David Reitter wrote:
> How do I set a mode-specific font?
You can't. Fonts are frame-specific, not window- or mode-specific.
> I've tried this hack:
>
> (add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook
> (lambda ()
> (case major-mode
> ('text-mode
> (set-frame-font "fontset-lucida14")
> )))
> )
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't work, obviously because the selected frame is a
> different one when the hook is called (find-file-other-frame was used to
> open a file), so the font gets set in the wrong frame.
It also won't change the font when you select a buffer in a different
mode with `C-x b'.
> Maybe there is a more elegant way (customization?) than using a hook,
> anyways.
Use after-make-frame-functions, and make each frame's initial window
dedicated to that buffer for good measure.
--
Kevin Rodgers
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