Re: Increase text size of the minibuffer

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On Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 3:40 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)

Can one use (setq-local face-remapping-alist '((default :height 1.5)))

> > > 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?
> 
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