GNU bug report logs - #40057
26.3; Won't display Big5 characters using Xft

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Brian Schack <bschack-cocoa <at> usa.net>

Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 40057-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Brian Schack <bschack-cocoa <at> usa.net>
Cc: 40057-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40057: 26.3; Won't display Big5 characters using Xft
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:33:13 +0200
> From: Brian Schack <bschack-cocoa <at> usa.net>
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:47:57 -0700
> Z-USANET-MsgId: XID668ycmwWB1216X32
> 
> My emacs (which is compiled with X11 and Xft, but not GTK or NextStep)
> won't display Big5-encoded characters; the easiest way to see this is:
> 
> % emacs -Q
> `C-h h'
> `C-s big5('
> 
> On my system, the glyphs displayed are from the LastResort font.
> 
> After digging around, I think I know why it happens, and how to fix it.
> I can give details on what's going on, but the fix is simple - change a
> line in ftfont.c:

Thanks, fixed.




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