From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 23.2 plans Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:45 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ws21aaiz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B01A4AD.4020302@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258412811 28731 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2009 23:06:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:06:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 17 00:05:51 2009 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 1NAAd2-0008K0-3O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55696 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAAd1-00075f-DK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAAcv-00074y-NA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAAcr-00074W-3t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44783 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAAcr-00074T-1X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:49 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41411) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAAcp-0007qd-SA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:48 -0500 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nAGN4kBA016640; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:46 -0500 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0213E3A0FA; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:04:45 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4B01A4AD.4020302@swipnet.se> ("Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv=22?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?'s?= message of "Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3407=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:117054 Archived-At: > The upside is that Emacs integrates better to the Gnome desktop and > that we can control Xft-settings. After all, if a user changes > hinting she probably wants it for all applications. As Emacs now uses > the DPI value from Xsettings instead of from the X server, fonst look > the same. This isn't the case now, Monospace-8 on Emacs and > gnome-terminal look quite different. That's a very good change, yes. > The downside is that user might be surprised to see the size of their fonts > change as the DPI value is now different. If it can fix the problem that the default font size is much too large for all my screens (a 1600x1200 21" desktop, a 1400x1050 14" laptop, and a 1024x600 10" netbook), then I'm all for it, and I know I wouldn't be the only user to appreciate the change. See bug#4547 for example. Stefan