From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What is the best way to get emacs23? Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:50 -0800 Message-ID: <87iqqwihvx.fsf@rosslaird.info> References: <415fa895-01bd-47c5-8675-312cc3361264@r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <3f1415b5-5f77-41fa-b1a0-7c6890809b5f@40g2000prx.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226274343 7368 80.91.229.12 (9 Nov 2008 23:45:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:45:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 00:46:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KzJzN-0001IR-N4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:46:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42936 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzJyF-00060U-Vh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:45:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzJxw-00060H-9f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzJxs-0005zn-36 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56413 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzJxr-0005zZ-TQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:45:07 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:45720 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 1KzJxq-00030Y-MT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:45:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KzJxk-0002WO-RW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:45:00 +0000 Original-Received: from h24-207-48-89.dlt.dccnet.com ([24.207.48.89]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:45:00 +0000 Original-Received: from ross by h24-207-48-89.dlt.dccnet.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:45:00 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 52 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h24-207-48-89.dlt.dccnet.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7DjcR/x89Utz0pZHerOlXbpCYDI= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59596 Archived-At: rustom writes: > On Nov 6, 9:50 pm, Paul R wrote: >> rustom> Well I did all this and i get Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10' >> rustom> is not defined. Note: I installed ttf-bitsream-vera Im on debian >> rustom> etch >> >> start it with emacs -Q >> if it works carry on else report here >> >> start with emacs -q >> if it works fix your .emacs else fix your debian site-lisp installation >> >> where 'fix' means looking for a place where the default font is set. >> A solution is to grep -R "bitstream" from the root of where you are >> looking for it. >> >> -- >>   Paul > > Neither of emacs -q or -Q gives any problem > But > $ emacs -fn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10" > gives me > Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10' is not defined > > Note Ive installed the ttf-bitstream-vera debian package; which > supplies the files: > > VeraBd.ttf VeraIt.ttf VeraMoBI.ttf VeraMono.ttf VeraSe.ttf > VeraBI.ttf VeraMoBd.ttf VeraMoIt.ttf VeraSeBd.ttf Vera.ttf > > in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera > > What else do I need to do? > I'm on Ubuntu, but I recall a similar problem. Try this: In ~/.Xresources, put this: Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10 Emacs.FontBackend: xft Restart X, and see what happens. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info