Re: 21.5.28: default font changed from courier to lucidatypewriter

Ville Skyttä writes: On second thought, I can't agree with the original patch that goes changing defaults that have worked for thousands of people for over a decade on the basis of "works for me on another platform". I think something like the following patch to the mainline would be appropriate: diff --git a/src/faces.c b/src/faces.c index 5865edc..5e6046c 100644 --- a/src/faces.c +++ b/src/faces.c ＠＠ -2391,17 +2391,20 ＠＠ complex_vars_of_faces (void) build_string ("-*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-*-*")), inst_list); - /* With a Cygwin XFree86 install, this returns the best (clearest, - most readable) font I can find when scaling of bitmap fonts is - turned on, as it is by default. (WHO IN THE NAME OF CHRIST THOUGHT - THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?!) The other fonts that used to be specified - here gave horrendous results. */ - inst_list = Fcons (Fcons (list1 (device_symbol), +#ifdef __CYGWIN__ + /* With a Cygwin XFree86 install, this returns the best (clearest, + most readable) font I can find when scaling of bitmap fonts is + turned on, as it is by default. (WHO IN THE NAME OF CHRIST THOUGHT + THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?!) The other fonts that used to be specified + here gave horrendous results. */ build_string ("-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*")), +#else + build_string ("-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*")), +#endif inst_list); #endif /* !USE_XFT */ _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta