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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 10:38:30PM -0800, Todd Wilson wrote:
> 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?

Yes, you may just remove the line with <associate|font-family|tt>

> As I said, I couldn't find a way to change it in the interface, but I may
> have just been overlooking something.

Another generic way from within TeXmacs is to open a new document and
copy and paste your existing text into the new document.

Best wishes, --Joris

> --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,