From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Ligature support Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:52:53 +0200 Message-ID: <831r3htwbe.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87cznths5j.fsf@gnus.org> <83mtmtru6l.fsf@gnu.org> <8ff3b131c57f741d04e5@heytings.org> <83lf2drqx6.fsf@gnu.org> <87lf2c3k0z.fsf@gnus.org> <83wnlwqocq.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnlwyox9.fsf@gnus.org> <83lf2cq7n5.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnlnkxbo.fsf@gnus.org> <83cznfdohr.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgqik9bk.fsf@gnus.org> <83v916d64z.fsf@gnu.org> <878ry2k6qz.fsf@gnus.org> <83tugqd488.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgqiiq8c.fsf@gnus.org> <83r1bud3or.fsf@gnu.org> <87r1buipf5.fsf@gnus.org> <83o86yd0ig.fsf@gnu.org> <87a6iiimay.fsf@gnus.org> <83fssact8i.fsf@gnu.org> <87k0hmgre3.fsf@gnus.org> <87pmrdamcw.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14207"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: yandros@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 15 13:54:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mmbUt-0003O1-LW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:54:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57952 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmbUs-0007ep-KD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:54:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51894) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmbU5-0006vC-Hh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=60944 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmbU5-00053g-5T; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:53:17 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=CdKMfF1qXHRtmogrymRzSzTRVU529dssmDihy/ZoXU4=; b=FgzzehakBaEs QU0njde/gzNMiO4YxMUxcLxNgtlKHRhwAnacvzcXVpoV3NYs01ugs1UejOTgcQDj00veaQjmzTMbk 20GQC15PIT9XYXg8EQz+Az7n8LaOIgj+OY8wajowYg6bEzhDaK8BCAsJhaEHvC3aEyGfjizEwTDRu /bCxZYYZWNgD9xHyRpzfITCmYE7ROdUnZmX4VmtJ/A2YLtZmGLSyOAWjNL8FtG2ykhVvjhIw09u8P OgmZyeWxnA4wnA6yLIdl8cRPa6BSyqptLbrygH1hP/Unexlsb3QKL4pExWcPKamhsM5/hvnmQACRd Z9gw9fviLB3kbZAY4HnSwQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2197 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmbTt-0004rf-D6; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:53:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:51:50 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:279496 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: larsi@gnus.org, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:51:50 -0500 > > > This package (and it's helpers) adds a bunch of icons to emacs in various > > contexts (mode-line, dired, completions, etc.). It gets those icons from > > several fonts (currently: the file icons from the Atom editor, the > > FontAwesome icons, the GitHub "Octicons", Google's Material Design icons, > > and a set of weather icons maintained by a group on github). > > 1. Are all these fonts free, without exceptions? > > 2. How many fonts are involved? > > 3. Is it any practical problem to use that many fonts? > Would there be an advantage to repacking the icons that are useful in Emacs > into one font? Do the licenses of these fonts permit that? Just to make sure we all are on the same page: the above is a tangent that has no direct relation to the ligature support, the original subject of this thread.