From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard M Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: X fonts selection weirdness Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:20:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20080624.145703.566779761171555788.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> <20080624.180802.154682915676368965.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214515287 523 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2008 21:21:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:21:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp, miles@gnu.org To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 26 23:22:12 2008 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 1KByux-0005Cu-4G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:22:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34181 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KByu7-0003p4-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KBytz-0003mE-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KBytx-0003lQ-9o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50077 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KBytw-0003lG-Ux for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:38332) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KBytw-0008Ta-O9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KBytl-0003eN-92; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:20:57 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Kenichi Handa on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:31:56 +0900) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:99971 Archived-At: > If the user choose a default font capable of displaying one of those > charsets, it seems like he would _want_ the default font to be used! Not for non-Latin scripts, especially CJK and those require CTL (Complex Text Layout). Usually the default font, even if it claims that it has the specific character, the design is not good or doesn't contain proper OTF tables. How about putting that explanation in the doc string?