Re: [Mac-emacs-users] Newbie question

[Andrew C. <ak...@sh...>]

> I downloaded the self mounting disc images for Emacs 21.1 (and LISP
> and Mac fonts) and installed them on Mac OS 8.1. On startup I
> receive the followg message
> 
> No fonts match `-*-monaco-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-mac-roman'
> 
> and emacs stalls.
> 
> I am sure that I miss something obvious.

Hi Lukas,

This is strange.  But there are a few things you can check:

+ Can you tell which font it uses to print that message?  You should
  at least be able to use that font.  Does Emacs open a small window
  and print out many messages that says `loading <file>...'?  Does it
  then proceed to open a larger window and stop there?

+ Do you have a Monaco font on your system?

+ Find a font you do have (say courier) and put the lines

  (add-to-list
   'default-frame-alist
   '(font . "-*-courier-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-mac-roman"))

  in your .emacs file and put it in the same directory as the Emacs CW
  application.  If you don't have a .emacs file, create one.

+ You can try doing the same with init-frame-alist too.

Andrew.