Hello,
I'm about to become an Emacs user, so sorry for non-emacs terminology, I
just have to get used to it.
I'm visually impaired, but don't use screenreaders nor "heavy-duty"
magnifiers yet, I prefer to rely on features provided by apps. I prefer
to read variable-width fonts on screen, and my font size for conmoftable
reading is about 30pt.
I have just downloaded Emacs 22.3 for Windows and I'd like to create an
initial config for it. I reviewed a tutorial, but it is focused on
platform independent basics. To be able to read docs comfortably with
Emacs, I need some customizations:
1. I'd like to be able to swetch between fixed-width and variable-width
font. As I said earlier, variable-width font is much easier for me to
read, but some texts are optimized for fixed-width fonts, so that's why
I need that.
2. On Windows, ctrl+wheel controls zoom factor in many apps, including
open-source ones like Firefox, Scintilla-based editors etc. I'd like to
have this ability in Emacs too.
3. In Appendix G.9, I've found a useful tip to use system caret instead
of default Emacs cursor. Since there's no .emacs file on my system yet,
I don't know how to apply this change.
4. On Windows, moving by words places point at the beginning of the word
regardless of direction of movement. Emacs' behavior is confusing for
me. This applies for paragraphs and other objects too.
Thanks for help.
Tomas Valusek
