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23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font

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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:43:44 +0100

1. emacs -Q
2. Sanity check:
   a. Typing `C-u C-x =' on a character shows this font:
      xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-12-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1
      (I have this in ~/.Xresources:
       Emacs.FontBackend: xft
       Emacs.Font: DejaVu Sans Mono-10)
   b. Move the mouse pointer over a tool bar icon or the mode line until
      a tooltip is displayed, and observe that it has it normal face
      (variable-pitch, normal weight and slant).
3. Click on the menu bar entry Options->Set Default Font... In my GTK+
   build this opens a "Pick a font" dialog, showing Family: DejaVu Sans
   Mono, Style: Book, Size: 10.
4. Change at least one of the font attributes family or size,
   e.g. change size to 9 (but leave the style unchanged).
5. I now observe the following:
   a. Typing `C-u C-x =' on a character shows this font:
      xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-bold-oblique-normal-*-11-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1
      The characters in this frame are indeed smaller, yet they still
      show normal weight and slant; however
   b. all the characters in tooltips show bold weight and oblique slant,
      and
   c. Typing `C-x 5 2' creates a frame in which all the characters show
      bold weight and oblique slant, in the buffer as well as in
      tooltips.

I observe this behavior also with emacs -Q -xrm 'Emacs.FontBackend: x'


In GNU Emacs 23.0.90.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4)
 of 2009-02-20 on escher
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10502000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Message #10 received at 2476 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 2476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:36 -0500

Thanks for the bug report.  I've checked in a fix.

Message #15 received at 2476 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2476: 23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:07:41 +0100

> I've checked in a fix.

Here (on Windows XP) I have the additional problem that when I use "Set
Default Font" to make the default face bold or oblique, that setting is
sticky.  Hence, I cannot use "Set Default Font" to remove any bold or
oblique settings.

martin

Message #20 received at 2476 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 2476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2476: 23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:14:37 -0500

martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:

> Here (on Windows XP) I have the additional problem that when I use "Set
> Default Font" to make the default face bold or oblique, that setting is
> sticky.  Hence, I cannot use "Set Default Font" to remove any bold or
> oblique settings.

I have checked in a fix for this as well.  Thanks for pointing it out.

Message #25 received at 2476 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2476: 23.0.90; menu-set-font produces bold oblique font
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:34:51 +0100

>> Here (on Windows XP) I have the additional problem that when I use "Set
>> Default Font" to make the default face bold or oblique, that setting is
>> sticky.  Hence, I cannot use "Set Default Font" to remove any bold or
>> oblique settings.
> 
> I have checked in a fix for this as well.  Thanks for pointing it out.

Thanks for fixing it.  Everything seems to work fine now.

martin

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