From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: font-backend branch Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 20:52:15 +0900 Message-ID: References: <48190539.4010508@gnu.org> <481AFB40.1050205@gnu.org> <481B16BE.7010608@gnu.org> 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 1209901965 18736 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2008 11:52:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 11:52:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jasonr@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 04 13:53:20 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 1JscmN-0002QS-N9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 13:53:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35592 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsclg-00009Y-7F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsclb-00005g-Ar for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jscla-0008V6-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35984 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jscla-0008Uo-2z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.aist.go.jp ([150.29.246.133]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JsclU-0004tF-0d; Sun, 04 May 2008 07:52:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp (rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp [150.29.254.115]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m44BqKqT026471; Sun, 4 May 2008 20:52:20 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from smtp1.aist.go.jp by rqsmtp1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m44BqKNk017928; Sun, 4 May 2008 20:52:20 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: by smtp1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id m44BqFrp024412; Sun, 4 May 2008 20:52:15 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from handa by etlken.m17n.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JsclL-0005eq-0O; Sun, 04 May 2008 20:52:15 +0900 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Sat, 03 May 2008 20:57:38 -0400) 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-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:96432 Archived-At: In article , Stefan Monnier writes: >>> Is depending on the format of the font name returned by frame-parameter >>> widespread? > > I don't know, but I got at least one bug-report as attached. > The bug report doesn't necessarily point to the need to support XFLD, > but rather that (frame-parameter 'font) should return something > that is considered as a font so it can be passed to x-list-fonts and > things like that. > > I.e. we can address the issue by adapting x-list-fonts to accept > whichever format is output by (frame-parameter 'font). Yes. But, modifying all of "x-list-fonts and things like that" can't be done quickly, and as it is not that urgent task, we can leave it until later. On the other hand, setting FONT_NAME_INDEX of font-vector to a font name of XLFD format can be done easily and quickly. --- Kenichi Handa handa@ni.aist.go.jp