Re: Font problem on git master

[T.V Raman]

"T.V Raman" <address@hidden> writes:

correction: earlier Xresources did not include ftcrhb as a font back-end
 which is what caused the error.
I found the right value ftcrhb,ftcr,x from the  elisp info manual --
 it's documented in frame.texi found by grepping the git logs.
The > Robert Pluim <address@hidden> writes:
> I ran into a similar issue over the weekend after building emacs from
> Git.
>
> I had inherited these lines in .Xresources from way back:
> Emacs.FontBackend:    ftcrhb,xft,x
> Emacs*font:   -adobe-Utopia-normal-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1
>
> After the update/build, emacs refused to start in GUI mode, -- emacs -nw
> worked, and it displayed the font backend error when started as emacs
> under X.
>
> I worked around the problem by commenting out the emacs.font line and it
> started with Adobe Courier.
>
> This morning, I updated the font backend line as suggested by you, and
> now I get over 3,000+ fonts -- and uncommenting the Adobe Utopia line
> does not cause the error.
>
> Could we update the News file with  details on what font backends are
> now recommended?
>
>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:52:34 +0100, Robert Pluim <address@hidden> said:
>>     Robert> If all else fails, can you run 'strace emacs' with your normal 
>> config
>>     Robert> to see if it?0?3s loading some site-specific configuration 
>> files? Those
>>     Robert> might be messing with the font setup.
>>
>> In fact, looking through Andreas' package repo, I see it includes an
>> app-defaults.Emacs that does:
>>
>>     Emacs.FontBackend:               xft,x
>>
>> which is going to cause problems on a cairo-enabled build. Is it
>> possible for you to remove that setting, or try something like
>>
>>     Emacs.FontBackend:               ftcrhb,xft,x
>>
>> or
>>
>>     Emacs.FontBackend:               ftcrhb,x
>>
>>
>> Robert
>>

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