bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[jpff]

On two different machines I get

Font `fontset-16' is not defined

This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  



In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.6 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-03-10 on xenakis
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10400090
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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<backspace> p o <tab> r <tab> <return>

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==John ffitch

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[Jason Rumney]

merge 2637 2656 2657
thanks

jpff wrote:
> On two different machines I get
>
> Font `fontset-16' is not defined
>
> This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  
>   

Please reply to the bug you've already opened instead of filing two 
identical new ones.

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> merge 2637 2656 2657
bug#2637: 23.0.91; Today's version fails top start
bug#2656: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Merged 2637 2656 2657.

> thanks
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bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <2166-Fri13Mar2009135234+0000-jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk>, jpff <jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk> writes:

> On two different machines I get
> Font `fontset-16' is not defined

> This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  

How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[jpff]

>>>>> "Kenichi" == Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> writes:

 Kenichi> How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
 Kenichi> a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

I have tried not saying anything and then I got the message about
fontset-16.  I did get a working system by starting an old emacs,
finding out the default font and then using -fn to select that.

I have never tinkered with X resource, and the only font stuff in
.emacs is font-lock

Seems fixed at present.

==John ffitch

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <7758-Tue17Mar2009115431+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk>, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk> writes:

>>>>>> "Kenichi" == Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> writes:
 Kenichi> How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
 Kenichi> a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

> I have tried not saying anything and then I got the message about
> fontset-16.  I did get a working system by starting an old emacs,
> finding out the default font and then using -fn to select that.

> I have never tinkered with X resource, and the only font stuff in
> .emacs is font-lock

> Seems fixed at present.

That's good.  But as I didn't commit a fix specific to this
problem, I still feal a little bit uneasy about a hidden
bug.

First of all, I wonder why your Emacs complained about
fontset-16 which is not created by default.  I suspect some
of your (or system's) setting creates and use it.

What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?
What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET
What is shown by:
  % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[jpff]

What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--18-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-18
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-20
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-7
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--8-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-8
Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard
Fontset: -etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup

What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

"-etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup"

What is shown by:
  % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

nothing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
and with -q
What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--18-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-18
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-20
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-7
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--8-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-8
Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard

What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

"-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16"

==John ffitch

bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <9022-Wed18Mar2009081254+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk>, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk> writes:

> What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
[...]
> Fontset: -etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup

> What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

> "-etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup"

> What is shown by:
>   % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

> nothing
[...]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> and with -q
> What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16

Hmmm, then you should have site-start.el or default.el that
define those fontsets somewhere in your emacs installation
directory.

> What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

> "-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16"

And that file sets the default font to "fontset-16".

Could you please find that file and show me how fontset-16
is defined?

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org