Re: Emacs overflowed pure space

[Kenichi Handa]

Stephen Berman <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, 24 May 2008 10:15:41 +0900 Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> wrote:
> > In article <address@hidden>, Stephen Berman <address@hidden> writes:
> >
>>> (gdb) pp Vfont_log
>>> ((match "-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-iso8859-1" nil) (ftfont-match 
>>> "-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-iso8859-1" nil) (list 
>>> "-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-iso8859-1" []) (ftfont-list 
>>> "-*-fixed-*--*-iso8859-1" nil))
>>> (gdb) c
Continuing.
>>> Font `fontset-16' is not defined
> >
> > As there's no entry for (xfont-list ...), you are using only
> > xft backend, and you don't have "fixed" font for
> > fontconfig.  So, Emacs can't realize fontset-16.

> What are "fixed" fonts?

The font you specified for latin in fontset-16.

> Are you saying fontconfig cannot handle them or
> that my system simply lacks them?  Or that the xft backend cannot handle
> them but only the x backend?

"No", "perhaps no", and "no".

> > Please try again with x font-backend enabled.

> With this emacs -q works again.  Thanks.

So, at least your X server has "fixed" font.  If your X
server and the machine on which Emacs runs are the same,
fontconfig (and xft backend) can also use that font if you
put the directory of that font file in fontconfig's font
path.

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Kenichi Handa
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