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 11:15:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <877i54jk3v.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231578958 18613 80.91.229.12 (10 Jan 2009 09:15:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:15:58 +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 10:17:06 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 1LLZxm-00039T-G1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:17:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60026 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LLZwW-0002Wc-E1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:15:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LLZw5-0002KH-IC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:15:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LLZw4-0002Jm-0y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:15:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33823 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LLZw3-0002Jg-SR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:15:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:27984) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LLZw3-0007pV-GN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:15:15 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KD90060008WSJ00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:15:20 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.238.249]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KD9009690DHI0G0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:15:20 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <877i54jk3v.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:107744 Archived-At: > From: Chong Yidong > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:32:52 -0500 > > 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.