From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:35:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3d8c3427-b5da-4d88-a0de-044bec367b34@default> References: <837f9ppfz5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475512769 6673 195.159.176.226 (3 Oct 2016 16:39:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:39:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24597@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 18:39:24 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Gn-00088b-CF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:39:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38164 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Gl-0003ha-TR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:39:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42559) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Ek-00021t-Hj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Eg-0004JX-Hg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Eg-0004JR-Eu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Eg-0005JY-9b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24597 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24597-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24597.147551256620322 (code B ref 24597); Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24597) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2016 16:36:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43179 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Dm-0005Hi-5g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:25714) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br6Dk-0005H9-AP for 24597@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:36:04 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u93GZvma024805 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:35:58 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u93GZvNg031627 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:35:57 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u93GZt74001376; Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:35:56 GMT In-Reply-To: <837f9ppfz5.fsf@gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123964 Archived-At: > > Why use, by default, two **slightly** different looking fonts? They ar= e > > not different enough to make =E2=80=98...=E2=80=99 very noticeable. No= r are they the > > same. What's the point of this choice? >=20 > The point is exactly to have a different face for symbols. I don't disagree with that point. What's the point of using family Courier for one and Courier New for the other? That's the question. Doesn't seem like a great choice.