From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13832 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2014 20:16:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13815 invoked by uid 89); 25 Apr 2014 20:16:38 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: limerock04.mail.cornell.edu Received: from limerock04.mail.cornell.edu (HELO limerock04.mail.cornell.edu) (128.84.12.60) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:16:37 +0000 X-CornellRouted: This message has been Routed already. Received: from authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu (granite3.serverfarm.cornell.edu [10.16.197.8]) by limerock04.mail.cornell.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4_cu) with ESMTP id s3PKGYpe007436 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:16:35 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (cpe-67-249-194-47.twcny.res.rr.com [67.249.194.47]) (authenticated bits=0) by authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu (8.14.4/8.12.10) with ESMTP id s3PKGX44001808 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:16:34 -0400 Message-ID: <535AC2AA.6050109@cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:16:00 -0000 From: Ken Brown User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: emacs-X11 font dependencies References: <4A31260B.7070001@cornell.edu> <4A396CAE.4040005@dronecode.org.uk> <535A7199.5080201@dronecode.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <535A7199.5080201@dronecode.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00071.txt.bz2 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