From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default Info face Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:28:46 +0200 Message-ID: <86bjx9m2mp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wmfxgvjd.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <86frmlm6hc.fsf@gnu.org> <877c7xdp0h.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1244"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Manuel Giraud Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 18 16:29:47 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1tNvze-0000Cb-0I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:29:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNvym-0001cB-0t; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:28:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNvyk-0001bs-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNvyj-0006ZH-JH; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:28:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=p1U1ifzcX5UbKi4OhaB730X9z2rybSssGJqLJfMdWrs=; b=o/dUM4rq8H44 QNcDKhsOd9l4qhQAnackTedhokwMONuFhHeWW9wRIy2TaYRYwIDI+cHWdzUA9R5d5xy2urGG+FCkc YZD9Sd6p3gd+xpe/84ivM2+5XZFOeoWYBYV0gpWFQFRyugSpTZRM/e9NqZ4OD7TzzaU8y1brWthjR 2MEe68wg3rjD0sWItwJTFXrWCSI36ov5JMffJX9eUFU+zVH5LIUvI5siU7jxlTw5BbTOIYtjadnIO L0X+o8D0loYcdPB5xSontr34+RukaHP+6AS4E46cjFz4ZRcgKTNIxRbtp6c5XwbzDP50V8TAJMMU2 5tZ/7J8mZMuYGdGaOniFqw==; In-Reply-To: <877c7xdp0h.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> (message from Manuel Giraud on Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:50:06 +0100) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:326659 Archived-At: > From: Manuel Giraud > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:50:06 +0100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Info manuals don't look nice with variable-pitch fonts because > > 'makeinfo' fills and justifies lines assuming a fixed-pitch font, then > > inserts hard newlines between lines. Try making your default face use > > a variable-pitch font, and you will see that Info manuals look ugly: > > some lines are too long, others too short. > > I've just tried and I don't see more ugliness when using a > variable-pitch font in Info-mode. The lines "too long" and "too short" > are already there when using a fixed-pitch font anyway. That's specific to the font your system uses when you say "variable-pitch". The results are not very predictable, and depend on the OS and the fonts actually installed. > > If variable-pitch face is out, what other advantages could we have by > > using a specialized face in Info? > > Yes, if you rule out variable-pitch, there is not much left to this case > then. So why is it so important to use variable-pitch face for Info? What are the advantages of that?