Comments on: emacs daemon and Xdefaults http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/ Random and probably boring stuff. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikyra http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 mikyra Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:00:49 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-5046 I had the same problem using my emacs configuration. As it seems to turn out, it was just my mistake that emacs seemingly didn't read .Xresources settings. The main reason seemed to be trying to set different values when running from the command line. i.e. my startup-script contained: (if (not (window-system)) (progn and tons of (set-face-attribute ... s. As "emacs --deamon" seems to start up with (not (window-system)) evaluating to true all my .Xresources settings were overwritten in the (if ... clause. Temporarily removing these lines from my startup script seems to solve the issue. I had the same problem using my emacs configuration.
As it seems to turn out, it was just my mistake that emacs seemingly didn’t read .Xresources settings.

The main reason seemed to be trying to set different values when running from the command line.
i.e. my startup-script contained:

(if (not (window-system))
(progn
and tons of (set-face-attribute … s.

As “emacs –deamon” seems to start up with (not (window-system)) evaluating to true all my .Xresources settings were overwritten in the (if … clause.

Temporarily removing these lines from my startup script seems to solve the issue.

]]> By: Emacs goodness | Ted Carnahan http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Emacs goodness | Ted Carnahan Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:08:37 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3639 [...] environment, so other customizations in ~/.Xdefaults aren’t applied. Fix that by doing it the Right Way using pure [...] [...] environment, so other customizations in ~/.Xdefaults aren’t applied. Fix that by doing it the Right Way using pure [...]

]]> By: chmouel http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 chmouel Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:49:12 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3636 <a href="#comment-3635" rel="nofollow">@anonymous</a> I am doing a xrdb -merge before on the Xdefaults file it works when i launch emacs directly and other frames but not via emacs --daemon and other frames but indeed Xresources should be more appropriated. @anonymous
I am doing a xrdb -merge before on the Xdefaults file it works when i launch emacs directly and other frames but not via emacs –daemon and other frames but indeed Xresources should be more appropriated.

]]> By: anonymous http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 anonymous Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:47:24 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3635 try ~/.Xresources instead? try ~/.Xresources instead?

]]> By: chmouel http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3634 chmouel Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:59:56 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3634 <a href="#comment-3633" rel="nofollow">@matt harrison</a> this is using set-default-font which is good only for the initial frame but not for the other frames created @matt harrison

this is using set-default-font which is good only for the initial frame but not for the other frames created

]]> By: matt harrison http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 matt harrison Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3633 Not --daemon related per se, but my .Xdefaults were ignored too. I couldn't consistently get ttf fonts at the correct size (pixel perfect). For some reason specifying the font size in the shorthand manner didn't work. I needed to explicitly set the font face. From my .emacs: <code> ;; for some reason 7 at startup is too small, but changing to 7 is pretty... ;;(set-default-font "Envy Code R-9") ;; the following is size 7 for me... (set-face-font 'default "-unknown-Envy Code R-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1") </code> Not –daemon related per se, but my .Xdefaults were ignored too. I couldn’t consistently get ttf fonts at the correct size (pixel perfect). For some reason specifying the font size in the shorthand manner didn’t work. I needed to explicitly set the font face.

From my .emacs:

;; for some reason 7 at startup is too small, but changing to 7 is pretty...
;;(set-default-font "Envy Code R-9")
;; the following is size 7 for me...
(set-face-font 'default "-unknown-Envy Code R-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1")

]]> By: chmouel http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3631 chmouel Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:03:28 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3631 I am not sure what wrong with it then because on my debian unstable using emacs-23.1.50.1 it does not work for me... I am not sure what wrong with it then because on my debian unstable using emacs-23.1.50.1 it does not work for me…

]]> By: puzan http://blog.chmouel.com/2009/08/11/emacs-daemon-and-xdefaults/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 puzan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:59:07 +0000 http://blog.chmouel.com/?p=164#comment-3630 I'm using .Xdefaults for frame settings (font, geometry, colors) and all work right with starting emacs with -–daemon. I’m using .Xdefaults for frame settings (font, geometry, colors) and all work right with starting emacs with -–daemon.

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