On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 06:45:46PM +0100, martin rudalics wrote:
> > I agree, but I'm not sure we have anyone aboard who can tell.
> 
> Neither am I.
> 
> > Failing that, would unbinding the above solve the problem?
> 
> Forcefully.
> 
> > If so, we
> > could suggest that to people as workaround, until we find a proper
> > solution.
> 
> Please do that.  Maybe in a way that people who simply wonder why their
> default font settings all of a sudden get overridden do not have to
> understand what's going on.  Something like "If you see this happen, put
> 
> (define-key special-event-map [config-changed-event] 'ignore)
> 
> into your .emacs.".

Hmmm ... couldn't that be a line within the API for (custom-set-faces)

My guess is that the dynamic font changing feature might be there to support
switching system fonts with gconf/dconf at runtime(?).  This might happen
if such a change triggers an event

Werner

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