From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What is the proper way to set the default font these days? Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:37:05 +0900 Message-ID: <873aa8mcqm.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <7b501d5c0906060758n3113b6cdr37a5635b389428b8@mail.gmail.com> <87ab4k3g04.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4A2BB621.201@harpegolden.net> <8763f6g61q.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <7b501d5c0906080759wba474b4re93ecbfdf94c9629@mail.gmail.com> <873aaag1wf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <871vpug0np.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prdebsvd.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <7b501d5c0906080928jde3c545o67a1731680f1dace@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c0906100217w62516bd8o4f5905665135a2a9@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244641063 9237 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2009 13:37:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:43 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 10 15:37:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MENzi-0004RI-O8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:37:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50129 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MENzh-0004mN-R6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MENzc-0004ki-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MENzW-0004jj-Uo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35667 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MENzW-0004jg-Qz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:58692 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MENzW-00061E-Dv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MENzQ-0005G7-R1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:16 +0000 Original-Received: from 218.231.177.55.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.177.55]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:16 +0000 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.177.55.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:16 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.177.55.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qvv7rFHzUarlqs5UnT++OHwqfxw= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111412 Archived-At: Deniz Dogan writes: > Having talked to some people on the XMonad mailing list, it seems that > it is probably Emacs that has the bug in this case. I'm starting Emacs > using "emacs -Q" with .Xdefaults and .Xresources completely empty and > even then things are off! Could it be anything else on my computer > breaking this? This is when using a fresh CVS checkout. Can you provide an exact recipe for recreating the problem? As .Xresources is merely used to initialize the server's resource database, are you sure that's happening? Try the following: cd /tmp xrdb -remove echo 'Emacs*Font: Monospace 9' | xrdb HOME=/tmp emacs -Q & -Miles -- "Though they may have different meanings, the cries of 'Yeeeee-haw!' and 'Allahu akbar!' are, in spirit, not actually all that different."