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.help Subject: Re: set-default-font Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:03:27 +0300 Message-ID: <838se03fcg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <855b886e-8bb5-caad-ebc5-4f14b7da5765@mousecar.com> <83k0xm4m34.fsf@gnu.org> <83imd64luu.fsf@gnu.org> <69cb6867-47c2-fd29-756e-9511f59fd4f2@mousecar.com> <20200825204907.GF3788@scrozzle> <82c7689a-18c8-4a3d-9291-468c18621774@mousecar.com> <83bliy3qrk.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15399"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 27 06:04:00 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1kB98o-0003rp-M9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:03:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56660 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kB98n-0007gF-On for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:03:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50218) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kB98W-0007g7-V7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:03:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kB98W-00059h-79 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:03:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1950 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kB98V-00016k-LF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:03:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from David Masterson on Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:59:35 -0700) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:123794 Archived-At: > From: David Masterson > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:59:35 -0700 > > > Try different values until you find one that works for you. In > > general, I'd expect any value to work, unless if you use bitmapped > > fonts, where maybe only certain discrete values will work. > > Hunting for proper values is not exactly very friendly. You usually don't need to, as I explained. > set-default-font is the only command in the standard "Options" menu for > Emacs and, therefore, the one most likely to be used. It seems, though, > that set-default-font has different forms depending on how Emacs is > compiled. I suspect (but would like to know more) that it has one form > if compiled with the X libraries and another without X. The form with X > (for me) put an X box for "Font Menu" with only 3 options (Misc, > Courier, and Fontset) which I can't figure how to use. The form without > X seemed to put up a dialog box that allowed you to pick fonts while > seeing examples of the font which was much easier. > > I'm not a fonts person, so it's difficult for me to figure out the best > way of compiling Gnu Emacs 26.3 to make the most of fonts. > > Any help? I don't think I understand what exactly are you asking. You started by describing the menu for selecting the default font, but ended by asking a much more general question regarding building Emacs. I don't see the connection, because the default build of Emacs on any platform always makes the most use of the available fonts on that platform. I also don't understand what does "without X" mean in this context. And finally, your description of what menu-set-font (the menu item in "Options" -> "Set default font") does is AFAIK inaccurate: the "easy" font selection dialog should pop when the x-select-font function is available, whereas your description seems to indicate to the contrary. So I'm confused by the question and the details you described.