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Re: How to use xft fonts with Lucid linked Emacs
From: |
Ian Zimmerman |
Subject: |
Re: How to use xft fonts with Lucid linked Emacs |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:25:41 -0700 |
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Jason Rumney <jasonrumney@gmail.com> wrote:
Ian> I use Debian 23.3 packages, and I want to switch to the Lucid
Ian> flavor because the gtk flavor pulls in my nemesis gconf. It works,
Ian> but I seem to be unable to use xft fonts. After reading the
Ian> manpage and info manual, I put this in my .Xresources:
Ian> Emacs.pane.menubar*.font: Sans-12
Jason> The Lucid menubar probably cannot use xft fonts. This is not the
Jason> same as what your subject says.
You are right; setting one of the buffer contents faces to Sans-12 works
as expected. Now, why? The error message looks like something
determined solely by the font name and not the context where it is to be
used.
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