From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to use xft fonts with Lucid linked Emacs
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:25:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110711092541.4b25afe6@foolinux.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2037a462-976e-4e0e-bfb8-f683c72a69a7@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com>
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Jason Rumney <jasonrumney@gmail.com> wrote:
Ian> I use Debian 23.3 packages, and I want to switch to the Lucid
Ian> flavor because the gtk flavor pulls in my nemesis gconf. It works,
Ian> but I seem to be unable to use xft fonts. After reading the
Ian> manpage and info manual, I put this in my .Xresources:
Ian> Emacs.pane.menubar*.font: Sans-12
Jason> The Lucid menubar probably cannot use xft fonts. This is not the
Jason> same as what your subject says.
You are right; setting one of the buffer contents faces to Sans-12 works
as expected. Now, why? The error message looks like something
determined solely by the font name and not the context where it is to be
used.
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