bug#1127: Can't set default face to get the font I want

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

Package: Emacs
Version: 23.0.60

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

After I do

% xrdb -remove
% src/emacs -Q --eval '(customize-face (quote default))'

I seem to be unable to select my beloved
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*".  If I set
family=fixed, foundry=misc, width=semicondensed, height=100,
I get -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1;
It appears that the "semicondensed" part is ignored.


        Stefan


If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/home/monnier/src/emacs/work/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
 of 2008-10-05 on pastel
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE -DSYNC_INPUT -DENABLE_CHECKING -DXASSERTS -DFONTSET_DEBUG -g -O0' 'LDFLAGS=-L/home/monnier/src/Xaw3d' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/home/monnier/src/Xaw3d''

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: fr_CH.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

Minor modes in effect:
  gnus-undo-mode: t
  url-handler-mode: t
  global-reveal-mode: t
  reveal-mode: t
  auto-insert-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<switch-frame> <select-window> SPC SPC N o SPC a m 
o u n t SPC o SPC <backspace> f SPC c h a n g i n g 
SPC t h e SPC : f a m i l y SPC <left> <left> <left> 
<left> <left> <left> <left> <backspace> ` C-e <backspace> 
' SPC s e t t i n g SPC w i l l SPC c h a n g e SPC 
t h e SPC f o n t SPC u s e d SPC f o r SPC t h a t 
SPC f a c e . <right> <up> <left> <right> <up> <left> 
<right> <up> <left> <right> <up> <left> <right> <up> 
<left> <right> <up> <left> <right> <down> <down> <left> 
<right> <down> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> 
<down> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <up> <up> 
<left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <down> <left> 
<right> <return> <return> M-i S t e f a n <return> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <select-window> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<select-window> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> A p p a e n <backspace> <backspace> 
r e n t l y SPC M-l C-a <return> M-q <backspace> <left> 
<right> <down> <left> <right> <down> <left> <right> 
C-c C-c <switch-frame> <select-window> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <switch-frame> 
<switch-frame> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
M-x M-p <return>

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