From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26605: 25.1; emacs picks unsuitable fallback fonts for monospace default font Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:50:51 +0200 Message-ID: <83sgmm5wo4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <999a78da-e8c2-07b4-0716-8c2e3c40eb6a@ralfj.de> <87v9rjaqle.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="186357"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 26605@debbugs.gnu.org, post@ralfj.de To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 17 16:52:18 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqY-000mJU-NJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:52:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54320 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqX-0003zv-Hs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:52:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58760) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqJ-0003m2-8C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:52:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqI-0002yM-9G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33569) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqI-0002yE-60 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:52:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMqI-00039u-1S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 15:52:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26605 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 26605-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26605.157400586112064 (code B ref 26605); Sun, 17 Nov 2019 15:52:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26605) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Nov 2019 15:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42390 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMpJ-00038R-8b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:51:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49588) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMpH-00038E-KP for 26605@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:50:59 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35259) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMpA-0002Rj-8m; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:50:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2890 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iWMp8-0005Dl-PR; Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:50:52 -0500 In-reply-to: <87v9rjaqle.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 17 Nov 2019 08:50:53 +0100) 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: 209.51.188.43 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:171803 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 08:50:53 +0100 > Cc: 26605@debbugs.gnu.org > > Ralf Jung writes: > > > Ideally, emacs' default configuration would be such that it prefers > > monospace over non-monospace fonts when falling back from a monospace font. > > That does sound reasonable. Has Emacs grown such a feature in the years > since this bug was reported? No, I don't think so. The fallback uses the fontsets, so defining those to put monospaced fonts before variable-pitch ones is the way to go. AFAIK, there's no logic in Emacs to select fallback fonts without using the fontsets (the default ones if the user didn't customize them).