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: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:19 -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 1214581682 31867 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2008 15:48:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 27 17:48:44 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 1KCGBG-0006Yl-EF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:48:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55449 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCGAQ-0002i3-9t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCG9M-0001Ys-Ch for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCG9K-0001Xi-8E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53140 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCG9K-0001Xf-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:43798) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCG1w-0004sl-TZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KCG1j-0006nu-8R; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:19 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Kenichi Handa on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:32:05 +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:100052 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? Docstring of which function/variable? Whichever ones you use to choose a different default font.