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: Font slants Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:12:54 -0400 Message-ID: <87y77s9fah.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <873aq09x7a.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873aq0cdan.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207430210 25625 80.91.229.12 (5 Apr 2008 21:16:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 05 23:17:22 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 1JiFlI-0004XE-WB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:17:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFkg-0003op-2i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:16:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFkb-0003mZ-ST for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:16:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFka-0003ja-0u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:16:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JiFkZ-0003jF-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:16:35 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JiFkZ-000473-4z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:16:35 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2D60C4E255; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:12:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:30:02 -0400") 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:94447 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> On a related note, what's the story behind these settings? > >> (defcustom font-swidth-table >> '((ultracondensed . 50) (ultra-condensed . 51) >> ... > >> Why do we have a practically indistinguishable difference between >> ultracondensed and ultra-condensed? Similarly with several other >> symbols in these alists. > > Try to change it (or check vc-annotate) to see why: it needs to be > bijective (ie. reversible). Would it be possible for Emacs to change all occurrences of `ultracondensed' to `ultra-condensed' internally? That would also eliminate the annoyance of having a value menu within Customize that gives separate choices for `ultracondensed' and `ultra-condensed'.