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

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <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 14:49:15 -0500

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> 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.

A face is a customizable object.
The issue is that the default is bad.
Emacs wants a monospace/typewriter style font.
"Sans mono" may be a better default, but I'm sure that will be wrong
sometimes too. Can Emacs do the equivalent of

fc-match "Monospace"

?
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