GNU bug report logs - #12404
24.2; fails to load X11 resources

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:57:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
Cc: 12404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12404: 24.2; fails to load X11 resources
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:21:36 -0400

Yuri D'Elia wrote:

> emacs24 seems to ignore X11 resources completely. I'm trying Debian's
> GTK and "Lucid" variants of emacs 24.2 and both completely ignore my
> X11 font resources that emacs23 has been accepting for years.
>
> I have the following set:
>
> emacs.font:		-*-terminus-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
>
> emacs24 ignores it completely (emacs23 works as expected).
> I tried both emacs24/-lucid, and both end up using the following font
> as frame's default:
>
>   -bitstream-Bitstream Vera Sans
> Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-m-0-fontset-startup
>
> which is not even my default GTK font!

It works fine for me using Debian's 24.1 package (ie, the GTK+ version),
started with -q (not -Q because that ignores X resources), under XFCE,
with an X resource of the form:

   Emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1

I can't remember whether Gnome settings will take precedence if Gnome
services are running. So suggestion 1 is to recompile --without-gconf
--without-gsettings and see if it makes a difference.

Suggestion 2 is to try specifying the font completely in X resources.

> In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
>  of 2012-09-09 on trouble, modified by Debian
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