From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24510: 25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like ` Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:31:35 +0300 Message-ID: <83eg49da94.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<<6905ca6f-0573-4a2b-b346-d5df47862e09@default>>> <<<83intneq2g.fsf@gnu.org>>> <<<7f9c8f95-a04d-4e94-9c17-8a348bf89215@default>>> <<<83d1jvds1t.fsf@gnu.org>>> <> <<83mviycxse.fsf@gnu.org>> <3b1a716d-65e5-4eaa-912d-8d0471feb403@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474702351 28229 195.159.176.226 (24 Sep 2016 07:32:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 07:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24510@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 24 09:32:26 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 1bnhRc-0006BH-NK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:32:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57469 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhRZ-00050A-CS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:32:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42446) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhRP-0004zG-KP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhRK-0006RO-Iz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhRK-0006RK-FP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhRK-0001xk-9X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 07:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24510 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24510-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24510.14747022767486 (code B ref 24510); Sat, 24 Sep 2016 07:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24510) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2016 07:31:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33839 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhQa-0001wf-LV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51395) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhQZ-0001wT-Pl for 24510@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhQQ-0005uT-Pl for 24510@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhQQ-0005uL-Mj; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4718 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bnhQP-0003k9-QB; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:06 -0400 In-reply-to: <3b1a716d-65e5-4eaa-912d-8d0471feb403@default> (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:47:12 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:123623 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:47:12 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 24510@debbugs.gnu.org > > I'm no expert on fonts. Are you speaking authoritatively, > about ALL other fonts, when you say "other fonts"? At some point, I looked at all the fonts installed on a typical Windows machine. Whether that makes me an "authority" is not for me to say. > I can't argue about coverage (I don't use RTL or many > non-English characters, personally). And I won't try to > argue about what is ugly or not. For English, I can offer > the font I use as one that I find useful for MS Windows, > FWIW: Lucida Console. I don't claim that it could or > should be adopted by Emacs. See my other message: its coverage is too small. > Do we have a prioritized list of the important qualities > of a default font for Emacs? It should be a monospaced font, and it should cover as many Unicode blocks for as many scripts as possible.