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Re: `set-frame-font' doesn't support font aliases
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: `set-frame-font' doesn't support font aliases |
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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:10 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>> That seems clean from the user's POV. Tho maybe aliases should take
>> precedence, rather than the reverse.
> Something like this for "Bitstream Vera Sans"?
> ":family=Bitstream Vera Sans"
> I don't like it because the new format is incompatible with
> fontconfig's way. So, the original question arises:
>> Is keeping backward compatibility of (set-frame-font
>> "fixed") important enough to drop the support of
>> fontconfig-style name?
> Or, isn't it good enough to ask users to use this form
> instead:
> (set-frame-font ":alias=fixed")
Maybe you're right and it's sufficient.
Stefan