From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What is the proper way to set the default font these days? Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:07 +0200 Message-ID: <7b501d5c0906100708v74029d58haf5a56da4285554e@mail.gmail.com> References: <7b501d5c0906060758n3113b6cdr37a5635b389428b8@mail.gmail.com> <8763f6g61q.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <7b501d5c0906080759wba474b4re93ecbfdf94c9629@mail.gmail.com> <873aaag1wf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <871vpug0np.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prdebsvd.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <7b501d5c0906080928jde3c545o67a1731680f1dace@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c0906100217w62516bd8o4f5905665135a2a9@mail.gmail.com> <873aa8mcqm.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244644870 23086 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2009 14:41:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:41:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 10 16:41:08 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 1MEOzC-00016y-D8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:41:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35227 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEOzB-000592-QR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEOTN-0004aa-55 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:08:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEOTL-0004ZP-7u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44634 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEOTL-0004ZJ-4H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:18179) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEOTJ-00028A-5Z; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so1062512fgb.7 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:08:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=imdmDsJRaLyRbCU38lSEZp4Sc+dJJdDcRKYyWwRAfuM=; b=QHlHDy1K1o5GkrFzeUincmislYTYaY+2Ye0ezgUEPJtkwd3r4N+8mnhNVFNDI+oK1Q u/UvEs+/m8sNP9BNJepCqOuPs/QdTQ93Jh+SST/aRofg3xa5zG53H+t6dC4yEcU02tLf 54wy+u29to7dwvCQyi+pL7nXIF8Ag7DNkTl4c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AYTqKuxuXFKY8mePkU9G5hsjt5CKMIGJsJzBggIkdfkcQ6awewKn+0zPmhhPYVX39Z Hv7j/qY6pKyIfG8PMED7aQzHw8jHbfFMY97BjPuQmhWpT3KwVaYtWuYhZNLcySJUXqHm 5n4MqhWVG6FBlUoPBgDcw1HNJesoNcj+pyB0E= Original-Received: by 10.86.23.20 with SMTP id 20mr1183761fgw.17.1244642887910; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:08:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <873aa8mcqm.fsf@catnip.gol.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:111413 Archived-At: 2009/6/10 Miles Bader : > Deniz Dogan writes: >> Having talked to some people on the XMonad mailing list, it seems that >> it is probably Emacs that has the bug in this case. I'm starting Emacs >> using "emacs -Q" with .Xdefaults and .Xresources completely empty and >> even then things are off! Could it be anything else on my computer >> breaking this? This is when using a fresh CVS checkout. > > Can you provide an exact recipe for recreating the problem? > > As .Xresources is merely used to initialize the server's resource > database, are you sure that's happening? > > Try the following: > > =A0 cd /tmp > =A0 xrdb -remove > =A0 echo 'Emacs*Font: Monospace 9' | xrdb > =A0 HOME=3D/tmp emacs -Q & > > -Miles Thank you for the straight-forward instructions! However, this was unsuccessful as well. It's not the exact same problem, but it's still off, not displaying the echo area or the modeline. Screenshot: http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4117/200906101606201280x800s.png --=20 Deniz Dogan