Re: `set-fontset-font' and ascii characters

[Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de>]

Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> writes:
[...]
> Oops.  Currently, a fontset should have a font name
> (i.e. string, not cons of (FAMILY . REGISTRY)) for ascii.
> So, if (FAMILY . REGISTRY) is specified, it mast be
> transformed to "-FAMILY-*-REGISTRY".  If FAMILY doesn't
> contain '-', "*-" must be prepended to FAMILY in advance.
> If REGISTRY doesn't contain '-', "-*" must be appended to
> REGISTRY in advance.
[...]
> These are the dirty parts originating in a bad interaction
> between face and fontset.  Clearing them out is in my todo
> list for a long time, but I've never had time to work on it.
[...]

If that is going to be reworked (I'd like to help if I can and if you
want), then maybe it is sufficient to put a fence around the problem
for now? I.e. raise an error for (set-fontset-font FONTSET 'ascii
CONS-CELL). That's what I do now in my version of fontset.c. For the
purpose of making fontsets customizable it is sufficient--I think--if
I can set the ASCII font with (set-fontset-font FONTSET 'ascii
FONTNAME).

If that's o.k., then I'll send a new patch together with my stuff for
customize, as soon as it is finished.

    Oliver
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