From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: flebber Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Font error Syntax Date: 18 May 2007 23:54:29 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1179557668.932138.46190@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> References: <1179323075.039832.153840@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <1179484766.345116.125980@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179560447 1407 80.91.229.12 (19 May 2007 07:40:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 07:40:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 19 09:40:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HpJYT-0005Tc-To for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 09:40:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HpJYS-0004Rq-Gy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 03:40:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 48 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.253.78.67 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1179557670 28678 127.0.0.1 (19 May 2007 06:54:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 06:54:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1179484766.345116.125980@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070323 PCLinuxOS/2.0.0.3-3pclos2007 (2007) Firefox/2.0.0.3,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=220.253.78.67; posting-account=3JBjHA0AAACEXRiHf9GU3JXLxSfN0qWD Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148578 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44172 Archived-At: On May 18, 8:39 pm, flebber wrote: > On May 16, 11:44 pm, flebber wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > I cannot get syntax working for emacs. I am on etch using gnome. I > > receive the following error > > > Quote: (xim-xlib/warning) Can't get fontset resource for Input Method > > > I have checked the options in emacs the best I can ( I am still > > learning emacs ) they do all appear to be okay. They are currently all > > set to default values. I installed xutils package and xfonts package > > was already installed. > > > Any ideas on what to do next ? > > > PS I tried setting the .emacs file to have > > > Quote: (global-font-lock-mode 1) > > > but this only creates further error > > > Quote: (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading / > > home/flebber/.xemacs/init.el: > > Symbol's function definition is void: global-font-lock- > > mode > > > I have ended up with 2 emacs installed Xemacs which this error is > > coming from and emacs21 which cannot even render fonts. > > Am only learning emacs, well trying too am getting most of info from > > herehttp://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.text. > > > Not sure which is better to use xemacs or emacs21 ( am only using > > Xemacs as emacs21 cannot render fonts) > > Bugger as I thought it is always the easy questions that somehow > become the hardest..... Bit of extra info since I last posted I used > 'M-x customize-browse' to alter xemacs configuration but surprise > surprise the option for turning on font-lock-mode was disabled, why > doth xemacs hate font-lock-mode so much ? I re ran xorgconfig and Xemacs works now emacs21 is still buggered doesn't appear that there is any life left in the old girl, its time to get the gun