bug#6478: 23.2; FontBackend 'x' uses GConf settings for new frames

[Jan Djärv]

2010-06-20 15:18, Enrico Scholz skrev:
> I set
>
> | Emacs.FontBackend:            x
>
> in my ~/.Xresources.  Beginning with 23.2 (23.1 was ok), I am unable to
> create new frames.  E.g. 'ediff-buffers' fails now with
>
> | x-create-frame-with-faces: Font `MiscFixed Medium Semi-Condensed 12' is not 
> defined
>
> Reported fontname changes when the Gconf setting is changed. This bug
> can be triggered also by
>
> | (x-create-frame-with-faces (list '(name . "emacs1")))
>
>
> When I define a
>
> | emacs1.font:                  -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
>
> Xresource and restart Emacs, things are fine again.  But it does not
> scale very well because I would have to define such a setting for every
> possible frame.

Not really:

  Emacs.Font: ...

or

  Emacs.font: ...

should do it.  The Emacs class applies to all frames, regardless of name.

> The 'font-use-system-font' variable is nil.
>
>
> When using the 'x' FontBackend, Emacs should turn off the GConf font
> lookup and inherit its settings from the base emacs Xresources.

Fix checked in in trunk (i.e. upcoming 24.0).

        Jan D.