Re: [h-e-w] emacs geometry

[Paul Whitfield]

Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
> I have the following in my .emacs
>
> ;;; This setting gives me a size 12 on a 1600x1200 display.
> (set-default-font "-*-Courier New-normal-r-*-*-16-97-*-*-c-*-*-iso8859-1")
>
> ;;; This gives me full height of the screen
> (defun resize-frame ()
>   "Resize current frame to 81 52"
>   (interactive)
>   (set-frame-size (selected-frame) 81 52))
> (resize-frame)
>
> ;;; to recover size after readjusting it manually I use
> (global-set-key [C-f11] 'resize-frame)
>
> ;;; On 1024x768 I use
> (defun resize-frame ()
>   "Resize current frame to 81 41"
>   (interactive)
>   (set-frame-size (selected-frame) 81 41))

The advantage of doing it via the registry is that
emacs does not draw the frame, then change fonts and redraw the
frame. (This is equivilent to setting about a .xdefaults file
under X)

Thus saving valuable seconds and looking much less ugly.

Regards
Paul