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From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What font is this symbol in
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:47:25 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tzohtk2q.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: o2ffy03xzdw.fsf@hasgksssven.desy.de

Sven Utcke <utcke+news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I really would like to get this problem licked:
>
>> I like to use 10x20 as my font in Emacs, and never had any problem so
>> far.  However, here at my new employee I see weird interactions
>> between font-lock and what might be a coding issue.  If, e.g., I use
>> "\bf" in a LaTeX-mode file (deprecated, I know :-) I instead see what
>> looks roughtly like "¥bf" (it's actually a differently looking
>> Yen-symbol, presumably from a different font).
>
> So how do I debug this?  More specifically, how do I find out from
> what font a particular symbol in an emacs-buffer is taken?
>

For emacs 22, M-x describe-char should give you some relevant details.

Tim

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-24  0:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-18 14:30 weird font-lock / coding interaction Sven Utcke
2007-10-22  9:38 ` What font is this symbol in (was: weird font-lock / coding interaction) Sven Utcke
2007-10-24  0:47   ` Tim X [this message]
2007-10-29  9:40     ` What font is this symbol in Sven Utcke
2007-10-29 11:31 ` weird font-lock / coding interaction Xah Lee

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