Re: Testing that a font is installed

["Sébastien Vauban" <zthjwsqqafhv@spammotel.com>]

Hi Jason,

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>>         | name (opened by): consolas:pixelsize=17:foundry=microsoft:weight=medium:slant=r:width=normal
>>         |        full name: consolas:pixelsize=17:foundry=microsoft:weight=medium:slant=r:width=normal
>>         |             size:  9
>>         |           height: 20
>>         |  baseline-offset:  0
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>
> It looks like you are using CVS emacs with the new font
> backend.

I'm using Emacs from the Ubuntu package provided by Alexandre
Vassalotti (see http://peadrop.com/blog/2007/01/06/pretty-emacs/):

    GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
    of 2007-12-30 on iridium


> Currently, some of the old functions that deal with fonts are
> still not using the new font backend, which is why
> (x-family-fonts "Consolas") gives nil. I'd suggest using the
> functions of the new font backend instead.
>
> (list-fonts (font-spec :family "Consolas"))

It *works*, yes.


> As for XP, you appear not to be using the new font backend
> there.

I'm using the EmacsW32 binary provided by OurComments.org.


> If you use the CVS version and configure with
> --enable-font-backend ...

It seems that is not yet supported by EmacsW32. In fact, the
latest Emacs binary available on their site is quite old:

    GNU Emacs 22.0.990.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-05-23
    on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)


> ... the results will be consistent and you will be able to use
> "Consolas-8" on both platforms and get rid of the ugly (if
> running-ms-windows...)

As soon as the Windows binary gets updated (with the new font
backend), I'll try your advice.

Thank you very much!

Seb

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Sébastien Vauban