Re: GTK_XFT_boldface_issues

[Jan Djärv]

Srinath M wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> When emacs is compiled the following way:
>
>    1. export CVS_RSH=ssh
>       cvs -z3 -d:ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/emacs co emacs
>       cvs -z3 -d:ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/emacs up -Pd -r
>       XFT_JHD_BRANCH
>    2. cd emacs
>       ./configure —prefix=/your/fav/place —with-gtk —with-xft
>       make bootstrap
>       make
>       make install
>    3. /your/fav/place/bin/emacs –font “Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10″
>
> We appear to lose the boldface treatment when a *.tex file is loaded. I 
> want to confirm that I'm not doing anything wrong here, before I file a 
> bug. But even if I wanted to I would love to make sure whether this is a 
> bug in emacs, gtk or X. Any inputs would be appreciated!

The XFT branch is just a proof of concept, but for full functionality it needs 
much more work and probably an integration with the Unicode-branch.  As it is 
not going to be part of the next Emacs release, no work is being done until 
after the next Emacs release.

Thanks,

        Jan D.