From: <osv@javad.com>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, 5679@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5679: Emacs 23.1.93 pretest
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:37 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <876354z87e.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wl1vfs9ytf.wl%mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp> (YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu's message of "Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:54:36 +0900")
YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp> writes:
>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:59 +0300, <osv@javad.com> said:
>
>>> Anyway, is `xterm -fa terminus:style=oblique' also broken? If so,
>>> we can conclude this is not a bug at the Emacs side.
>
>> Yeah, this is broken as well. So please excuse my ignorance, but
>> where exactly the problem is?
>
> According to the experiments so far, it seems to be caused by Xft in
> addition to some conditions that are not yet sure (maybe library
> versions or settings?).
>
>> I.e., why emacs 22 renders it fine? What is a work-around for emacs
>> 23?
>
> Emacs 22 uses the traditional text drawing aka X core fonts, and many
> GNOME and GTK+ applications use cairo rather than Xft. A workaround
> would be to use the traditional text drawing as in Emacs 22 by
> preferring the X core font driver to the Xft one (see `fontBackend' in
> the "Table of X Resources for Emacs" node in the Emacs info).
OK, adding
Emacs.fontBackend: x,xft,cairo
to my .Xdefaults fixed the problem, -- thanks a lot!
-- Sergei.
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <87pr3rny7e.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
2010-03-04 14:36 ` bug#5679: Emacs 23.1.93 pretest Sergei Organov
2010-03-04 15:57 ` Chong Yidong
2010-03-04 17:43 ` osv
2010-03-04 18:06 ` Chong Yidong
2010-03-04 19:22 ` osv
2010-03-09 0:05 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-03-09 9:57 ` osv
2010-03-09 11:30 ` osv
2010-03-10 11:19 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-03-10 11:29 ` osv
2010-03-10 11:54 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-03-10 12:12 ` osv [this message]
2010-03-11 0:38 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-03-10 6:23 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2010-03-10 10:05 ` osv
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