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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 03:24:26PM +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Every time I create a new document, I would like it to default to letter 
> paper and font size 12. I added the following lines to my-init-buffer.scm:
> 
> (init-page-type "letter")
> (init-env "font-base-size" "12")
> 
> These do the trick, but have an unintended consequence. I have created a 
> document whose font-base-size I manually changed to size 36 (call it 
> poster.tm). With those lines in my-init-buffer, whenever I open poster.tm, 
> TeXmacs changes the font-base-size to 12, and I need to manually change it 
> back to font-base-size 36. Is there any way I can fix this? I'd like it to 
> set font-base-size to 12 and page-type to letter ONLY when creating a new 
> document -- otherwise it should just respect the file's settings. Any help? 
> Thanks.

What about something like

        (when (no-name?)
          (init-page-type "letter")
          ...)

Best wishes, Joris