aks@HUB.UCSB.EDU (Alan Stebbens) (07/17/90)
> Did you attempt a fixed-spaced font? Proportional fonts do screw up a > bit. > You may add to your .emacs:: > (x-set-font "*Terminal*140*") ; for DECwindows 2.1 > (x-set-font "terminal14") ; for DECwindows 2.2 > > This causes Emacs to come up with its small window, and then quickly > switch to the other font (the same as used in DECterm windows) and > resize its window accordingly. I invoke emacs on my DECstation 3100 with the following script: #!/bin/csh exec /usr/local/bin/emacs -d $DISPLAY -font 6x13 -w =150x50+20+100 set err = $status echo "Couldn't exec emacs: status = $err" exit $err The 6x13 font seems just right (IMHO) for a big Emacs window. Alan Stebbens <aks@hub.ucsb.edu> (805) 961-3221 Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering (CCSE) University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 3111 Engineering I, Santa Barbara, CA 93106