bug#24528: 24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style preference.

bug#24528: 24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style preference.

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

I have 2 server side fonts:

  -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1

When I run:

  (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")

unfortunately next font selected:

  -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1

  /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/12x13ja.pcf.gz

which looks very ugly.

In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.21.5)
 of 2016-09-05 on trouble, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11803000
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux testing (stretch)

Configured using:
 `configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.5/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars 'CFLAGS=-g -O2
 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/emacs24-24.5+1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat
 -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro'

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bug#24528: 24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style preference.

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> writes:

> I have 2 server side fonts:
>
>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>
> When I run:
>
>   (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>
> unfortunately next font selected:
>
>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>
>   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/12x13ja.pcf.gz
>
> which looks very ugly.

(This bug report unfortunately got no feedback at the time.)

If I (on this Debian system) tries

(set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")

I get

    x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-koi8-r (#x2D)

If I say

(set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*-ja-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")

I get

    x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1 (#x2A)

So I don't seem to be able to reproduce this error, but that may be
because I don't have the same fonts installed as you have.  On the other
hand, there's been some changes in the font handling in Emacs since the
bug was reported.

Are you still seeing this problem in Emacs 27?

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bug#24528: 24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style preference.

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have 2 server side fonts:
>>
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>
>> When I run:
>>
>>   (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>>
>> unfortunately next font selected:
>>
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>
>>   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/12x13ja.pcf.gz
>>
>> which looks very ugly.
>
> (This bug report unfortunately got no feedback at the time.)
>
> If I (on this Debian system) tries
>
> (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>
> I get
>
>     x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-koi8-r (#x2D)
>
> If I say
>
> (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*-ja-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>
> I get
>
>     x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1 (#x2A)
>
> So I don't seem to be able to reproduce this error, but that may be
> because I don't have the same fonts installed as you have.  On the other
> hand, there's been some changes in the font handling in Emacs since the
> bug was reported.
>
> Are you still seeing this problem in Emacs 27?

More information was requested, but none was given within 6 months, so
I'm closing this bug.

If this is still an issue, please reply to this
email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas