>>>> "Larry" == Larry Ayers
<layers(a)marktwain.net> writes:
Larry>
Larry> I am thinking now that it isn't really a bug, just another
Larry> problem with the X font description format. Here's the offending
Larry> line which caused XEmacs to not read the remainder of the
Larry> .Xresources file:
Larry>
Larry> XEmacs.default.attributeFont: -ttf-iowanoldst bt-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-[etc.]
Larry>
Larry> I truncated the end of the line for readability. The problem
Larry> is with the space between 'iowanoldst' and 'bt'; there are
Larry> several other X apps which don't like a space within a font name.
Larry> Quoting the name doesn't help. I don't think it has anything to
Larry> do with the font's truetype origin, as I've since substituted
Larry> another tt font which doesn't have any spaces in the name.
OK, I don't know anything about the font resources - maybe someone
else on the list has seen this or knows a fix?
Larry> While I was fooling around with the .Xresources file I tried
Larry> several combinations of Emacs and XEmacs resources and the scheme
Larry> seems to be working correctly, i.e. if an XEmacs resource is
Larry> found any others are also used, otherwise the Emacs resources are
Larry> used. Sorry for the delay!
Sounds good. Please let us (me) know if it ever incorrectly chooses
the resource name. Thanks for testing it out.
greg