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From: te07@edrc.cmu.edu (Thomas Epperly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Using .Xdefaults for emacs on DS3100
Keywords: X window emacs
Message-ID: <5117@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 89 19:09:42 GMT
Reply-To: te07@edrc.cmu.edu (Thomas Epperly)
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Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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I have been trying to change the default font for GNU emacs by adding a
line to my ~/.Xdefaults as suggested by the emacs man page.  I am running
GNU emacs from DECwindows.  Below are the lines that I added to the
~/.Xdefaults file, and I tried logging out and login in again after making
the additions.

emacs.BodyFont: 9x15
emacs.ReverseVideo: on
emacs.BitMapIcon: on

This had no effect.  I tried changing some of the other defaults too, like
ReverseVideo and BitMapIcon; and this did not do anything either.  I can
get the desired font by executing emacs with the -font 9x15 option, but I
would like to figure out why what I have tried did not work.  Our manuals
have not arrived yet, so excuse me if I am asking a stupid question.
Please let me know what I am doing wrong or how to do it right.

Thanks,
Tom Epperly
te07@cs.cmu.edu or epperly@chewi.che.wisc.edu

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