From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: ghe@sdf.org, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Suggest installing more fonts?
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:23:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lffwiyxc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvwnzgx1b5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:13:24 -0400)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, ghe@sdf.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:13:24 -0400
>
> >> So, while I'm not "forced" to use `apt`, I would first and foremost want
> >> to use `apt` and only resort to another solution if there's no
> >> other solution.
> >
> > So Debian users are even less "free" in this regard than MS-Windows users?
>
> Not sure what you mean by that.
>
> Basically, what I was saying is that "simply downloading and installing"
> (the fact that it was applied to fonts doesn't make much difference in
> this respect) sounds to me like pulling my own teeth: I'm "free" to do
> it, but I would look for other solutions first.
Which is sub-optimal, since it sounds like the facilities to search
the DB of installable packages is limited, whereas the facilities we
have for finding fonts on the Internet are very powerful and accurate.
So the ability to download a font and install it sounds very useful.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-23 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-16 10:54 Suggest installing more fonts? Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 11:30 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 12:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 12:59 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 13:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 14:38 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 16:09 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 19:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 6:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 14:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 15:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 15:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 13:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 14:08 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 15:51 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 13:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 13:30 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2020-10-17 6:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-16 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 6:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17 8:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18 8:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-18 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 8:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-19 14:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 10:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-20 14:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 10:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 11:31 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-21 11:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-21 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 16:03 ` tofu-help-mode (was: Suggest installing more fonts?) Stefan Monnier
2020-10-22 12:07 ` tofu-help-mode Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 15:21 ` tofu-help-mode Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 10:46 ` tofu-help-mode Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 17:46 ` Suggest installing more fonts? Michael Albinus
2020-10-21 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 7:27 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-22 13:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 16:53 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-23 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-25 11:47 ` Michael Albinus
2020-10-25 15:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 17:25 ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21 11:59 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-10-21 12:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-21 12:31 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-21 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 20:19 ` Rasmus
2020-10-22 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 12:34 ` Rasmus
2020-10-22 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 20:19 ` Rasmus
2020-10-22 11:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 12:02 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 12:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-22 12:29 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 3:49 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-23 6:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 8:28 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-23 11:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 15:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-23 16:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 18:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 18:43 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-23 19:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-24 9:35 ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-23 10:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-23 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 14:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 17:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-23 18:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-10-23 18:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-23 18:18 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 13:40 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 14:20 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-22 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 18:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-16 19:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 6:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 19:42 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 19:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 22:14 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-16 22:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-16 23:02 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 7:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 11:21 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 12:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 13:09 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 16:09 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 17:37 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 17:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 18:36 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 18:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 19:18 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-17 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18 8:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-18 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-17 17:30 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-18 4:12 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 22:46 ` Stephen Leake
2020-10-17 6:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-17 9:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
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