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24.3; not documented: Which system settings affect the choice of the default font by an uncustomized Emacs 24?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz <at> altlinux.org>, 19568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19568: 24.3; not documented: Which system settings affect the choice of the default font by an uncustomized Emacs 24?
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 03:37:31 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> #define GCONF_TOOL_BAR_STYLE "/desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style"
> #define GCONF_MONO_FONT  "/desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name"
> #define GCONF_FONT_NAME  "/desktop/gnome/interface/font_name"
>
> Perhaps we should mention these in the manual?

I'm not quite sure, but I think that makes some sense, so I've now done
so.

> Or is this something that should be documented by gconf itself?  How
> does one even configure this stuff in Gnome?  (I don't use it myself.)

Let's see...  Right:

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name
'Monospace 11'

And then there's "set".

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