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: `set-frame-font' doesn't support font aliases Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87fxrxpw0z.fsf@dekooning.omnisys.int.com.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212599891 2058 80.91.229.12 (4 Jun 2008 17:18:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eduardoochs@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 19:18:52 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 1K3wdP-0004iE-4O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:18:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33871 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3wcc-0001G3-N6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3wa4-0008D1-Fv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3wa2-0008CF-Fs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45827 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3wa2-0008CB-9r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:34135) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3wa2-0001UW-4g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:22 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5352CF7C4; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:15:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 798733FE1; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:15:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 665AA41BEC; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:15:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Kenichi Handa's message of "Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:49:43 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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:98403 Archived-At: >> That seems clean from the user's POV. Tho maybe aliases should take >> precedence, rather than the reverse. > Something like this for "Bitstream Vera Sans"? > ":family=Bitstream Vera Sans" > I don't like it because the new format is incompatible with > fontconfig's way. So, the original question arises: >> Is keeping backward compatibility of (set-frame-font >> "fixed") important enough to drop the support of >> fontconfig-style name? > Or, isn't it good enough to ask users to use this form > instead: > (set-frame-font ":alias=fixed") Maybe you're right and it's sufficient. Stefan