From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: emacs-X11 font dependencies
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:16:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535AC2AA.6050109@cornell.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <535A7199.5080201@dronecode.org.uk>
On 4/25/2014 10:30 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 17/06/2009 23:22, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> Sorry for not mentioning this before you did the packaging, but can I
>> suggest that emacs-X11 package setup.hint should have font-adobe-dpi75
>> and font-misc-misc added to the requires: line
>>
>> I believe this will ensure that all the fonts which are listed in the
>> default shift-left-click menu are installed, and notably, including the
>> adobe fonts should prevent the 'emacs font is just boxes' reports on
>> fresh installs...
>
> I was a bit surprised today when commissioning a new PC today to get a
> hideous rescaled version of the system Courier New as a my default emacs
> font.
>
> I think this suggestion of mine is now out of date as Xft is used by
> default since emacs 23.1.
>
> I think changing the hint to require font-bitstream-vera-ttf, which
> provides a scalable monospaced font, should give a better default
> appearance.
OK, I've uploaded new setup.hint files.
Ken
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-25 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-11 15:43 [RFU 1.7] {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-23.0.92-10 Ken Brown
2009-06-12 9:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-06-17 22:22 ` Jon TURNEY
2009-06-18 1:07 ` Ken Brown
2009-06-18 1:22 ` Eric Blake
2009-06-18 2:10 ` Christopher Faylor
2009-06-18 20:09 ` Ken Brown
2009-06-19 1:49 ` Eric Blake
2009-06-19 5:33 ` Christopher Faylor
2009-06-19 20:20 ` Ken Brown
2014-04-25 14:31 ` emacs-X11 font dependencies Jon TURNEY
2014-04-25 20:16 ` Ken Brown [this message]
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