From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: macos.texi updated Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:22:43 -0400 Message-ID: <87r7bhw2o8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <8C0A68AE-EF12-4D6C-9879-D0FF3B04DE1B@mac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127403510 369 80.91.229.2 (22 Sep 2005 15:38:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 22 17:38:26 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIT9T-0008Rj-VX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:38:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIT9T-0000Wv-BX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIT4L-0006fz-H2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIT4H-0006dK-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIT4D-0006QD-Dw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:32:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EISuJ-0002Cq-6s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:22:43 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.49.81.204]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050922152242.ZGER21026.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:22:42 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8AEE0D782B; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:22:43 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Steven Tamm In-Reply-To: <8C0A68AE-EF12-4D6C-9879-D0FF3B04DE1B@mac.com> (Steven Tamm's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:12:43 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:43161 Archived-At: > screen. I was also trying to maintain backwards compatibility of old > XLFDs, which I'm starting to think was unwise. I've made two attempts at Regarding this, I think it would be good for people working on Emacs.app, w32, and Xft to get together and try to figure out what to do with the font-naming problem. It seems like the current use of XLFD may benefit from an overhaul to adjust to the currently popular font technologies. Stefan