4:37 a.m.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mike Kupfer
<mike.kupfer(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
> xemacs -eval "(shell-command (concat \"echo \" (face-font-name
'default) \" > `tty`\"))" -kill
xemacs -batch -eval "(princ ...)"
is the way to do this.
Thanks. Unfortunately, -batch apparently does something so that
(face-font-name 'default)
yields nil.
Having reviewed the thread a little more carefully, I think the main
problem is that Bruce is trying to use the menus to manipulate
TrueType fonts, and that doesn't work for me at all at the moment.
FWIW, I think his XEmacs is configured for bitmap fonts.
From
<CA+JV0C2Foy9u25mQP6OBwyXLj=QezVC5z3ZMadfJxjahxNoOxA(a)mail.gmail.com>:
Window System:
Compiling in support for the X window system:
- X Windows headers location:
- X Windows libraries location:
- Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
- Athena headers location: X11/Xaw
- Athena library to link: Xaw
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Using Athena native widgets.
And I don't understand why he's not able to see text, unless it has
something to do with falling back to Courier when Courier isn't
available. Or somehow the colors have gotten messed up in his face
settings, so that the foreground color is the same as the background
color.
From
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Now I get an X window but the mode line is blank and any buffers I
view are blank.
mike
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6:25 a.m.
New subject: Ubuntu 11.10 issues
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
>
> > xemacs -eval "(shell-command (concat \"echo \" (face-font-name
'default) \" > `tty`\"))" -kill
>
> xemacs -batch -eval "(princ ...)"
>
> is the way to do this.
Thanks. Unfortunately, -batch apparently does something so that
(face-font-name 'default)
yields nil.
Yeah, that sounds right. face-font-name will instantiate the
specifier, and if you're in batch, you'll get nothing. face-font
returns the whole specifier, which will be printed out.
FWIW, I think his XEmacs is configured for bitmap fonts.
OK, then he'll have to use X11 XLFDs.
And I don't understand why he's not able to see text, unless
it has
something to do with falling back to Courier when Courier isn't
available.
That may be it, but I would think that would produce an error if no
font can be instantiated.
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11:06 a.m.
New subject: Ubuntu 11.10 issues
Mike Kupfer writes:
FWIW, I think his XEmacs is configured for bitmap fonts.
i have the suspicion that "modern desktop systems" _completely_
_disable_ the bitmap fonts
＠OP, could you please have a look at the result of the command
xlsfonts -fn '-adobe-courier*'
on my desktop PC, it is a 226 elements list
on my notebook, with one of the "modern desktop systems", i have
xlsfonts: pattern "adobe-courier*" unmatched
if yours is a "modern desktop system" you can still build xemacs, if
you either
- install the relevant bitmaps fonts, the packages are named xfonts-*
- build xemacs with xft/fontconfig support; read the output of
configure --help for the details, and take notice that you must
enable mule by giving the option "--with-mule" to configure
otherwise fontconfiv won't work...
hth, ciao
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2:04 p.m.
New subject: Ubuntu 11.10 issues
Giacomo Boffi wrote:
Mike Kupfer writes:
> FWIW, I think his XEmacs is configured for bitmap fonts.
i have the suspicion that "modern desktop systems" _completely_
_disable_ the bitmap fonts
＠OP, could you please have a look at the result of the command
xlsfonts -fn '-adobe-courier*'
on my desktop PC, it is a 226 elements list
On my desktop (which is running the same base as the OP's), I get
``pattern "-adobe-courier*" unmatched'', but that just means
Adobe's
Courier isn't installed. I still have bitmap fonts.
mike
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New subject: Ubuntu 11.10 issues
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
Giacomo Boffi wrote:
> Mike Kupfer writes:
>
> > FWIW, I think his XEmacs is configured for bitmap fonts.
>
> i have the suspicion that "modern desktop systems" _completely_
> _disable_ the bitmap fonts
>
> ＠OP, could you please have a look at the result of the command
>
> xlsfonts -fn '-adobe-courier*'
>
> on my desktop PC, it is a 226 elements list
On my desktop (which is running the same base as the OP's), I get
``pattern "-adobe-courier*" unmatched'', but that just means
Adobe's
Courier isn't installed. I still have bitmap fonts.
mike
For the record, I get that also.
Bruce
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