x16")			; not present on all systems
      ;; (server-start)
      (message "On X11.")
      (put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil)	; live dangerously

      ;; Because I have so many screens open all the time, a mistaken
      ;; C-x C-c can really hurt.  So make sure I don't exit without
      ;; confirmation by rebinding C-xC-c appropriately.
      (defun my-exit-from-emacs ()
	(interactive)
	(if (yes-or-no-p "Exit? ")
	    (save-buffers-kill-emacs)))
      (global-set-key "\C-x\C-c" 'my-exit-from-emacs)

      (x-set-bell (quote (4)))		; editors should be seen, not heard
      )
     (t
      (setq visible-bell t)		; editors should be seen, not heard
      (message "On a terminal")
      )
     )


> Please email responses.

Okay; I'll mail a copy of this.  Please summarize any interesting
responses to the net!

-- bd