bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Ivan Kanis]

1) emacs -Q
2) eval the following in *scratch*

(set-fontset-font "fontset-default" nil
  "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1")

I expect a return of nil. I get an error "Invalid font name".

On Debian the package ttf-ancient-fonts contains the font.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.20)
 of 2014-02-08 on tao.kanis.fr
Repository revision: 116348 michael.albinus@gmx.de-20140208133515-mgy8agwqq4nc6bfb
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11403000
System Description:	Ubuntu 13.10

Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/home/ivan/emacs-bzr --without-compress-install
 'CFLAGS=-g -DSYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA=1000000''

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Glenn Morris]

Ivan Kanis wrote:

> 1) emacs -Q
> 2) eval the following in *scratch*
>
> (set-fontset-font "fontset-default" nil
>   "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1")
>
> I expect a return of nil. I get an error "Invalid font name".

This is due to r113049. Perhaps it is working as it should, I don't know.

committer: K. Handa <handa@gnu.org>
timestamp: Tue 2013-06-18 23:51:25 +0900
message:
  font.c (Ffont_spec): Signal an error for an invalid font name.


> 'CFLAGS=-g -DSYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA=1000000''

Unrelated, but I would recommend not doing that, unless you have a good
reason to.

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[K. Handa]

In article <6od2ituyp4.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>, Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Ivan Kanis wrote:
> > 1) emacs -Q
> > 2) eval the following in *scratch*
> >
> > (set-fontset-font "fontset-default" nil
> >   "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1")
> >
> > I expect a return of nil. I get an error "Invalid font name".

> This is due to r113049. Perhaps it is working as it should, I don't know.

A valid XLFD name should have 14 fields separated by "-",
not 15 as the above example.  So, I think signaling "Invalid
font name" error is the right thing.

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@gnu.org

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Stefan Monnier]

> A valid XLFD name should have 14 fields separated by "-",
> not 15 as the above example.  So, I think signaling "Invalid
> font name" error is the right thing.

Agreed.  It would be helpful for the error message to point out why the
font name is invalid, tho.


        Stefan

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Ivan Kanis]

>> A valid XLFD name should have 14 fields separated by "-",
>> not 15 as the above example.  So, I think signaling "Invalid
>> font name" error is the right thing.

Hi Handaさん、

The font

"xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

Is a copy & paste of what emacs 24.3 report after doing a C-u C-x =

It has 15 fields on that version.

On trunk emacs I have tried:

"xft:-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

and

"xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

which contains 14 fields and still get an error.

I don't know anything about this xft stuff. I just had a look at the
emacs info. It talks about using a program called fclist. The output of
that program doesn't tell me what I need to tell emacs to use these fonts.

Take care,

Ivan

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bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> wrote:

> Is a copy & paste of what emacs 24.3 report after doing a C-u C-x =
>
> It has 15 fields on that version.
>
> On trunk emacs I have tried:
>
> "xft:-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

The first item, "xft:", is not part of the font, just saying which
font backend is being used. Please remove it.

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Ivan Kanis]

Le 13 Février à 17h07, Juanma Barranquero a écrit :

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> wrote:
>
>> Is a copy & paste of what emacs 24.3 report after doing a C-u C-x =
>>
>> It has 15 fields on that version.
>>
>> On trunk emacs I have tried:
>>
>> "xft:-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"
>
> The first item, "xft:", is not part of the font, just saying which
> font backend is being used. Please remove it.

"-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

Gives me a Font Error. I count 14 elements.
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bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> wrote:

> "-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

It's weird. "semi-condensed" is one field. For comparison, take a look
at my current font spec (for DejaVu Sans Mono):

-*-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1

   J

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:

> -*-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1

Or, in the output of C-u C-x =

uniscribe:-outline-DejaVu Sans
Mono-normal-normal-normal-mono-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1

where uniscribe:, as above, describes the font backend.

    J

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Andreas Schwab]

Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> writes:

> "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

semi-condensed is bogus.  It should be a single word without a dash.

Andreas.

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bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Ivan Kanis]

February, 13 at 17:21 Juanma Barranquero wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> wrote:
>
>> "-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"
>
> It's weird. "semi-condensed" is one field. For comparison, take a look
> at my current font spec (for DejaVu Sans Mono):
>
> -*-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
>
>    J

I got it to work with :

-*-Symbola-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1

C-u C-x = reports

-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semicondensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1

There is no hyphen in semicondensed. It was a bug in 24.3.

Thanks for the help, I am closing this bug.
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bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[K. Handa]

In article <87eh37f0qy.fsf@tao.kanis.fr>, Ivan Kanis <ivan@kanis.fr> writes:

> "-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"

> Gives me a Font Error. I count 14 elements.

Emacs' XLFD parser is stricter than the spec of XLFD.  For
instance, the possible value of SETWIDTH_NAME field (the 5th
one) is one of:
  undefined ultracondensed extracondensed condensed
  semicondensed medium semiexpanded expanded extraexpanded
  ultraexpanded
which are "english translation"s of defined reference value
for RELATIVE_SETWIDTH property.  See:
  http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/specs/XLFD/xlfd.html#font_properties

So, in the above case, Emacs thinks "semi" is not a valid
SETWIDTH_NAME of a font.

This strictness is to handle a wildcard "*" matching with
multiple fields efficently.  For instance, to find a font
matching with "*-bold-*", Emacs assumes that "bold" is for
WEIGHT_NAME field, and lists fonts whose WEIGHT_NAME field
is "bold".  This is far faster than getting all font names
and check each of them whether it contains "bold" or not.

> The font
> "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"
> Is a copy & paste of what emacs 24.3 report after doing a C-u C-x =

Yes, it's a bug, and should be fixed already.

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@gnu.org

bug#16721: 24.3.50; can not use ext font anymore

[Ivan Kanis]

February, 15 at 0:16 K. Handa wrote:

>> The font
>> "xft:-unknown-Symbola-normal-normal-semi-condensed-*-20-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"
>> Is a copy & paste of what emacs 24.3 report after doing a C-u C-x =
>
> Yes, it's a bug, and should be fixed already.

It is.
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