From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36320: 25.1; Do not prioritize Xresources over customized font, especially not *Font Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:00:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87y2iotjix.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87blyrlc7a.fsf@yourmachine.yourdomain.tld> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40184"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 36320@debbugs.gnu.org To: hackerb9 Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 13:01:41 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 1kiFy1-000AHV-Bn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:01:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34094 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFy0-0005gc-CK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:01:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFxO-00058z-1C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:01:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56599) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFxN-0008S5-Pd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:01:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFxN-0003Ti-OC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:01:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:01:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36320 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36320-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36320.160639205312816 (code B ref 36320); Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36320) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Nov 2020 12:00:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39909 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFxF-0003KN-9u for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:00:53 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:49348) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFxE-0003Em-Ap for 36320@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:00:52 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=iL5gwDLyOemaO62Ifz86bFR5JUKRFf5X5ZdLo5fWHHM=; b=hj/aQdRGzWEBBtYvybew0UplCI +jcFweJYzoLEW4yRZqKiBdDg8YipSQW7UEi7hyG661sKMrjxpPjSMTxho+zD3yGRYVSW1uXcaxvMA m8vq2QLuQkfq/JSkwxIgJfB4WJV1GHGWPab6c9PtljqYfqWQFS/Mkx/P1/4SCXni5A88=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kiFx1-0000zu-MH; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:00:45 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Japan's _Tin Drum (1)_: "Cantonese Boy" In-Reply-To: <87blyrlc7a.fsf@yourmachine.yourdomain.tld> (hackerb9's message of "Thu, 20 Jun 2019 22:49:45 -0700") 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:194291 Archived-At: hackerb9 writes: > You can test it like so: > > $ echo '*font:variable' | xrdb -merge > $ emacs > > You'll notice that it overrides a default font saved in your .emacs > file. E.g.,=20 > > (custom-set-faces > '(default ((t (:family "Latin Modern Mono" :foundry "GNU" :slant nor= mal :weight normal :height 120 :width normal))))) > > This is very confusing behavior. It makes more sense that anything set > within a user's .emacs init file will override an Xresource preference = =E2=80=94 > which could have even been set by the site's system administrator, not > the user. The X resources are set per display, so it's more likely that they are correct than the .emacs settings (which make sense as a fallback). If you're not working on different systems with a shared $HOME (over NFS or something), then this probably doesn't make that much sense, but that's the common architecture when this was made, and changing this now would break many people's setups, probably. So this can't be changed at this point, and I'm closing this bug report. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no