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23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)

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Reported by: jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:15:06 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:52:34 +0000
On two different machines I get

Font `fontset-16' is not defined

This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  



In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.6 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-03-10 on xenakis
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10400090
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_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> M-x r m a i l - <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> e [ 
<backspace> p o <tab> r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading /bigdisk/jpff/.myemacs.elc...
Loading after-save...done
Loading uniquify...done
Loading /bigdisk/jpff/mail-filter.el (source)...done
Loading logger...done
Loading /bigdisk/jpff/.myemacs.elc...done
Loading image-file...done
Loading delsel...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Making completion list...

==John ffitch




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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk>, 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:15:03 +0800
merge 2637 2656 2657
thanks

jpff wrote:
> On two different machines I get
>
> Font `fontset-16' is not defined
>
> This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  
>   

Please reply to the bug you've already opened instead of filing two 
identical new ones.





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bug closed, send any further explanations to jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk> Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:35:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk>, 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:31:19 +0900
In article <2166-Fri13Mar2009135234+0000-jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk>, jpff <jpff <at> cs.bath.ac.uk> writes:

> On two different machines I get
> Font `fontset-16' is not defined

> This has been the case for a while.  What is one supposed to do?  

How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org




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From: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:54:31 +0000
>>>>> "Kenichi" == Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> writes:

 Kenichi> How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
 Kenichi> a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

I have tried not saying anything and then I got the message about
fontset-16.  I did get a working system by starting an old emacs,
finding out the default font and then using -fn to select that.

I have never tinkered with X resource, and the only font stuff in
.emacs is font-lock

Seems fixed at present.

==John ffitch




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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
Cc: 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:51:13 +0900
In article <7758-Tue17Mar2009115431+0000-jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>, jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk> writes:

>>>>>> "Kenichi" == Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> writes:
 Kenichi> How do you set the default font of Emacs?  By X resource, by
 Kenichi> a code in .emacs, or by -fn argument?

> I have tried not saying anything and then I got the message about
> fontset-16.  I did get a working system by starting an old emacs,
> finding out the default font and then using -fn to select that.

> I have never tinkered with X resource, and the only font stuff in
> .emacs is font-lock

> Seems fixed at present.

That's good.  But as I didn't commit a fix specific to this
problem, I still feal a little bit uneasy about a hidden
bug.

First of all, I wonder why your Emacs complained about
fontset-16 which is not created by default.  I suspect some
of your (or system's) setting creates and use it.

What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?
What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET
What is shown by:
  % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org




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From: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:12:54 +0000
What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--18-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-18
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-20
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-7
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--8-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-8
Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard
Fontset: -etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup

What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

"-etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup"

What is shown by:
  % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

nothing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
and with -q
What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--18-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-18
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-20
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-7
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--8-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-8
Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default
Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard

What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

"-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16"

==John ffitch




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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
Cc: 2657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2657: 23.0.91; still cannot run emacs (fontset)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:34:59 +0900
In article <9022-Wed18Mar2009081254+0000-jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>, jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk> writes:

> What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16
[...]
> Fontset: -etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup

> What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

> "-etl-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-72-72-c-80-fontset-startup"

> What is shown by:
>   % xrdb -query|grep -i fontset

> nothing
[...]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> and with -q
> What is shown by M-x list-fontsets RET?

> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--10-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-10
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-12
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14
> Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16

Hmmm, then you should have site-start.el or default.el that
define those fontsets somewhere in your emacs installation
directory.

> What is shown by ESC : (face-attribute 'default :fontset) RET

> "-*-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-16"

And that file sets the default font to "fontset-16".

Could you please find that file and show me how fontset-16
is defined?

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org




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