From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: x-font-family-list Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:58:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <877i54jk3v.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87tz875ncy.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231599547 7150 80.91.229.12 (10 Jan 2009 14:59:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 10 16:00:18 2009 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 1LLfJs-0001JH-IW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:00:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33638 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LLfIb-000712-VN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:58:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LLfIX-00070m-5W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:58:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LLfIW-00070Y-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:58:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57388 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LLfIW-00070V-9U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:58:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout1.012.net.il ([84.95.2.1]:52049) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LLfIV-0004bq-Mr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:58:48 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout1.012.net.il by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KD900F00G78O000@i-mtaout1.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:58:52 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.238.249]) by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KD900CR8GA33P50@i-mtaout1.012.net.il>; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:58:52 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87tz875ncy.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:107755 Archived-At: > From: Chong Yidong > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:58:37 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> I don't think it's important, but am not sure whether there is any > >> external code relying on it. Normally, this means that we should try to > >> change the compatibility function and make it compatible. But, I don't > >> know a simple way of computing whether a font is fixed-pitch using the > >> new font code, without jumping through some ugly hoops (e.g., somehow > >> turning each family name into an xlfd and examining its "monospace" > >> entry). If no one can suggest a good method, let's just delete the > >> function. > > > > Either delete it entirely, or make it signal an error. > > I've removed it from CVS. Thanks.