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.bugs Subject: bug#67810: 29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:33:05 +0200 Message-ID: <838r4sfeem.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0719018bb386e840efaa655b7c0b765ece9cd9ff.camel@timruffing.de> <83y1dxqm46.fsf@gnu.org> <83le9xqewb.fsf@gnu.org> <87h6klja8c.fsf@yahoo.com> <723b91276f83652bc6867f95630e1057c05ffb26.camel@timruffing.de> <87ttnj2uj6.fsf@yahoo.com> <83frz3j6bq.fsf@gnu.org> <87a5pa3m9q.fsf@yahoo.com> <83bk9qkc53.fsf@gnu.org> <875xzy3frj.fsf@yahoo.com> <831qamka3m.fsf@gnu.org> <871qam3dbr.fsf@yahoo.com> <83sf32iqs5.fsf@gnu.org> <87sf3212mz.fsf@yahoo.com> <83sf31hg72.fsf@gnu.org> <87frz020di.fsf@yahoo.com> <83il3wfn57.fsf@gnu.org> <8734v01gm1.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30561"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: crypto@timruffing.de, 67810@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com To: Po Lu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 14 10:34:13 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1rOwsf-0007fc-BF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:34:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOwsY-0006oI-Vx; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:34:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOwsW-0006o7-Lo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:34:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOwsU-0005Gs-Q4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:34:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rOwsT-0002DE-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:34:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 67810 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 67810-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B67810.17052248158466 (code B ref 67810); Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 67810) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jan 2024 09:33:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41707 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rOws3-0002CT-D4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:33:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42648) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rOws1-0002CG-D6 for 67810@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rOwru-0004yp-Nf; Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:33:28 -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=VHyQq7rZeYk593XgHmwPeeB+LdCaPVaCro64gv6Ds3s=; b=dlBMRKtWhnZy z5yLtj6UncFH9hvZkz4SZKXf/UPbsJ731nDjRzSl9UckgPBSgyhpf+By5VkexeOH1pjm6D2dFjj3w C5XzL9IfLGjO7ChgGUhhsPB8In6/lQPfBD2P/bFzJP7PSv/x832WltMRkA6gR1Su6L2Y9n4/PsCLw j4sb0P6GC/765QDx8siVwA4mqC+5AhqXbIQB5Lfi+MdCVi+L6AfQwCUa1w5/MmUYIZXNmNjyjUCBW P5CsE5Mud5YHfuhbm+Ch46FujdpGOaPcpK1LCS/FOeyMuIada5iIoAXwxDXMSPTKJAuHN7ALmu9nY 5YfsFE/v4tOFrPk/WrjBzA==; In-Reply-To: <8734v01gm1.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:09:10 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:278195 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: crypto@timruffing.de, stefankangas@gmail.com, 67810@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:09:10 +0800 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > OK, so what is the problem with allowing those users to have the > > variable I proposed, for use with such fonts? > > Because packages using such fonts should display these icons with a face > that isn't bold? There are faces that Emacs imposes that are not controlled by packages. For example, the buffer name on the mode line is displayed in bold, and changing that is not easy. Why cannot we allow users to tweak this issue by providing a simple variable? What are the downsides?