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#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 19:04:33 +0300 Message-ID: <838rqhit7y.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13246"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 55740@debbugs.gnu.org To: Vinicius Provenzano Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 31 18:07:39 2022 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 1nw4PD-0003ES-6Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 18:07:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60646 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4PC-0003c6-3Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:07:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42000) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4Mh-0002r4-Bx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54819) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4Mg-0001kt-Ss for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:05:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4Mg-0004Fy-LU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 16:05:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55740 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55740-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55740.165401307716314 (code B ref 55740); Tue, 31 May 2022 16:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55740) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2022 16:04:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48716 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4MG-0004F3-Ru for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:04:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48526) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4MF-0004Er-AZ for 55740@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:04:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40984) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nw4MA-0001f5-43; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:04:30 -0400 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=yhg7MVvvgNZutmigs0FwHviZmVOnm2dwtOT0GO+r1ME=; b=Ff6Dcdd/WbM6 IF8u8fRH6lB8PdM3z518ainxBobQt5ZYTtzddXVoi9I0NrJEDQTLqo6NSuamAiMqlsftG57pkp9z9 v1tTtoMgBjRSWCNE5sQn46n4ZK0qs5MSI07JU2gy8MxOmlOn07wvFIt3Y34yvCaCdoDvscsXaX8Nk QXKJgeDa9jOhO0Gq1BwQaIGu+kBHZhwr7+w42OXZfW52JCBrHWIZSuttscsEZpEz4zNBEi8SF4duS d4OEKhmaKqZHHpCxx3HJOVCppEubTz/tf4zJdczWJyiQyqPx1yC+0En3hZsvUJdg7s3+UXrrfAwnt tpXznkx4bk7pVlGf8iqibw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3683 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 1nw4M8-0005ex-KU; Tue, 31 May 2022 12:04:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Vinicius Provenzano on Tue, 31 May 2022 13:06:58 +0200) 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:233443 Archived-At: > From: Vinicius Provenzano > Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:06:58 +0200 > > Hi to all, > > I've found information on the Emacs GNU FAQ, distributed with Emacs > 28.1, that is not relevant anymore - 10.4 How to add fonts for use > with Emacs. Here is the url of the FAQ: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/How-to-add-fonts.html > > On the FAQ there is a set of instructions on how to add fonts that refer to bdf fonts. > > Bdf fonts are not supported on Emacs since > version 23 on Windows, as per the etc/NEW file. > Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.23.1 > > ** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. The font backend was > completely rewritten for this release. The focus on Windows has been > getting acceptable performance and full unicode support, including > complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A rewrite of the BDF > font support has not happened due to lack of time and developers. If > demand still exists for such a backend even with the improved > language support for native Windows fonts, future development in this > direction will most likely be based on the freetype library, giving > access to a wider range of font formats. The lack of support for BDF fonts is only on MS-Windows. AFAIK, these fonts are still supported on Posix platforms. The FAQ is not just for MS-Windows, it is a general FAQ.