From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Observation on sizing up a rose Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:38:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87imiulr99.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87ftdwl6e5.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <877dz6lok8.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87wo74k8jp.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="38064"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tomas Nordin Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 28 14:38:39 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jIBfa-0009pC-Ll for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:38:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53222 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jIBfZ-0001jx-No for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:38:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57971) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jIBfG-0001jf-Q1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jIBfF-0006sy-Ll for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]:40411) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jIBfF-0006sG-DK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:38:17 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id u10so15130591wro.7 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:38:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:gmane-reply-to-list:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WKWea7O0zqboUCL+Mup6QQT19hzBBiuk9MtgDaH7QpI=; b=LVW0btF+UFajBbivh88g0P2inQDgY4yJadkqP2DXMD9zA6TSNhoJj+9E01xnQ8/Tbo 6+zsCxQWPYUUrwG31ronJOtoKCSfi6cyHu6aLqcgxzRUJmrAjNOkRzo6QnDwbx0iYGst Hb1rJ1R9W2xBC2IlkBH1i9PJk8mlpB++IXxsZ4K5oBXYFx+wEBDjn6P6SH+cPoHk7hid 1544FmNqWjQvQ4lkHXpJE7tIgrJ9t2z/sWYBiAbLXgaeGJ3gHj3H0BwEKkHqQNdQuvst E4LOtzkSoBRZWRNgtdAuAuLPZp8/n41UrsQkQiGwoIGaayWa+0quysNmv1bBJXHAhThM O5hw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references :gmane-reply-to-list:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WKWea7O0zqboUCL+Mup6QQT19hzBBiuk9MtgDaH7QpI=; b=l70c1oGs9qxGljAxINFRQWQfonNtTTzVf+ZCA783FYJHpN89PDjtHpnsV87mvdt8Rz 7j6F5N1KhzBHXrSiwVCK0/nfNiliD/RaJmiE7mQrWJG35I5vyNT+zGCbFcp4aha4pCVw qYO5bBYEPAcC1FJ4JW7MBedHyoEotpsQZaPNAaCMrGpizMcsTlk/ID56YrJQ1FvjGf2s VHltxb8luH1z0B8xdbDdfdWD7n/sdZv3BXxpihJBm5zdTmKCOZ0Z1qCAsgpXQzwDCGv2 58Q20MUlDyMAeW89oAzmKxL1LdQClqx578nqgmUAStmAljZEVloiEgSFEttFKuIUsFSM oABg== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ1OKoGxonkjS6mnzhbr+NrC0R4dv/Y9E+f4w4KEaLDbjgbAh262 NnywFmuW4/d3lm90PW4PcKOAmDNw X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vs7Piq/M2EJGKoOkbdSmmEXSUkzxLWuQrM/2CYVB+GtC8QXC2VD14orPyr9SKkfaKKNQYw0vg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:91c3:: with SMTP id 61mr4895906wri.384.1585402695669; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:38:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([2a01:e34:ecfc:a860:bdc9:e98c:bf1f:4cce]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n11sm7638138wrg.72.2020.03.28.06.38.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:38:14 -0700 (PDT) Gmane-Reply-To-List: yes In-Reply-To: <87wo74k8jp.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Tomas Nordin's message of "Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:44:58 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::42c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:122698 Archived-At: >>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:44:58 +0100, Tomas Nordin = said: Tomas> Robert Pluim writes: >>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:49:11 +0100, Tomas Nordin said: >>=20 Tomas> Robert Pluim writes: >> >> Xft, yuck :-) >> >>=20 >> >> What font is used to display that character? 'C-u C-x =3D' with p= oint on >> >> it will pop up a buffer with that information. >>=20 Tomas> xfthb:-Free-Symbola-normal-normal-semicondensed-*-15-*-*-*-*-0-i= so10646-1 (#x1F7F) >>=20 >> Thanks. I can reproduce this, but it works correctly on emacs-27 with >> cairo support enabled rather than xft, so I=CA=BCd suggest an upgrad= e. Tomas> Thanks back. It doesn't feel like an emergency exactly but why n= ot. I Tomas> normally just build with ./configure, make and make install. Do = you have Tomas> the command line configure option to just enable cairo support i= n place Tomas> of xft. What other impact may it have (benefits / drawbacks)? An= d of Tomas> curiosity, do we know why this is reproduced with xft but not wi= th Tomas> cairo. './configure --with-cairo' should do, assuming you have the cairo development package(s) installed. Cairo has the advantage that it doesn=CA=BCt suffer from the issues that Xft has with newer font features, plus you'll be avoiding various potential crashes. Robert