problems with Xft support in xemacs-21.5.33

[h***@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am having problems with changing fonts in xemacs-21.5.33. I have compiled it myself on a Debian/squeeze-backport (i386) system with Xft support.

All fonts in Options->Fonts are greyed out and I can't choose. The one currently set is obviously Bitstream Vera Sans (four entries in the menu just like many fonts have multiple entries). Font size changes via the menu have no effect except that now I can choose some of the fonts in the menu. But if I do no font changes take actually place. M-x set-face-font, default, shows me the current font name but any changes there have no effect either.

I managed to compile XEmacs without xft support which works except that it has the strange habit of extending the window to the right (and greying out the added space) on every font change.

Cheers,
Hannes.

[Mike Kupfer]

Post by h***@gmail.com
I am having problems with changing fonts in xemacs-21.5.33. I have
compiled it myself on a Debian/squeeze-backport (i386) system with
Xft support.

Hi Hannes, there are some known issues with setting Xft fonts. For
the time being, you need to use Lisp. See, for example,
http://list-archive.xemacs.org/pipermail/xemacs-beta/2012-December/023513.html.

regards,
mike

[h***@gmail.com]

Hi Mike,

thanks a lot for your answer. I understand now the current state of Xft support and how to work around it.

Thanks again,
Hannes.