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: Emacs 23.2 plans Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:52 -0500 Message-ID: <87vdhauv0z.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ws21aaiz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B01A4AD.4020302@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258399872 14759 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2009 19:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jan =?utf-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 16 20:31:05 2009 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 1NA7I0-0001lH-Cx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:31:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NA7Hz-0002Wm-QS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:31:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NA7Hu-0002WS-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NA7Hq-0002VC-9R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43903 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NA7Hp-0002Uw-Ux for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:54 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po24.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.118]:45574) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NA7Hp-0000wM-Kb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po24.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nAGJUqb3025891 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:52 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D2564C071; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:52 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4B01A4AD.4020302@swipnet.se> ("Jan =?utf-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv=22's?= message of "Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:117043 Archived-At: Jan Dj=C3=A4rv writes: > I have completed the GConf/Xsetting code (after way to long time) now > and would like to check it in. I don't know if it counts as a major > change, but its implications might. > > Basically Emacs reads the system font name from GConf and uses that. > It also reacts to changes to the system font (can be turned off with a > defcustom). GConf support can be turned off in configure. I'm not sure if there's enough time to test this. Font-related changes seem pretty tricky to get right. What about checking this in but disabling the configure option by default, and enabling it after Emacs 23.2?