commit: Fix broken Xft FAQ.

changeset: 4509:dd12adb12b8f72dd2fd2b9effb97cde3277ce750 parent: 4507:83e35df20028429b49acb60906054e176629b1f0 user: Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; date: Sat Oct 04 13:57:55 2008 +0900 files: man/ChangeLog man/xemacs-faq.texi description: Fix broken Xft FAQ. diff -r 83e35df20028429b49acb60906054e176629b1f0 -r dd12adb12b8f72dd2fd2b9effb97cde3277ce750 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Mon Sep 08 08:48:22 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sat Oct 04 13:57:55 2008 +0900 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,8 ＠＠ 2008-08-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea＠parhasa +2008-10-04 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Fix broken instructions on use of + antialiased fonts. + 2008-08-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Add a section on how one can use diff -r 83e35df20028429b49acb60906054e176629b1f0 -r dd12adb12b8f72dd2fd2b9effb97cde3277ce750 man/xemacs-faq.texi --- a/man/xemacs-faq.texi Mon Sep 08 08:48:22 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/xemacs-faq.texi Sat Oct 04 13:57:55 2008 +0900 ＠＠ -6284,41 +6284,53 ＠＠ bugs... ＠node Q5.0.7, Q5.1.1, Q5.0.6, External Subsystems ＠unnumberedsubsec Q5.0.7: How can I use antialiased fonts under X11? -For this you need a recent beta version, and please consider the caveats -that apply when using beta software from any source. Rebuild xemacs -using at least the following options to configure: - -(a)samp{./configure --enable-mule --with-xft=emacs,menubars} - -For further details on the XEmacs widgets that support XFT, see the -output of ＠code{./configure --help}. You may find that you have to -install some lib[something]-dev packages to provide header files; see -your packaging system's documentation. Depending on your platform, your -packaging system will normally be something like RPM, ＠code{apt} or -DarwinPorts. +The X11 version of XEmacs can use antialiased fonts via the Xft, +fontconfig, and freetype libraries. To configure this you need a recent +beta version (at least 21.5.24); the more recent, the better. This is +beta software, the usual caveats apply. Rebuild xemacs using the +following configure options, plus any others you normally use: + +＠samp{--enable-mule --with-xft=emacs,menubars} + +Xft ＠emph{may} work without Mule but the developers working on the Xft +code invariably build with Mule. The tab control also supports Xft, and +at some date the progress gauge will as well. If they are configured in +to XEmacs, you may add ＠samp{tabs} and ＠samp{gauges} to the value of the +＠samp{--with-xft} option (with a comma separating each value from the +previous ones). For further details on the XEmacs widgets that support +XFT, see the output of ＠code{./configure --help}. If you use a package +manager from your OS distribution, you may need to install development +packages for ＠file{fontconfig} and ＠file{Xft}, and possibly for their +prequisites. To specify a particular antialiased font, put something like the -following lines in your ＠file{~/.Xdefaults} or ＠file{~.Xresources} -(using ＠code{#define} in ＠file{.Xresources} avoids boring hand -substitution): +following lines in your ＠file{~/.Xdefaults} or ＠file{~/.Xresources}: ＠example -#define MONO Mono -#define SANS Sans -#define PTSIZEM 12 -#define PTSIZES 11 - XEmacs.default.attributeFont: MONO:size=PTSIZEM - XEmacs.bold.attributeFont: MONO:size=PTSIZEM:style=Bold - XEmacs.italic.attributeFont: MONO:size=PTSIZEM:style=Oblique -XEmacs.bold-italic.attributeFont: MONO:size=PTSIZEM:style=Bold Oblique - XEmacs.modeline.attributeFont: SANS:size=PTSIZES - XEmacs.menubar.font: SANS:size=PTSIZES - XEmacs*xftFont: SANS:size=PTSIZES + XEmacs.default.attributeFont: monospace-12 + XEmacs.bold.attributeFont: monospace-12:style=Bold + XEmacs.italic.attributeFont: monospace-12:style=Oblique +XEmacs.bold-italic.attributeFont: monospace-12:style=Bold Oblique + XEmacs.modeline.attributeFont: sans-serif-11 + XEmacs.menubar.xftFont: sans-serif-11 + XEmacs*XftFont: sans-serif-11 ＠end example -And run ＠code{xrdb -merge} before starting the new, XFT-enabled xemacs. -You can choose the available fonts from the list given by -＠code{fc-list}; try ＠code{xfd -fa FONTNAME-SIZE} to preview a given font. +＠strong{Warning}: These resource naming conventions are just hacks to +get the code running; you should expect them to change. (Sorry about +that, but this ＠emph{is} beta software!) + +Then run ＠code{xrdb -merge} before starting the new, XFT-enabled +xemacs. You can choose the available fonts from the list given by +＠code{fc-list}; try ＠code{xfd -fa FONTNAME-SIZE} to preview a given +font. Note that ``monospace'' and ``sans-serif'' are generic aliases +defined by fontconfig which may correspond to any of many real fonts +based on local configuration and availability of the aliased fonts, +and so are likely to give good results in a well-set-up system. + +Although Customize does not yet handle fontconfig fontspecs, you can +pass them as strings directly to ＠samp{set-face-font} to set fonts from +Lisp. ＠unnumberedsec 5.1: Microsoft Windows _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches