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[Todd Wilson <address@hidden>]

This may be the right explanation of how my document got the way it is;
thanks.  So my question now is, is it possible to change the global
setting for font-family without editing the .tm file by hand?  As I
said, I couldn't find a way to change it in the interface, but I may
have just been overlooking something.

--Todd

Adrian S. wrote, on 12/03/2011 04:56 PM:
> I am not sure if that is what you want.  But if you create an empty
> document in the desktop by  right click->new document and then name it
> new.tm
> 
> and then open it with "open with Gnu TeXmacs" in the desktop, then the
> behaviour that you describe occurs.
> 
> Basically, because TeXmacs opens an empty document.  As TeXmacs does
> not see the proper headings, it assumes that it is a text file and
> uses typewriter fonts.
> 
> The proper way to create a new document is via open->new document
> within texmacs.
> 
> Again, it might be something else....
> 
> Peace.
> -Adrian.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Todd Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am coming back to texmacs after at least three years of not using it,
>> so I feel like a beginner again.  I'm using 1.0.7.10 on Ubuntu.  I
>> created a new document, set the style to Article (there is an "Article"
>> button on the lowest toolbar, but no bullet next to "article" in the
>> Document -> Style menu -- is that right?).  Everything I type into the
>> document is in a typewriter font.  I go to Format -> Variant and reset
>> it from Typewriter to Roman, but then, whenever a new section is
>> started, it reverts to Typewriter.  I go to Document -> Font -> Text
>> font and Roman is selected (along with a bullet next to Default -- does
>> that mean that the default is Roman?).  If I look at the contents of the
>> .tm file, I see near the bottom an environment variable
>>
>>   <associate|font-family|tt>
>>
>> which seems to explain the problem, but I can't find a way in the
>> interface to set this.  How did it get this way in the first place, and
>> what can I do about it?  Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Todd Wilson                               A smile is not an individual
>> Computer Science Department               product; it is a co-product.
>> California State University, Fresno                 -- Thich Nhat Hanh
>>
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