Re: font handling broken in cvs emacs --with-ns (MacOS X)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.01.2009 um 12:31 schrieb B Smith-Mannschott:

> In summary, you seem to be making two assertions:
>
> (1) running ( ./configure --with-ns ; make ; make install ) is not the
>     same as running ( ./configure --with-ns ; make bootstrap ; make ;
>     make install )

Actually I think ./configure ...; make bootstrap; (sudo) make install  
is OK.

> Normally (on a Mac), one would expect the default font set through the
> *Application-Wide* Preferences window to be, well, an application-wide
> default and not per-frame setting.  So really, this button in "Emacs
> Preferences" is just a really clumbsy way of executing "Options >> Set
> Default Font...". Is that sensible?

Probably. It's meant as a workaround. Besides, in GNU Emacs 23.0.60,  
you can give every frame another font. And when you load a buffer  
from frame A in frame B this window (prove it by creating a second  
window in frame B) will habe frame A's font. Or fontset.

> (2.2) set-default-font
>       Offers no completions for setting the default font.
>
> C-h f, however reveals that: This function is obsolete since 23.1; use
> set-frame-font instead. I had not previously noticed this. My bad.
>
> set-frame-font: Offers no completions. Is the user meant to guess?

Seems to be a sign of missing adaptation to Cocoa. I don't use this,  
I prefer the font panel. You can report it as a bug.

> (2.3) M-x set-face-font
>       Offers only three possible completions, just as described in the
>       initial posting on this thread.
>
>    -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
>    -apple-Monaco-medium-normal-normal-Regular-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset- 
> startup
>    -ns-*-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard

These are the built-in defaults. Again, there is a link missing to  
Cocoa. You can report it as the same bug.

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  Pete

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