[18604] in Athena Bugs
linux 8.4.17: emacs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
Mon Dec 11 16:22:30 2000
Message-Id: <200012112122.QAA05935@pickled-herring.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:22:28 -0500
From: "Jacob Morzinski" <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
System name: pickled-herring.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 8.4.17 (with mkserv)
Display type: XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA
Shell: /bin/sh
Window manager: fvwm2
What were you trying to do?
Display international fonts with C-h H , on any Athena platform.
What's wrong:
The default emacs setup can't display intlfonts. If I use
the X resource database to specify an Emacs.Font, it can.
(I've tested on all three platforms)
Running
echo '' | xrdb -load && emacs -q
results in an emacs which can't find the intlfonts.
(Verify with C-h H). This is also the default state
of emacs for unconfigured accounts.
All of the following X resources do produce emacsen which
can find intlfonts:
Emacs.Font: fixed
Emacs.Font: *-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-120-*
Emacs.Font: *-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-120-75-75-*
Emacs.Font: *-courier-medium-r-normal-*-120-75-75-*
What should have happened:
I thought I remembered that emacs intlfonts Just Worked
for users in 8.3, but I could be confused. It would be
nice if people didn't have to specify X resources in order
to be able to type in Thai or Japanese.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
((don't know of any, sorry))
-Jacob
