Re: newbie questions: customizing continuation lines and font for Windows emacs

[Elias]

What do you mean by "initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist"? Is
that a command or a setting or something?

On Mar 14, 4:18 am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 14.03.2009 um 00:09 schrieb Elias:
>
> > Also, I am trying to change the display font. I go to Options and Set
> > Font, and pick the font (Lucida Sans Typewriter), then go to Options
> > and Save Options, hoping that the font will be saved. However, the
> > next time I start emacs, it is set to Courier New for some reason. Is
> > there any way to save the font?
>
> You can use initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist as in:
>
>    (setq initial-frame-alist '(
> ;•      (font . "fontset-global")
>          (tool-bar-lines         . 0)
>          (menu-bar-lines         . 2)
>          (border-color           . "gold1")
>          (cursor-color           . "turquoise1")
>          (mouse-color            . "purple3")
>          (foreground-color       . "DarkCyan")
>          (background-color       . "antiquewhite1")
>          (vertical-scroll-bars   . right)
>          (internal-border-width  . 5)
>          (top  . 10) (left . 625) (width . 80) (height . 50)
>          ))
>
> Of course you need to uncomment and substitute the values on the  
> first and second lines. And others too ...
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists  
> solutions
> are things that are still all mixed up.