From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Gilbert Subject: Re: paralyzing bug: orgmode typeface gibberish Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:59:26 -0700 Message-ID: References: <9F181C1D-88C6-4D4C-A34D-439BF029E77F@gilbert.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44655 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6NQ9-0006xD-QG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6NQ8-0002Ub-AB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:33 -0400 Received: from [74.94.69.218] (port=59004 helo=peach.gilbert.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6NQ8-0002UU-10 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:32 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.136] (unknown [10.1.10.16]) by peach.gilbert.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E68A4111CA448 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:59:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist On Oct 13,2010, at 7:51 PM, Jeff Horn wrote: > I surmise it's a font-lock or faces issue. But I don't know enough = about that sort of thing to help much... Maybe examine the faces? = Customize group org-faces. See if the font is > set to webdings, dingbats, or something similar. I had already looked at my faces customizations and couldn't see = anything usual about them. Then I went ahead and reset all faces = customization to defaults. No change in this odd behavior. But.... Thank you, Jeff. Your note prompted me to return to this line of = investigation. I decided to just trash my customization file altogether = as a test. Lo and behold, that fixed the problem. I have to rebuild my = customizations, but that is a solvable problem. I still have no idea how = this came about, why there was nothing visible wrong with the settings, = and why resetting them from within Aquamacs didn't fix it. But, good = enough! Thank you, again. =97 Michael > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Michael Gilbert = wrote: >>=20 >> My setup: Aquamacs 2.1 (Emacs 23), Orgmode 7.01h. This came about a = few minutes ago, after a routine reboot. >> When set to org-mode, my buffers now display some gibberish typeface = that I don't recognize (forgive the attachment): >> Same buffer, when flipped to text-mode: >> I am totally lost as to how to approach this. And, after a year of = entwining myself deeper and deeper into org-mode, I am dead in the = water. Maybe I will go take a walk. I understand there is an Outside = World to visit. >> Anyway, any thoughts?