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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/cmdargs.texi


From: Luc Teirlinck
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/cmdargs.texi
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:52:21 -0400

Index: emacs/man/cmdargs.texi
diff -c emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.73 emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.74
*** emacs/man/cmdargs.texi:1.73 Mon Sep 22 11:48:01 2003
--- emacs/man/cmdargs.texi      Wed Sep 24 11:52:21 2003
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*** 694,704 ****
  @appendixsec Font Specification Options
  @cindex font name (X Window System)
  
!   By default, Emacs displays text in the font named @samp{9x15}, which
! makes each character nine pixels wide and fifteen pixels high.  You can
! specify a different font on your command line through the option
! @samp{-fn @var{name}} (or @samp{--font}, which is an alias for
! @samp{-fn}).
  
  @table @samp
  @item -fn @var{name}
--- 694,703 ----
  @appendixsec Font Specification Options
  @cindex font name (X Window System)
  
!   By default, Emacs displays text in a twelve point Courier font (when
! using X).  You can specify a different font on your command line
! through the option @samp{-fn @var{name}} (or @samp{--font}, which is
! an alias for @samp{-fn}).
  
  @table @samp
  @item -fn @var{name}
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*** 709,720 ****
  Use font @var{name} as the default font.
  @end table
  
!   Under X, each font has a long name which consists of eleven words or
! numbers, separated by dashes.  Some fonts also have shorter
! address@hidden is such a nickname.  You can use either kind of
! name.  You can use wildcard patterns for the font name; then Emacs lets
! X choose one of the fonts that match the pattern.  Here is an example,
! which happens to specify the font whose nickname is @samp{6x13}:
  
  @smallexample
  emacs -fn \
--- 708,726 ----
  Use font @var{name} as the default font.
  @end table
  
!   Under X, each font has a long name which consists of fourteen words
! or numbers, separated by dashes.  Some fonts also have shorter
! nicknames.  For instance, @samp{9x15} is such a nickname.  This font
! makes each character nine pixels wide and fifteen pixels high.  You
! can use either kind of name.  Case is insignificant in both kinds.
! You can use wildcard patterns for the font name; then Emacs lets X
! choose one of the fonts that match the pattern.  The wildcard
! character @samp{*} matches any sequence of characters (including none)
! and @samp{?} matches any single character.  However, matching is
! implementation-dependent, and can be inaccurate when wildcards match
! dashes in a long name.  For reliable results, supply all 14 dashes and
! use wildcards only within a field.  Here is an example, which happens
! to specify the font whose nickname is @samp{6x13}:
  
  @smallexample
  emacs -fn \
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*** 728,738 ****
  emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
  @end smallexample
  
    A long font name has the following form:
  
  @smallexample
  address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
! @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
  @end smallexample
  
  @table @var
--- 734,756 ----
  emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
  @end smallexample
  
+   Note that if you use a wildcard pattern on the command line, you
+ need to enclose it in single or double quotes, to prevent the shell
+ from accidentally expanding it into a list of file names.  On the
+ other hand, you should not quote the name in the @file{.Xdefaults}
+ file.
+ 
+ The default font used by Emacs (under X) is:
+ 
+ @smallexample
+ -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
+ @end smallexample
+ 
    A long font name has the following form:
  
  @smallexample
  address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
! @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@var{encoding}
  @end smallexample
  
  @table @var
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*** 773,781 ****
  (character cell).
  @item width
  This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten.
! @item charset
! This is the character set that the font depicts.
! Normally you should use @samp{iso8859-1}.
  @end table
  
  @cindex listing system fonts
--- 791,804 ----
  (character cell).
  @item width
  This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten.
! @item registry
! @itemx encoding
! These together make up the X font character set that the font depicts.
! (X font character sets are not the same as Emacs charsets, but they
! are solutions for the same problem.)  You can use the
! @command{xfontsel} program to check which choices you have.  However,
! normally you should use @samp{iso8859} for @var{registry} and @samp{1}
! for @var{encoding}.
  @end table
  
  @cindex listing system fonts




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