From: Sven Utcke <utcke+news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What font is this symbol in
Date: 29 Oct 2007 10:40:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <o2fir4qs1go.fsf@hasgksssven.desy.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87tzohtk2q.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au
Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> Sven Utcke <utcke+news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> writes:
> >> 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.
Alas, this is:
GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2006-08-11 on yort.fnal.gov
Any ideas?
Sven
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-29 9:40 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 ` What font is this symbol in Tim X
2007-10-29 9:40 ` Sven Utcke [this message]
2007-10-29 11:31 ` weird font-lock / coding interaction Xah Lee
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