From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chip Coldwell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: default default face Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <87ve00byh5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877icgjc9u.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214255997 14554 80.91.229.12 (23 Jun 2008 21:19:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 23 23:20:41 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 1KAtSr-0000Tl-9j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:20:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51792 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAtS2-000437-0Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAtRu-000400-QT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAtRu-0003zM-5g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34285 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAtRt-0003zA-SC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:51513) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KAtRq-0002zJ-Ek; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:38 -0400 Original-Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5NLJbHs004924; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.boston.redhat.com (mail.boston.redhat.com [10.16.255.12]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m5NLJaZs009338; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:36 -0400 Original-Received: from dhcp-100-19-199.bos.redhat.com (dhcp-100-19-199.bos.redhat.com [10.16.19.199]) by mail.boston.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m5NLJaHd003580; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877icgjc9u.fsf@stupidchicken.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:99808 Archived-At: On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Chong Yidong wrote: > > Miles Bader 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 -- Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc 978-392-2426 GPG ID: 852E052F GPG FPR: 77E5 2B51 4907 F08A 7E92 DE80 AFA9 9A8F 852E 052F