Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs

[Óscar Fuentes]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>
>> No, the Lucid menu here shows a nice, modern font, while the Motif
>> menu shows some pixelated thing from the eighties.
>
> Your version of Motif is either too old to support Xft, or your system
> is incorrectly configured.

I'm using Debian Testing.

> Try adding the following resources to your X server:
>
>   *.renderTable: variable
>   *.renderTable.variable.fontName: Sans
>   *.renderTable.variable.fontSize: 8
>   *.renderTable.variable.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT

No, I don't need to tinker with configuration files for any other app to
look good and I wont start doing it for something that offers no benefit
over what I already use.