Re: default default face

[Chip Coldwell <coldwell@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Chong Yidong wrote:

> > Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com> writes:
> >
> >> Ok, now the `fixed' and `variable-pitch' faces look beautiful by
> >> default -- but what about the default `default' face?  Currently it
> >> still seems to be the old ugly (and non-AA) courier face.
> >>
> >> It seems like it should be "Monospace" by default too, just like the
> >> `fixed' face.
> 
> WDYT about making changing the defaults as follows:
> 
> *** trunk/src/xrdb.c.~1.65.~	2008-06-02 12:27:57.000000000 -0400
> --- trunk/src/xrdb.c	2008-06-23 13:21:57.000000000 -0400
> ***************
> *** 527,536 ****
>     XrmDatabase db;
>     char line[256];
>   
> !   char *helv = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
>   
>   #ifdef USE_MOTIF
> !   char *courier = "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
>     extern Lisp_Object Vdouble_click_time;
>   #endif
>   
> --- 527,536 ----
>     XrmDatabase db;
>     char line[256];
>   
> !   char *helv = "Sans";
>   
>   #ifdef USE_MOTIF
> !   char *courier = "Monospace";
>     extern Lisp_Object Vdouble_click_time;
>   #endif

You would also need to fix doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi, which contains

"The default font used by Emacs (under X) is:

@smallexample
-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
@end smallexample"

Chip

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