From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: font selection confusion Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:47:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87k56lrayo.fsf@escher.local.home> References: <87wsb5of23.fsf@escher.local.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237463276 18568 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2009 11:47:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:56 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 19 12:49:13 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LkGkF-0002W2-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:49:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53643 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LkGis-0000Pn-Tu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LkGio-0000P6-Cx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LkGij-0000KJ-Kd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50928 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LkGij-0000K2-DY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50535 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LkGij-00037t-10 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LkGib-00061i-Rw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:26 +0000 Original-Received: from i59f55dfc.versanet.de ([89.245.93.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:25 +0000 Original-Received: from stephen.berman by i59f55dfc.versanet.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:25 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: i59f55dfc.versanet.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109690 Archived-At: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:37:35 +0900 Kenichi Handa wrote: > Sorry for the late response on this matter. > > In article <87wsb5of23.fsf@escher.local.home>, Stephen Berman writes: > >> There's something peculiar with \u22ee in my Emacs (GNU Emacs 23.0.91.2 >> (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4) of 2009-03-01 on escher), which >> may be related. I also use Dejavu Sans Mono (set in ~/.Xresources, >> along with xft as FontBackend). In the Gnus *Article* buffer in which >> I'm reading Miles's post, both characters are displayed fine. According >> to `C-u C-x =', both use the default font; here is the complete >> description of \u22ee: > [...] >> However, in this description, the vertical ellipsis is not displayed, >> but instead an empty box. The same goes for the Message buffer into >> which I yanked the post from the *Article* buffer (again, the latter >> does display the vertical ellipsis). Likewise if I just yank that >> character into any other buffer, and also if I start emacs -Q and insert >> it with ucs-insert or with `M-: (insert ?\u22ee)': it displays only as >> an empty box (again, with the default font Dejavu Sans Mono). When I >> type `C-u C-x =' on any of these empty boxes, this is the result: > > Do you still see this problem? If so, please try this: No, in my latest build (GNU Emacs 23.0.91.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4) of 2009-03-15 on escher) the character displays fine in all buffers. So I guess the problem has been fixed. Steve Berman