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boundary="hiNWoLkE8DClwtxOuGhc4P68I2VDLLtH3"; protected-headers="v1" From: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=c3=a9ment_Pit--Claudel?= To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: 24510@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: <76676126-f9f5-b651-bcb1-bf80a868f990@gmail.com> Subject: Re: bug#24510: 25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like ` References: <<6905ca6f-0573-4a2b-b346-d5df47862e09@default> <<83intneq2g.fsf@gnu.org> <<7f9c8f95-a04d-4e94-9c17-8a348bf89215@default> <<83d1jvds1t.fsf@gnu.org> <83mviycxse.fsf@gnu.org> <8f6d6767-e5f4-79cc-ac3f-199cc58e92e2@gmail.com> <83fuopdaf2.fsf@gnu.org> <0913a9f7-519f-e48a-3132-3d1b16267851@gmail.com> <83twd5b4yr.fsf@gnu.org> <83pontb2p8.fsf@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <83pontb2p8.fsf@gnu.org> --hiNWoLkE8DClwtxOuGhc4P68I2VDLLtH3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016-09-24 13:57, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > I find it hard to believe you > are saying that we should switch from Courier New to MingLiu as the > default font: that'd be absurd. It doesn't feel more more absurd than using Courier New in the first plac= e, frankly. But sorry for diverting the thread. I don't use Emacs on Wi= ndows, so I don't really care about good defaults there. > Emacs supports non-programming applications as well, not just > programming modes. In fact, the trigger for this discussion was Info, > a non-programming mode very close to Text mode. Why does info use a monospace font? >>> One reason is that Emacs has a wider range of different >>> applications, where being able to support as many languages and >>> scripts as possible is more important than in Studio or even Vim. >>> E.g., at least some of the editors you mention are never used as >>> email/news clients or Web browsers, where the ability to support as >>> many scripts as possible is important. >> >> Do many of these applications require a monospace font? >=20 > We use a monospaced font for the default face because it suits well > both programming and non-programming modes, and because aligning text > is much easier with such a font. Text alignment is important in modes > that present summaries in tabular form, like modes that show listing > of buffers, email summaries, Dired, Proced, etc. Doesn't we the special 'space' display property make it possible to prope= rly align variable-width fonts? --hiNWoLkE8DClwtxOuGhc4P68I2VDLLtH3-- --TjBXKgvtrVvNATb1WUkm1tuaw2CwTr2dV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJX5sKpAAoJEPqg+cTm90wjl/EP/3sxIJH0VQ4ea4cBzQNv8cOZ HH7/o+x2iboB5dTHFaVqfbNICXrI0kqMNmEzN0sgHfU5gTffoWfyeYU05lAq21xC uSURylvgrcfRGVjwEFEKk/s5UEETDEp+YYPtwAOc5M0sZxiu1AMm6Nj0fQKNkG1a W0BVxCHG5lz27pd8lqyPL0e5q9tNldwjt4TtozlJ5Keg3iOrGPqTYe4FUKBtSic9 LFf8o0zFdKXf9j4ylA9g7mmYO5nf4O47+ioYOjYQ7n/eQBrZhVCSLi3mbtJAGznC BR9PvnHq8gGyAkzm7nlQDgkfsCPczQfIVsVqPIefzRB189R46qPSBv1ZgnHZvKOm wWVm1AeDWUdb9b0R4qLYRjm5dKOoQ3Ly2qtiIwTuMze9aYRG0r0kRbPw3HrONiqf 5EqBMau1wu6Sxv1rM1FhPs1bqxc1NGMKEfY4h+JOPVtm7USnYpG3STqG1gAFOoMe Tt8nFj65MpT3oOLf1ZOVvdX+QGL85bh6w2PJp0lFZ13rDBh8r/1zSvWq3ObM3s2L sitHLGir4yag0glUAN2Q1s0/KgitZFrQQrZEItBVQ0rgrpZ3/ZXLSZLz/rilno9m SanUw3IsgOkNKn9DMiZkXXoiE8ChBz0AilYGIvWjm3Lpi/wqpCodxBOmViKVeZr0 dnC/xqhZvnpRMyxzI7v+ =RmQo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TjBXKgvtrVvNATb1WUkm1tuaw2CwTr2dV--