From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs fullscreen and sizes in frame parameters Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:42:43 +0200 Message-ID: <877gi3ruqk.fsf@engster.org> References: <87txl8dzsm.fsf@engster.org> <83d2rwrokg.fsf@gnu.org> <87ppvveq6o.fsf@engster.org> <87mwqzsq47.fsf@engster.org> <87bo7fsjuv.fsf@engster.org> <2B4B8654-6ED8-4A9A-90B3-49E8A683C39A@mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370803380 28678 80.91.229.3 (9 Jun 2013 18:43:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org Development" To: chad Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 09 20:43:01 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZu-0004ed-VF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:42:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50809 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZu-0004Hk-Cm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:42:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZq-0004He-QN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:42:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZo-0006UO-Un for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:42:54 -0400 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([83.169.19.17]:48807) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZo-0006Tw-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:42:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=Pm1pQbtiqtmYuIBD0M7mB6IbFu5rQUst+KuK5UPrHng=; b=tbqPwbHkFH9eRh0JrboKCVE6ScVgz0Hxlz9dDJgItn1iTeRiSI2yp7Uctn1MzQWu7lVaQETvN8okjUEHxPSZ5RTFxr0KlZDF9vTitB7i/vnAhPfEO9G+NUyrQj008Wq5; Original-Received: from dslc-082-083-055-245.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.83.55.245] helo=spaten) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UlkZk-0005fa-FB; Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:42:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <2B4B8654-6ED8-4A9A-90B3-49E8A683C39A@mit.edu> (chad's message of "Sun, 9 Jun 2013 05:47:26 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: chad , "emacs-devel\@gnu.org Development" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 83.169.19.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:160293 Archived-At: chad writes: > On 09 Jun 2013, at 02:40, David Engster wrote: > >> And yes, I'm working on X11. So I'm now back at how to choose the right >> font for a real fullscreen frame. I guess "5x8" should be OK for almost >> all common resolutions, but I can't be sure. So the question remains if >> I can somehow fake this... The optimum would be a fake font with 1 pixel >> height. :-) > > You might see if modern X11 systems still recognize the font `nil2'. Actually yes, nil2 is still there, but I cannot use it in Emacs for some reason. 'xterm -fn nil2' works, and I see that nil2 is an alias for -misc-nil-medium-r-normal--2-20-75-75-c-10-misc-fontspecific but Emacs tells me 'Font `nil2' is not defined'. -David