Re: XFT fonts [was: build failure on Ubuntu 12.04.1]
Raymond Toy writes:
>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Waldman
<cgw(a)alum.mit.edu> writes:
Charles> I configured --with-xft, installed a whole bunch of
Charles> fonts, but none of them seem to be available, either
Charles> via the command-line "-font" flag, or through the
Charles> options menu.
Yup. That's why I repeatedly vetoed a release of a distribution with
Xft in the mainline, and still can't turn it on by default. I was
overruled on the basis that if we put it in, someone would scratch the
itch. That was what, five, six years ago? The only people who have
done anything with Xft since then are me and Aidan.
... patches welcome ...
The only ways to use Xft fonts AFAIK are through resources (use the
FcFontName and fcFontName class and instance attributes on the various
font resources) and from Lisp (eg, using set-face-font). I suspect
Customize doesn't work, either.
selected. But my xresources are not empty. The only font related
thing I have is:
XEmacs*menubar.fcFontName: Bitstream Vera Sans-10
Note that here "menubar" is the name of a face, not a widget.
"default" etc should work too.
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