Re: Trouble setting default font and window size

[martin rudalics]

> I am trying to set a particular font and default window size, but I run into 
a problem. I get the font I want, but when emacs starts, just as it starts, before 
it sets the required font, it momentarily uses a larger font. The window size I 
ask for uses the entire screen height, so that larger font causes emacs to ignore 
my screen size request and use a much smaller, standard screen size.
>
>
> So I am having to specify a smaller size than I want so that the larger font 
only just fits the screen, but then my reduced window when the correct font takes 
over is smaller than I want.
>
>
> I start emacs with:
>
> emacs -i -geometry 85x64 <<< I really want 99x60 here.
>
> My .emacs contains the following lines related to font settings:
>
> (custom-set-faces
>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>
> '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil 
:slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :foundry "bitstream" :family "Bitstream Vera Sans 
Mono")))) '(header-line ((((class color grayscale) (background light)) (:inherit mode-line :background 
"grey90" :foreground "grey20" :box nil :height 0.5 :width condensed))))
>
>  '(mouse ((t (:background "black")))))
>
> This is the font I want, but emacs starts up with some other font. Can that 
be changed?

This looks like the problem discussed in a thread called

"Note on e65c307 breaks font-height"

on emacs-devel.  Have a look.

To handle it I currently use brute force via

(defalias 'dynamic-setting-handle-config-changed-event 'ignore)

in my .emacs.

martin