Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.seamonkey,gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Default font size GNU Emacs 24 - both GUI and Terminal Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:40:37 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <86a5jqxoru.fsf@example.com> References: <86ed92xrm0.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1628129"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5O041oB1rvn7dJLUABJqTbvMAC8= sha1:WVY3j6fYg1wX4G7Ma54nanMbV0A= X-User-ID: eJwFwYkRADAEBMCWvIdyDNJ/Cdl1BWPC4DB//rovZEpoK2j8GEa6K3pbRuF90xkMQmdG4wMcFRDQ Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.seamonkey:6509 gnu.emacs.help:60976 Richard Owlett writes: > On 06/12/2024 07:39 AM, Richmond wrote: >> Richard Owlett writes: >> >>> My installation offers choice of GUI or Terminal. >>> Both are too small. >>> When working with something new I prefer terminal over GUIs. >>> The Terminal version is so small that menus can not be selected by >>> mouse click. >>> >>> I suspect a missing or corrupt configuration file. >>> What is its name and where would it be found on a Debian Linux system? >>> TIA >> The font size in a terminal is determined by the terminal. Which >> terminal emulator are you using? In MATE Terminal you can increase the >> font size by pressing ctrl-shift-+ > > MATE is my default and ctrl-shift-+ acts as expected. > Applications->Accessories->GNU Emacs 24 (Terminal) launches with >> /usr/bin/emacs24 -nw %F > It must be launching its own terminal emulator as ctrl-shift-+ has no > effect. When I do that it launches MATE Terminal. Try launching MATE Terminal first, and then run emacs with emacs -nw You could also look at the process list and see what terminal is running. ps aux Emacs isn't usually installed by default, but Debian 9 is rather old, I can't even remember if I used it.