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I'm using Spacemacs, in term mode and on a mac. While I can adjust the standard font size I am often moving from/to a different monitor, and I want to be able to tweak the font size for the moment. Is there an easier way than changing the font size in my config file?

Dan
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    You can use the inbuilt text-scale-adjust command or apply one of the solutions mentioned here: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/7583/115 – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 16:32
  • @KaushalModi I'm a beginner to this sort of editor. It looks like I need to define a function to use text-scale-adjust, or is there some way to use it out of the box? – steel Aug 24 '16 at 16:37
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    In emacs -Q (without loading custom configs like spacemacs), text-scale-adjust is bound to C-x C-=. After hitting that, you simply hit +,-,0 as you need. – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 16:40
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    Or you can find out if and what spacemacs binds that to by doing C-h f text-scale-adjust (not sure if spacemacs binds describe-function to C-h f or something else). – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 16:41
  • @KaushalModi Thanks for the C-h f tip, that's great. The documentation there confirms what you're saying, but those bindings aren't working for me. – steel Aug 24 '16 at 16:42
  • Derp. C is cmd on a mac. Now they work. Thank you @KaushalModi – steel Aug 24 '16 at 16:47

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On a mac it is CMD +/-.

To learn more about this, ctrl h f lets you learn about functions and their bindings. In this case text-scale-adjust, as described in other answers and blog posts. The docs say it is bound to C-+, but in this case, Cis actually the command key, not the control key.

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  • I don't use Mac but I have seen the same for, I think, any software out there.. Microsoft stuff, Adobe stuff, etc: Ctrl (Win) <-> Cmd (Mac) – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 16:55
  • @KaushalModi what's interesting is that looking up a method, C-h f, requires the control key. So it seems like maybe it means different things at different times on a mac? – steel Aug 24 '16 at 17:06
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    That's definitely odd.. On unix-based systems and Windows at least, the C- means the exact same thing in C-h f and C-x C-=. To understand this better, I would first see in an emacs -Q session (without loading any config) if C- symbolizes.. is it consistently Ctrl, or consistently Cmd, or not consistent? – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 17:09
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    I hope a mac user weighs in to help you with this. – Kaushal Modi Aug 24 '16 at 17:10