From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41747: 27.0.91; Add default fontset setup for "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A" Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:38:09 +0300 Message-ID: <83pna756lq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874krnq9df.fsf@gmail.com> <83v9k36iud.fsf@gnu.org> <87blluyk77.fsf@gmail.com> <83r1up7hfz.fsf@gnu.org> <871rmpclzf.fsf@gmail.com> <838sgw71e4.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="25763"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 41747@debbugs.gnu.org, kevin.legouguec@gmail.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 10 16:39:15 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1so-0006ao-Pt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:39:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54776 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sn-0005ka-Ns for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:39:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56696) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sc-0005iq-IR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51638) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sc-00014Q-7n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sc-0008QY-4A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:39:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41747 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 41747-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41747.159179991932362 (code B ref 41747); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41747) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jun 2020 14:38:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34951 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sF-0008Pu-DC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:38:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48522) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1sE-0008Pi-2z for 41747@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:38:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41600) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1s8-0000rZ-Q7; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2359 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jj1s1-0001Tp-G3; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:38:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:53:21 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:181814 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: 41747@debbugs.gnu.org, kevin.legouguec@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:53:21 -0400 > > > Specifically, for displaying emoji it would be unimaginable, IMO, to > > rely on Unifont as the solution. > > We may have no choice, at least in the short term. > Our mission -- replacing nonfree software with free software -- is hard > enough. I don't think it is wise to make it harder by demanding we > compete with nonfree software on esthetic points. That may be true, but I wrote that to answer your question: why using Unifont constitutes a failure. > However, it would be good to show the community that we are looking for > people to design free repacements for those nonfree font extensions. > I will discuss the issue with someone that works on free fonts. There are already free fonts that cover these new characters, we just need to add their support to Emacs. There's a TODO item about extending emoji support.