GNU bug report logs - #44020
28.0.50; Prefer selection of colour emoji fonts?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 44020 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#44020: 28.0.50; Prefer selection of colour emoji fonts?
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:32:24 +0200

>>>>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:03:22 +0000, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> said:

    Stefan> Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> 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. It始s possible
    >> I始ve messed up my system somehow, since emacs-27 has the same issue,
    >> but I始m 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 "馃帀" 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 馃槉

Robert

Footnotes:
[1]  It始s gone through a dist-upgrade at least 3 times, that始s bound
     to leave some scars.

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