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Buchs, Kevin
Jul 10, 2012, 10:24:28 AM7/10/12
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I’m building emacs 24 from source on OpenSuse Linux and the result comes up with a default font that is not desireable (-sony...). I’ve searched the code and have not yet found what determines the default font used. Can someone direct me to that, please.
- Kevin Buchs
Jason Rumney
Jul 10, 2012, 11:30:35 AM7/10/12
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On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 22:24:28 UTC+8, Buchs, Kevin wrote:
> I’m building emacs 24 from source on OpenSuse Linux and the result comes up with a default font that is not desireable (-sony...). I’ve searched the code and have not yet found what determines the default font used. Can someone direct me to that, please.
The default font is chosen inside x_default_font_parameter in xfns.c. In the current development version as of a couple of days ago, the first match from the following list is used:
> I’m building emacs 24 from source on OpenSuse Linux and the result comes up with a default font that is not desireable (-sony...). I’ve searched the code and have not yet found what determines the default font used. Can someone direct me to that, please.
#ifdef HAVE_XFT
/* This will find the normal Xft font. */
"monospace-10",
#endif
"-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1",
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
"-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
/* This was formerly the first thing tried, but it finds
too many fonts and takes too long. */
"-*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
/* If those didn't work, look for something which will
at least work. */
"-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
"fixed",
Drew Adams
Jul 10, 2012, 11:43:14 AM7/10/12
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> The default font is chosen inside x_default_font_parameter in
> xfns.c.... the first match from the following list is used:
> ...
> "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1",
> "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> "-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> /* This was formerly the first thing tried, but it finds
> too many fonts and takes too long. */
> "-*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> /* If those didn't work, look for something which will
> at least work. */
> "-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> "fixed",
Yes, but a user can set the font to use by default. See this:
> "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> "-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> /* This was formerly the first thing tried, but it finds
> too many fonts and takes too long. */
> "-*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> /* If those didn't work, look for something which will
> at least work. */
> "-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
> "fixed",
http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts
E.g.: (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font FONT)
(Alternatively, you can set the `font' parameter in user option
`default-frame-alist'.)
Javier
Jul 13, 2012, 12:10:16 AM7/13/12
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You can also set the font in the command line in Linux:
emacs -fn 10x20
if you define the font in .emacs it will override the command-line option
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