GNU bug report logs - #22207
emacs-25 mishandles info code text on Fedora 23

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 22207 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 22207 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22207: emacs-25 mishandles info code text on Fedora 23
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:40:03 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:57:36 -0500
> Cc: 22207 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Paul Eggert wrote:
> 
> > When I use emacs-25 to view the Elisp manual on Fedora 23 x86-64,
> > Emacs mishandles the font for code: code is displayed in a
> > considerably smaller font, making the manual harder to read and
> > looking a bit like a ransom note. 
> 
> I guess this is the same issue as http://debbugs.gnu.org/19889
> Info-quoted face specifies Courier font.
> I still don't think it's a good idea.

Yes, this is a deliberate feature.  Perhaps we should make it
dependent on a defcustom.
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