Re: Failure in building CVS Emacs [xsettings] and other

[Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>]

Now I can build current CVS-head also on K8.04. Thanks.

I haven't any particular configuration, no Xdefault in my home etc...

Both on K804 and K910 I have done GTK builds (./configure)

To summarize these are the results.

K804
====
$ xrdb -query | grep Xft
Xft.antialias:  1
Xft.dpi:        96
Xft.hinting:    1
Xft.hintstyle:  hintfull
Xft.rgba:       none

With 20091114 build, 'Options | Set Default Font' shows Monospace, 
Regular, 10: the same I see with Konsole.

With current 20091117, 'Options | Set Default Font' shows Sans, Regular, 
12: very bad!

If with that option I set Monospace, Regular, 10, the result is 
*different* from what I see in Konsole or my previous build. And after 
this, recalling 'Options | Set Default Font' shows always Sans, Regular, 
12, i.e. it does not reflect the new choice.


K910
====
Similar results. Only

$ xrdb -query | grep Xft

is empty.

It seems that these new features added to Emacs, after 20091114, make 
its look a little bad.

Can I build disabling those?


Ciao,
Angelo.


Jan Djärv ha scritto:
> 
> 
> Angelo Graziosi skrev 2009-11-17 18.38:
>> Jan Djärv ha scritto:
>>> Angelo Graziosi skrev:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Instead, it builds on Kubuntu 9.10, but the result does not look very
>>>> good, in my opinion. I have attached the screen shots regarding a
>>>> previous build (on 20091114, without xsettings, I think), called
>>>> 'good', and the current, called 'bad': my opinion is that this has
>>>> characters too light.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It doesn't really say anything unless you compare it with some other
>>> application with the same font.
>>
>> Obviously, I have compared on the same system: Kubuntu-9.10, i.e. with
>> same font! only the source of Emacs changed! between 20091114 and
>> 20091117. Indeed reinstalling the previous build, 20091114, it looks
>> better than current 20091117.
>>
>> The build I did on 20091114 looks like other KDE applications using the
>> same font (Konsole, for example).
>>
>> On Kubuntu-8.04.3 the build of 20091117 fails as described, so I cannot
>> compare anything.
>>
> 
> You forgot to answer my questions.  I can't do anything until you do.  
> Also, what font did you use?
> 
>     Jan D.