GNU bug report logs - #2504
ignore invalid font-backends

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:00:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, David Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>,
        emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#2504: 23.0.90; new-frame => "no font backend available."
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:12:06 -0500

>> I think MacOS Emacs isn't very resilient to customizations for other
>> platforms that should be ignored.  For example, my
>> 
>> default-frame-alist
>> 
>> is 
>> 
>> ((menu-bar-lines . 1) (font-backend . "xft") (font . "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10.5") (tool-bar-lines . 0))
>> 
>> But `M-x new-frame' causes emacs to report "no font backend available"
>> without opening a new window.
>> 

> This is no different than setting (font-backend . "garbage") on any
> platform. If you have platform specific settings in your .emacs which you
> want to share between platforms, then you need to make them conditional.

We could make it easier for the users by ignoring invalid font-backends,
so a single setting can work on all platforms.


        Stefan
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