4.3. Customizing Emacs

4.3. Customizing Emacs
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The colors, font, and geometry (default size of window) for Emacs in your ~/.Xresources file. The format for the settings is emacs.keyword:value.

The following is a sample ~/.Xresources file.

Note

	Note
If you have other settings in your `~/.Xresources`, add the following to the end of the file. emacs.background: light gray emacs.foreground: black emacs.pointerColor: blue emacs.cursorColor: blue emacs.bitmapIcon: on emacs.font: fixed emacs.geometry: 90x25

If you have other settings in your ~/.Xresources, add the following to the end of the file.

emacs.background: light gray
emacs.foreground: black
emacs.pointerColor: blue
emacs.cursorColor: blue
emacs.bitmapIcon: on
emacs.font: fixed
emacs.geometry: 90x25

After modifying this file, execute the following command:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

Then restart Emacs to apply the changes.

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