From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Pixel-based display functions Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:30:26 +0200 Message-ID: <83d25vja4d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877fw9dndz.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83a914ozsh.fsf@gnu.org> <874mrb1t62.fsf_-_@building.gnus.org> <87vbjrl49k.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <8361bqogah.fsf@gnu.org> <87k306pfi9.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87egqekrd7.fsf@building.gnus.org> <877fw53eat.fsf@building.gnus.org> <877fw4zsdv.fsf@building.gnus.org> <831tmcn4k4.fsf@gnu.org> <87386szq1w.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83wq44ljm9.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbjowlqv.fsf@building.gnus.org> <83oapglbx6.fsf@gnu.org> <83lhkkl23i.fsf@gnu.org> <83sierjmjt.fsf@gnu.org> <83pp9vjjhl.fsf@gnu.org> <87twz7cg0p.fsf@gmail.com> <83k303jf6q.fsf@gnu.org> <87siercbqf.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422714651 6997 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2015 14:30:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:30:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alexis Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 31 15:30:51 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YHZ4U-0004i7-Ra for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:30:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41772 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHZ4U-0007an-6O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:30:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37200) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHZ4F-0007ai-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:30:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHZ4C-0002hG-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:30:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:55512) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YHZ4C-0002h4-9m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:30:32 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NJ100800P01EV00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:30:31 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NJ10084OPMV3C60@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:30:31 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87siercbqf.fsf@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:182133 Archived-At: > From: Alexis > Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:37:28 +1100 > > i use Emacs both under X and in a terminal, depending on > circumstances. Under X, i use the Xft backend, which, if i understand > correctly, gives me access to fonts not available in a terminal. So if > i'm in a terminal, i'll want to use one font for a particular Unicode > block, but if i'm in X, i'll want to use another font which has 'better' > (i.e. more aesthetically pleasing, to me) glyphs. The `unicode-fonts` > package allows me to specify a list of fonts, ordered by priority > (highest-first), to be used for a particular Unicode block, depending on > contextual availability. AFAIU, each "Unicode block" corresponds to a script, with a couple of exceptions, one of which is cjk-misc that Andreas mentioned. So what you describe above AFAIU does not yet mean you have more than one font for the same block.