From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: no font shown with tamil.el Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044987160 7914 80.91.224.249 (11 Feb 2003 18:12:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ietX-00023H-00 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:12:35 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18if53-000507-00 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:24:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ieoz-0003IW-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:07:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ieks-0001wc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:03:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ieki-0001ov-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from megalith.rattlesnake.com ([140.186.114.245] helo=localhost) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ieiY-00010i-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:01:14 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11565 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11565 The HELLO buffer no longer shows Hindi and does not show Tamil fonts. Emacs shows empty boxes. An instance of GNU Emacs 20.7 shows Hindi fonts. Debian `testing' distribution, updated today. Today's CVS snapshot, Tue, 2003 Feb 11 17:29 UTC GNU Emacs 21.3.50.137 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit) started with /usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)' Following the instructions in the NEWS file: See the INSTALL file for information on installing extra libraries and fonts to take advantage of the new graphical features and extra charsets in this release. I looked for the intlfonts distribution, which can be obtained by FTP from ftp.gnu.org. However, I already have the latest intlfonts version, 1.2; and besides the NEWS file also says: ** Leim is now part of the Emacs distribution. You no longer need to download a separate tarball in order to build Emacs with Leim. Also, I tried commenting out the contents of tamil.el, and rebuilding with a `make bootstrap' command rather than a `make recompile' command, but that did not restore the fonts. On running `C-u C-x =' (what-cursor-position with a prefix arg) on the first of the Tamil characters in the HELLO buffer: Tamil ($,1