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Re: What is the best way to get emacs23?
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Ross A. Laird |
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Re: What is the best way to get emacs23? |
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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:50 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> On Nov 6, 9:50 pm, Paul R <paul.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> rustom> Well I did all this and i get Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10'
>> rustom> is not defined. Note: I installed ttf-bitsream-vera Im on debian
>> rustom> etch
>>
>> start it with emacs -Q
>> if it works carry on else report here
>>
>> start with emacs -q
>> if it works fix your .emacs else fix your debian site-lisp installation
>>
>> where 'fix' means looking for a place where the default font is set.
>> A solution is to grep -R "bitstream" from the root of where you are
>> looking for it.
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>
> Neither of emacs -q or -Q gives any problem
> But
> $ emacs -fn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10"
> gives me
> Font `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10' is not defined
>
> Note Ive installed the ttf-bitstream-vera debian package; which
> supplies the files:
>
> VeraBd.ttf VeraIt.ttf VeraMoBI.ttf VeraMono.ttf VeraSe.ttf
> VeraBI.ttf VeraMoBd.ttf VeraMoIt.ttf VeraSeBd.ttf Vera.ttf
>
> in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera
>
> What else do I need to do?
>
I'm on Ubuntu, but I recall a similar problem. Try this:
In ~/.Xresources, put this:
Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10
Emacs.FontBackend: xft
Restart X, and see what happens.
Cheers.
Ross
--
Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.info
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