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27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Vinicius Provenzano <viniciusxp <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#55740: closed (Re: bug#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 17:29:02 +0000

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#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vinicius Provenzano <viniciusxp <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55740-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:28:42 +0300

> From: Vinicius Provenzano <viniciusxp <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 19:09:37 +0200
> 
> I would like just to point out that more than half of this section of FAQ is a detailed explanation of how to
> configure Emacs for BDF fonts explicitly on Windows. From the FAQ itself:
> 
> “ A few additional steps are necessary for MS-Windows; they are listed below.”
> 
>  I believe that adding a note on the FAQ, explaining that on Windows the portrayed configuration will only
> work for releases before 23 would be a nice touch.
> 
> If I may suggest an edit - it would be something along the lines of:
> 
> A few additional steps are necessary for MS-Windows (only available for  Emacs versions < 23); they are
> listed below.

Thanks, I just deleted the whole Windows-specific part of that
section.

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From: Vinicius Provenzano <viniciusxp <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:06:58 +0200

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 Hi to all,

I've found information on the Emacs GNU FAQ, distributed with Emacs

28.1, that is not relevant anymore - 10.4 How to add fonts for use

with Emacs. Here is the url of the FAQ:


https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/How-to-add-fonts.html



On the FAQ there is a set of instructions on how to add fonts that refer to
bdf fonts.

Bdf fonts are not supported on Emacs since

version 23 on Windows, as per the etc/NEW file.


Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.23.1



** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. The font backend was

   completely rewritten for this release. The focus on Windows has been

   getting acceptable performance and full unicode support, including

   complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A rewrite of the BDF

   font support has not happened due to lack of time and developers. If

   demand still exists for such a backend even with the improved

   language support for native Windows fonts, future development in this

   direction will most likely be based on the freetype library, giving

   access to a wider range of font formats.



I am not sure if this is the correct way of reporting this kind of

issue, that is not a technical bug, but a documention on need of

update.



Thank you.

 Vinicius

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