From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2334: 23.0.90; emacs-snapshot has ugly fonts when using set-default-font elisp function Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:26:16 -0500 Message-ID: <8763jaqu7b.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 2334@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234799707 3185 80.91.229.12 (16 Feb 2009 15:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Theodore Ts'o , 2334@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 16 16:56:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LZ5pV-0008Jb-OB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:56:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48691 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZ5oB-0006x1-NK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:54:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZ5dF-0002EO-SJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZ5dC-0002D4-Ad for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45215 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZ5dB-0002Cf-Pb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:60139) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZ5dB-0005ng-Av for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1GFhZGB004438; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:43:35 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1GFU4H6000983; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:30:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2334 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2334-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2334.1234797928596 (code B ref 2334); Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2334) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Feb 2009 15:25:28 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1GFPPvS000590 for <2334@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:25:26 -0800 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C260357E1FC; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:26:16 -0500 (EST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:43:41 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:25333 Archived-At: "Theodore Ts'o" wrote: > Using emacs-snapshot-20090207, the text display becomes very ugly when > set via: > (set-default-font "DejaVu Sans Mono-10") > However, if the font is set via the menu bar: Options->Set Default Font > then the fonts look good (i.e., with proper anti-aliasing). Hi Handa-san, I think we should give the xft font backend (where it is available) a higher priority than the x backend; otherwise, users will keep experiencing bugs like this. WDYT?