GNU bug report logs - #36030
Changing the region or the point changes the way characters are displayed

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36030: Changing the region or the point changes the way characters are displayed
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:22:59 +0300

> Cc: 36030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 16:51:10 -0400
> 
> > The font doesn't change, just the glyph number reported by Emacs
> > changes (that's what that hex code in parentheses means).
> 
> But it also changes from FreeSans to FreeMono; isn't that a font change?

Right, missed that among all the noise, and similar font names.

> > I see none of that in "emacs -Q".  I also don't understand how
> > resizing the frame could cause these effects.  If the recipe is more
> > complicated than just copy/paste the strings you show into *scratch*,
> > please be sure to show the whole recipe.  E.g., where did the face
> > properties come from?
> 
> This is python-mode's syntax highlighting.  Unfortunately, I don't have a reproducible recipe for these issues yet; they happen on my machine, but I have many custom fonts and Emacs customization here.  I will try to find a recipe.

A recipe is very important to solve this issue, because something very
strange happens here.  Are your Python faces specify fonts or font
families, per chance?

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