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bug#1219: 23.0.60; Default Font
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#1219: 23.0.60; Default Font |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:05:53 -0400 |
I discussed this on emacs-devel at this link:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-10/msg00696.html
David De La Harpe Golden's analysis seems correct to me:
> No. but is it desirable to? If emacs says "monospace" to the OS, and
> the OS returns something usable (see below), should emacs second guess
> it? The distros with ttf-georgewilliams packages seem to be aware of
> the issue and are fixing it by removing or renaming the font in favour
> of the de-facto standard "monospace" virtual font name
>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gw-fonts-ttf/+bug/95357/comments/6
So, we should probably leave things as they are. I'll add a note about
this to etc/PROBLEMS.
bug#1219: 23.0.60; Default Font,
Chong Yidong <=