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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: ghe@sdf.org, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Suggest installing more fonts?
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:36:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvft64x03g.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lffwiyxc.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:23:43 +0300")

> Which is sub-optimal, since it sounds like the facilities to search
> the DB of installable packages is limited, whereas the facilities we
> have for finding fonts on the Internet are very powerful and accurate.
> So the ability to download a font and install it sounds very useful.

Oh, the escape hatch exists.  It's just that Debian users normally
prefer to use the other, more controlled (and hence limited) way.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-23 18:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-16 10:54 Suggest installing more fonts? Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 11:30   ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 12:50     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 12:59       ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 13:13         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 14:38           ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 15:48             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 16:09               ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 18:48                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 19:40                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17  6:57                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:49                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 14:08                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 15:04                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 15:18                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 13:24     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 14:08       ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 15:34         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 15:51           ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 13:24   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 13:30     ` Rudolf Schlatte
2020-10-17  6:14       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 14:41     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17  6:23       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17  8:55         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18  8:03           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-18 15:21             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19  8:31               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-19 14:50                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 10:28                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-20 14:31                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 10:46                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 11:31                         ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-21 11:58                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-21 14:54                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 16:03                             ` tofu-help-mode (was: Suggest installing more fonts?) Stefan Monnier
2020-10-22 12:07                               ` tofu-help-mode Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 15:21                                 ` tofu-help-mode Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 10:46                                   ` tofu-help-mode Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 17:46                             ` Suggest installing more fonts? Michael Albinus
2020-10-21 18:14                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22  7:27                                 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-22 13:09                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 16:53                                     ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-23 18:13                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-25 11:47                                         ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-25 15:19                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 17:25                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21 11:59                         ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-10-21 12:05                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 12:31                             ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-21 14:47                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 20:19                           ` Rasmus
2020-10-22  2:34                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 12:34                               ` Rasmus
2020-10-22 13:35                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 20:19                           ` Rasmus
2020-10-22 11:32                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 12:02                             ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 12:08                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 12:29                                 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:31                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23  3:49                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-23  6:59                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23  8:28                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-23 11:01                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 15:50                                           ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-23 16:38                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 18:03                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 18:43                                               ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-23 19:31                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-24  9:35                                                   ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-23 10:45                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-23 11:07                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 14:59                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 17:56                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 18:13                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 18:23                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 18:36                                               ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-10-23 18:18                                           ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:16                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 13:40                               ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:52                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 14:20                                   ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 15:50                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 18:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 19:13   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 19:37     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17  6:37       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:44         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 19:42   ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 19:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 22:14       ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 22:35         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 23:02           ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17  7:46             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 11:21               ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 12:13                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:09                   ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 13:33                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 16:09                       ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 16:30                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 17:37                           ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 17:58                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 18:36                               ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 18:50                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 18:56                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 19:18                                   ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 19:33                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18  8:06                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-18 14:55                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 17:30                 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-18  4:12             ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18 14:45               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 22:46       ` Stephen Leake
2020-10-17  6:31   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17  9:08     ` Eli Zaretskii

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