From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Problems with Apple's libXft and configure Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:51:39 +0900 Message-ID: References: <583011C4-56ED-452F-9293-504570E12291@Freenet.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.3 - "Ushinoya") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201866745 10506 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2008 11:52:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 01 12:52:45 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 1JKuRp-0004TP-0S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:52:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKuRN-0001nV-DU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKuRI-0001lO-R9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKuRE-0001kq-MQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKuRE-0001kn-Jv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKuRE-0003pP-Ak for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JKuRD-0003d9-KI for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKuR9-0003of-JX for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.aist.go.jp ([150.29.246.133]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKuR8-0003ns-PA for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp (rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp [150.29.254.115]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m11Bpp5m010938; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:51:51 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from smtp1.aist.go.jp by rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m11BppSv023849; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:51:51 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: by smtp1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m11Bpdjs012953; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:51:39 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from handa by etlken.m17n.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JKuQl-0004i8-Mw; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:51:39 +0900 In-reply-to: (message from Peter Dyballa on Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:28:57 +0100) User-Agent: SEMI/1.14.3 (Ushinoya) FLIM/1.14.2 (Yagi-Nishiguchi) APEL/10.2 Emacs/23.0.60 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:87926 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20837 Archived-At: In article , Peter Dyballa writes: > No. Since many weeks, maybe months, I have the X resource > Emacs.FontBackend: x > set or I launch GNU Emacs with --disable-font-backend. So I can > configure with '--enable-font-backend --with-xft.' When I make > Emacs.FontBackend: xft > active GNU Emacs 23.0.60 crashes after a few seconds with > Fatal error (11)Segmentation fault > Exit 139 > when I launch it without --disable-font-backend. So libXft still > cannot be used for font rendering (though it works in Apple's xterm). > I could use it last summer (or autumn ?) last time, but the results > were not recognised as an improvement and documentation is so sparse > that I did not see a chance to make it look better, make it use my > preferred font. Please try to configure Emacs with --enable-font-backend and --without-xft, and set this resource: Emacs.FontBackend: ftx With this setting, Emacs uses Freetype directly. --- Kenichi Handa handa@ni.aist.go.jp