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Why do I get invalid face in Emacs?
Emacs tends not to load every elisp package on startup, but waits until you actually use diff-mode to load it. If you used (set-face-foreground ‘diff-added …) directly in your init file, you would get the error “invalid face diff-added”.
What’s the best way to customize the face in Emacs?
The face to customize is variable-pitch. To automatically enable variable-pitch-mode, add it to the hooks for all the major modes where you want it to take effect. For example, to text-mode-hook for editing plain text. If you really want it everywhere, I suppose there’s no harm in setting the default face to a proportional font.
What does font lock mode do in Emacs?
Font Lock mode is the minor mode responsible for syntax highlighting. You can read up on font-lock mode if you want to figure out how Emacs decides what is a comment or a keyword or a variable, or how to add your own keywords. But to merely change the colors:
What is the default color scheme for Emacs?
The default Emacs color scheme is affectionately known as “angry fruit salad”. Click on ‘Set Default Font’ in the ‘Options’ menu. To save this for future sessions, click on ‘Save Options’ in the ‘Options’ menu. [2] “DejaVu Sans Mono” is a good choice (also known as “Bitstream Vera Sans Mono”, or “Menlo” on OS X 10.6+).
How to select a color theme for Emacs?
Now you can select a theme with color-theme-select. The Solarized color theme for Emacs is available on github. If you are keeping your ~/.emacs.d under version control using git, you can use git submodules to simplify the management of such third-party packages.
Is there way to customize fonts in Emacs?
You can toggle between fixed- and variable-width fonts in a particular buffer with variable-pitch-mode. The face to customize is variable-pitch. To automatically enable variable-pitch-mode, add it to the hooks for all the major modes where you want it to take effect. For example, to text-mode-hook for editing plain text.