From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Angelo Graziosi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Failure in building CVS Emacs [xsettings] and other Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4B0EA598.2020604@alice.it> References: <4B028A84.30704@alice.it> <4B02AABC.9090502@swipnet.se> <4B02DF8C.3000906@alice.it> <4B02F5B1.3080401@swipnet.se> <4B0329F0.4040702@alice.it> <4B03AC85.4080009@swipnet.se> <4B0A5C52.40109@swipnet.se> <4B0B0B42.3080807@alice.it> <4B0BF357.90901@swipnet.se> <4B0C54F0.7000103@alice.it> <4B0D5DC7.4080607@swipnet.se> <4B0DAE25.3000609@alice.it> <4B0E27E3.7030903@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259254744 24816 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 16:59:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:59:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs To: =?UTF-8?B?SmFuIERqw6Rydg==?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 17:58:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NDhgG-0000Zw-9L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:58:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55171 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhgF-0004rE-UU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:58:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgjt-0006EH-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgjn-00067G-JZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38042 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgjn-000672-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:31 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out01.alice.it ([85.33.2.12]:2124) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDgjk-00020K-JZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:31 -0500 Original-Received: from FBCMMO01.fbc.local ([192.168.68.195]) by smtp-out01.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:24 +0100 Original-Received: from FBCMCL01B09.fbc.local ([192.168.171.26]) by FBCMMO01.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:23 +0100 Original-Received: from [82.55.236.19] ([82.55.236.19]) by FBCMCL01B09.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:22 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <4B0E27E3.7030903@swipnet.se> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Nov 2009 15:58:22.0592 (UTC) FILETIME=[47C63800:01CA6EB1] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117820 Archived-At: Jan Djärv ha scritto: > On 2009-11-25 23:22, Angelo Graziosi wrote: >> src/ChangeLog: >> >> 2009-11-25 Jan Djärv >> >> * xsettings.c: Revert changes from 2009-11-23. Just use Xft >> defaults (bug #5025). >> >> As I suspected, that reverts also the good news I flagged in: >> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-11/msg01101.html >> > > That is what I suspected also. You can do > % emacs -fn 'Monospace-12:hintstyle=hintslight' > and see if that is what you wan't. Also try hintmedium. > > If you aren't running Gnome, you should set that in ~/.fonts.conf (read > more here: http://www.fontconfig.org/fontconfig-user.html): > > > > > > > > hintslight > > > > or if you wan't it systemwide, put it /etc/fonts/local.conf. I tried all your suggestions, but none of them work. I have tried with 'hintmedium' and 'hintfull': same result. On Kubuntu, current Emacs-CVS is the only application which has a bad look, and this is not very attractive to new users. Is it natural that a user does all this work (if it functions) to use an application? Cheers, Angelo.