Re: Increase text size of the minibuffer

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 11:40 AM Heime <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 3:26 AM, Stéphane Marks <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM Heime <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 2:57 AM, Stéphane Marks <
> > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > > How can I increase the size of text in the minibuffer, because I
> am
> > > > > > finding it too small for me.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Until someone can answer your question, you can increase the
> > > > > size of the font that you are using in Emacs.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Emacs menu -> Options -> Set Default Font...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Try something like this which will scale up your default font by
> 150%.
> > > Use
> > > > an integer to specify a hard-coded height.  See
> > > >
> > >
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Face-Attributes.html
> > > > for
> > > > details on :height specification.
> > > >
> > > >   (defun my/minibuffer-setup-hook ()
> > > >     (set (make-local-variable 'face-remapping-alist)
> > > >          '((default :height 1.5))))
> > > >   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'my/minibuffer-setup-hook)
> > >
> > > I did "C-x C-e" after each, but the minibuffer stayed the same size.
> > >
> >
> > No idea for you.  Works for me.  Poke around and debug it.  Look to see
> if
> > there's anything else on minibuffer-setup-hook.
>
> It is working actually after calling M-x on any command.
>
> When you set (make-local-variable, does the change affect the minibuffer
> from whatever window a command is called?
>

Per the documentation
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Minibuffer-Misc.html
it
does what it says on the tin.