[gentoo-user] Re: emacs font problem

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-07-09, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:

>>> Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Recently emacs (running in X "window" mode) seems to have developed a
>>>> font problem.
>
> Perhaps it is a font issue.

Yes, I think it probably is.

> I just did emacs -q (-Q eliminates the
> splash screen) and then did C-u C-x = while the cursor was on the "b" in
> "Learn basic keystroke commands".  The help buffer includes
>           display: by this font (glyph code)
>     xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans-normal-normal-normal-*-20-*-75-75-*-0-iso10646-1 (#x45)
>
> What does C-u C-x = give on your system

        character: b (98, #o142, #x62)
preferred charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
       code point: 0x62
           syntax: w 	which means: word
         category: .:Base, a:ASCII, l:Latin, r:Roman
      buffer code: #x62
        file code: #x62 (encoded by coding system nil)
          display: no font available

> and do you have that font available?

No, I don't seem to have Sans-normal-normal-normal-*-20-*-75-75-*-0-iso10646-1
availble according to xfontsel.

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