From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [simon.marshall@misys.com: font frame property oddities] Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87psgymbk7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151188223 24464 80.91.229.2 (24 Jun 2006 22:30:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 25 00:30:20 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuGdt-0004un-Iu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:30:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuGdt-0003AY-1a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FuGdi-0003AK-NC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FuGdf-00039h-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuGde-00039R-UW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.19.1.138] (helo=cyd) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FuGp9-0002BK-AR; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:41:55 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BBE424E798; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:15:04 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:56150 Archived-At: > From: "Marshall, Simon" > Subject: font frame property oddities > src/emacs -Q --font=9x15 > (make-frame '((font . "6x10"))) C-x C-e > (make-frame '((font . "10x20"))) C-x C-e > > both new frames have the default font (9x15). The same applies > if you use the "Emacs*font" resource rather than the "--font" flag. I fixed this. It also fixes an old overlooked bug from February: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:44:47 -0500 > Subject: Funny handling of font for initial minibuffer-only > frame (was: Funny handling of background color for initial > minibuffer-only frame) > > emacs -Q --eval "(setq initial-frame-alist > '((minibuffer . only) > (font . > \"-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\")))" > > You'll notice that the (minibuffer-only) frame uses the default font rather > than the -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* specified. > This worked until around mid-january (the problem appeared at the same time > as the background-color problem above, AFAICT).