Subject: Re: bug#44020: 28.0.50; Prefer selection of colour emoji fonts?

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:32:24 +0200

>>>>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:03:22 +0000, Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> said:

    Stefan> Robert Pluim <[email-masked]> writes:
    >> It *should* work as-is on GNU/Linux, but for some reason Emacs is
    >> completely refusing to use any Emoji fonts for me there. Itʼs possible
    >> Iʼve messed up my system somehow, since emacs-27 has the same issue,
    >> but Iʼm seeing some very suspicious results from
    >> ftcrfont_glyph_extents (the font average width is always 0), so perhaps
    >> we need to adjust our font code.
    >> 
    >> Testing appreciated.

    Stefan> I applied your patch running on Debian GNU/Linux (bullseye/testing), and
    Stefan> was able to display the "🎉" character from Lars' original message just
    Stefan> fine here.

Thanks. I guess that means my local installation is screwed up
somehow [1]. Time to download a new one 😊

Robert

Footnotes:
[1]  Itʼs gone through a dist-upgrade at least 3 times, thatʼs bound
     to leave some scars.

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