changeset: 4539:a5f1da0eb001d20be61bcb1b7499643ff23215a0 user: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; date: Sun Aug 31 13:53:36 2008 +0200 files: man/ChangeLog man/xemacs-faq.texi description: Document XFT support in the FAQ, better describe XEmacs pronunciation. 2008-08-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Add a section on how one can use antialiased fonts under X11; thank you Giacomo Boffi. (Q1.0.3): Clarify pronunciation using a serious phonetic alphabet. diff -r b82fdf7305eef16a68a94d48a5b532a589f0e55b -r a5f1da0eb001d20be61bcb1b7499643ff23215a0 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Wed Aug 27 21:47:21 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sun Aug 31 13:53:36 2008 +0200 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,10 ＠＠ 2008-07-26 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.o +2008-08-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; + + * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Add a section on how one can use + antialiased fonts under X11; thank you Giacomo Boffi. + (Q1.0.3): Clarify pronunciation using a serious phonetic + alphabet. + 2008-07-26 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs/custom.texi, xemacs/frame.texi, xemacs/mule.texi, diff -r b82fdf7305eef16a68a94d48a5b532a589f0e55b -r a5f1da0eb001d20be61bcb1b7499643ff23215a0 man/xemacs-faq.texi --- a/man/xemacs-faq.texi Wed Aug 27 21:47:21 2008 +0200 +++ b/man/xemacs-faq.texi Sun Aug 31 13:53:36 2008 +0200 ＠＠ -433,6 +433,7 ＠＠ 5.0: X Window System and Resources * Q5.0.4:: How can I have the window title area display the full path? * Q5.0.5:: ＠samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work? * Q5.0.6:: ＠samp{-iconic} doesn't work. +* Q5.0.7:: How can I use antialiased fonts under X11? 5.1: Microsoft Windows * Q5.1.1:: Does XEmacs rename all the ＠samp{win32-*} symbols to ＠samp{w32-*}? ＠＠ -715,7 +716,10 ＠＠ and was also the last version without in ＠node Q1.0.3, Q1.0.4, Q1.0.2, Introduction ＠unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.3: How do you pronounce XEmacs? -The most common pronounciation is ＠samp{Eks eemax}. +The most common pronounciation is ＠samp{Eks eemax}, ＠samp{Eks'im&ks} in +Kirshenbaum IPA. (See +＠uref{http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf} if you know the IPA +already and want to know how to map from Kirshenbaum to it.) ＠node Q1.0.4, Q1.0.5, Q1.0.3, Introduction ＠unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.4: What does XEmacs look like? ＠＠ -6113,6 +6117,7 ＠＠ 5.0: X Window System and Resources * Q5.0.4:: How can I have the window title area display the full path? * Q5.0.5:: ＠samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work? * Q5.0.6:: ＠samp{-iconic} doesn't work. +* Q5.0.7:: How can I use antialiased fonts under X11? 5.1: Microsoft Windows * Q5.1.1:: Does XEmacs rename all the ＠samp{win32-*} symbols to ＠samp{w32-*}? ＠＠ -6261,7 +6266,7 ＠＠ To make a frame with a particular name u (make-frame '((name . "the-name"))) ＠end lisp -＠node Q5.0.6, Q5.1.1, Q5.0.5, External Subsystems +＠node Q5.0.6, Q5.0.7, Q5.0.5, External Subsystems ＠unnumberedsubsec Q5.0.6: ＠samp{-iconic} doesn't work. When I start up XEmacs using ＠samp{-iconic} it doesn't work right. ＠＠ -6276,9 +6281,48 ＠＠ bugs... bugs... ＠end quotation +＠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. + +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): + +＠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 +＠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. + ＠unnumberedsec 5.1: Microsoft Windows -＠node Q5.1.1, Q5.1.2, Q5.0.6, External Subsystems +＠node Q5.1.1, Q5.1.2, Q5.0.7, External Subsystems ＠unnumberedsubsec Q5.1.1: Does XEmacs rename all the ＠samp{win32-*} symbols to ＠samp{w32-*}? In his flavor of Emacs 20, Richard Stallman has renamed all the ＠samp{win32-*} _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches