GNU bug report logs - #24644
26.0.50; Emacs 25: set-fontset-font does not take effect with some ASCII symbols

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Message #22 received at 24644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24644: 26.0.50; Emacs 25: set-fontset-font does not take
 effect with some ASCII symbols
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:43:29 +0300

> Cc: 24644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 10:29:44 -0400
> 
> I don't understand why the original change was needed, though.  What prevented users from adding the default font as the first font in their fontset?  Wouldn't that have achieved exactly the same (pick the character from the default font if available, and otherwise from the next one in the fontset)?

The intent was for Emacs to DTRT _by_default_, without asking users to
customize their fontsets.  Doing the latter is somewhat tricky, and
besides it's considered a Good Thing for a program to behave as users
expect out of the box.

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