Comments on: Ubuntu, Emacs, and Fonts http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/ "...the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris." -- Larry Wall Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Paul Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:43:51 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-939 You must've offended her. ;-) You must've offended her. ;-)

]]> By: Avdi Grimm http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Avdi Grimm Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:53:41 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-938 OK, so I just now tried again and I saw that nice GTK font dialog come up. I don't know what changed. That's just bizarre. I think Emacs is trying to mess with my head. OK, so I just now tried again and I saw that nice GTK font dialog come up. I don't know what changed. That's just bizarre. I think Emacs is trying to mess with my head.

]]> By: Avdi Grimm http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Avdi Grimm Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:49:20 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-940 Ya know, now that you mention it, I distinctly recall getting that nice GTK font selector in the past. It's like my snapshot has regressed or something. Weird. Ya know, now that you mention it, I distinctly recall getting that nice GTK font selector in the past. It's like my snapshot has regressed or something. Weird.

]]> By: Paul http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Paul Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:31:26 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-937 Oh! Sorry about that - I'm not using Ubuntu myself so I linked to the PPA in case the repository wasn't as up to date. But I had no idea you were using Emacs 23 anyway! The description of your troubles and your instructions had me convinced you must've been running an old 22 xft or 23 unicode build at best. There is something odd going on here - look how different my Emacs cvs build is:<br><br><a href="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screenshotemacs.png" rel="nofollow">http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screens...</a><br><br>When I clicked “Set Default Font” in that “Options” menu, that font dialog appeared (as it does for per-buffer font setting with S-down-mouse-1). If I chose a default font from there and then clicked on “Save Options”, it would put a default font face spec in my .emacs (I don't actually do it that way myself: I prefer to use CL arguments or .Xdefaults/.Xresources).<br><br>You can specify fonts with either GTK or fontconfig syntax, easily set fonts or increase/decrease font size per-buffer etc. and Emacs 23 font handling in general seems to me to be better than any other apps I use now so I'm disappointed that your snapshot - which does seem to be different - isn' t working so well for you. Oh! Sorry about that – I'm not using Ubuntu myself so I linked to the PPA in case the repository wasn't as up to date. But I had no idea you were using Emacs 23 anyway! The description of your troubles and your instructions had me convinced you must've been running an old 22 xft or 23 unicode build at best. There is something odd going on here – look how different my Emacs cvs build is:

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screens...

When I clicked “Set Default Font” in that “Options” menu, that font dialog appeared (as it does for per-buffer font setting with S-down-mouse-1). If I chose a default font from there and then clicked on “Save Options”, it would put a default font face spec in my .emacs (I don't actually do it that way myself: I prefer to use CL arguments or .Xdefaults/.Xresources).

You can specify fonts with either GTK or fontconfig syntax, easily set fonts or increase/decrease font size per-buffer etc. and Emacs 23 font handling in general seems to me to be better than any other apps I use now so I'm disappointed that your snapshot – which does seem to be different – isn' t working so well for you.

]]> By: Paul http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Paul Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:43:51 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-627 You must've offended her. ;-) You must've offended her. ;-)

]]> By: avdi http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-626 avdi Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:53:41 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-626 OK, so I just now tried again and I saw that nice GTK font dialog come up. I don't know what changed. That's just bizarre. I think Emacs is trying to mess with my head. OK, so I just now tried again and I saw that nice GTK font dialog come up. I don't know what changed. That's just bizarre. I think Emacs is trying to mess with my head.

]]> By: avdi http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-625 avdi Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:49:20 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-625 Ya know, now that you mention it, I distinctly recall getting that nice GTK font selector in the past. It's like my snapshot has regressed or something. Weird. Ya know, now that you mention it, I distinctly recall getting that nice GTK font selector in the past. It's like my snapshot has regressed or something. Weird.

]]> By: Paul http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Paul Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:31:26 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-624 Oh! Sorry about that - I'm not using Ubuntu myself so I linked to the PPA in case the repository wasn't as up to date. But I had no idea you were using Emacs 23 anyway! The description of your troubles and your instructions had me convinced you must've been running an old 22 xft or 23 unicode build at best. There is something odd going on here - look how different my Emacs cvs build is:<br><br><a href="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screenshotemacs.png" rel="nofollow">http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screens...</a><br><br>When I clicked “Set Default Font” in that “Options” menu, that font dialog appeared (as it does for per-buffer font setting with S-down-mouse-1). If I chose a default font from there and then clicked on “Save Options”, it would put a default font face spec in my .emacs (I don't actually do it that way myself: I prefer to use CL arguments or .Xdefaults/.Xresources).<br><br>You can specify fonts with either GTK or fontconfig syntax, easily set fonts or increase/decrease font size per-buffer etc. and Emacs 23 font handling in general seems to me to be better than any other apps I use now so I'm disappointed that your snapshot - which does seem to be different - isn' t working so well for you. Oh! Sorry about that – I'm not using Ubuntu myself so I linked to the PPA in case the repository wasn't as up to date. But I had no idea you were using Emacs 23 anyway! The description of your troubles and your instructions had me convinced you must've been running an old 22 xft or 23 unicode build at best. There is something odd going on here – look how different my Emacs cvs build is:

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6638/screens...

When I clicked “Set Default Font” in that “Options” menu, that font dialog appeared (as it does for per-buffer font setting with S-down-mouse-1). If I chose a default font from there and then clicked on “Save Options”, it would put a default font face spec in my .emacs (I don't actually do it that way myself: I prefer to use CL arguments or .Xdefaults/.Xresources).

You can specify fonts with either GTK or fontconfig syntax, easily set fonts or increase/decrease font size per-buffer etc. and Emacs 23 font handling in general seems to me to be better than any other apps I use now so I'm disappointed that your snapshot – which does seem to be different – isn' t working so well for you.

]]> By: avdi http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-623 avdi Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:47:42 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-623 Thanks, Paul, but I'm actually using Emacs 23 already (You don't need a PPA for Emacs 23; just install the emacs-snapshot packages). The above instructions are for Emacs 23. Emacs 22 is simply a lost cause when it comes to fonts. Thanks, Paul, but I'm actually using Emacs 23 already (You don't need a PPA for Emacs 23; just install the emacs-snapshot packages). The above instructions are for Emacs 23. Emacs 22 is simply a lost cause when it comes to fonts.

]]> By: Paul http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/04/09/ubuntu-emacs-and-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Paul Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:37:01 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=161#comment-622 There are Emacs 23 cvs snapshots available for Ubuntu: <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa</a> Emacs 23 is a *dramatic* improvement font-wise. There are Emacs 23 cvs snapshots available for Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa Emacs 23 is a *dramatic* improvement font-wise.

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