From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Lost antialias? Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:47 -0400 Message-ID: <87abhmgmko.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <485230EB.9070203@alice.it> <48546807.8010406@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213582022 2930 80.91.229.12 (16 Jun 2008 02:07:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Angelo Graziosi To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 16 04:07:45 2008 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 1K848D-00077k-NX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:07:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40790 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K847P-0002sm-Gp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K847M-0002sh-Fp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K847M-0002sV-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36781 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K847M-0002sS-0u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from c-98-216-111-182.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.216.111.182]:10576 helo=furry) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K847L-0003ed-Ry for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 30E63C056; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:06:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Kenichi Handa's message of "Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:03:47 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:99284 Archived-At: Kenichi Handa writes: > The font size problem is because of the bug introduced by > gtk-style fontname parser as I wrote in the previous mail. Yes. I believe this should now work properly. >> On GNU/Linux Kubuntu 8.04 the result is still 'horrible' with "DejaVu >> Sans Mono-12" and "BitStream Vera Sans Mono", but is fine with >> "Monospace-12". > >> On Kubuntu I do not use /.Xdefaults but I start Emacs as > >> emacs23 --font "DejaVu Sans Mono-12" & > > I see. So, you have "dejavu sans mono" font both by X and > Xft backend. And, as I recently changed the font selector > to prefer a font supplied by a backend of higher priority > (the default order is x,xft on X Window System), you get > "dejavu sans mono" via X backend. When you specify > "monospace" instead, X backend doesn't know about it, but > xft backend knows that it's a generic family name, and your > system assignes "dejavu sans mono" to it. Thus you get > antialias font via xft backend. Is there any reason to have x,xft by default, instead of xft,x?