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23.0.60; Can't select bitstream vera sans mono as (default) font

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#875: closed (23.0.60; Can't select bitstream vera sans mono
 as (default) font)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:16:01 +0000

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From: berberic <at> forwiss.uni-passau.de (M G Berberich)
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: 23.0.60; Can't select bitstream vera sans mono as (default) font
Date: Wed,  3 Sep 2008 18:32:52 +0200 (CEST)

I just installed the 20080727 emacs-snapshot and are not able to
select "Vera Sans Mono-9" as font. In older versions this was possible
via X-Resource, no emacs has a GUI to select the font, but It ignores
the selection.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20)
 of 2008-09-03 on luthien, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20080727-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.60/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.0.60/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  msb-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
M-x r e p o <tab> <tab> r t <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/muse-el/muse-autoloads.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50muse-el.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50octave2.9-emacsen.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50post-el.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50sawfish.el (source)...done
Loading msb...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Making completion list...
call-interactively: Text is read-only

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 875-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#875: 23.0.60;
	Can't select bitstream vera sans mono as (default) font
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:15:12 -0400

This bug is being closed because it could not be reproduced and there
was no response to a request for more information.
If you reply with the requested information it can be reopened if needed.

You can view the whole report at http://debbugs.gnu.org/BUGNUMBER

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Could you be more specific?  For instance, when I click on Options->Set
> Default Font, I can select "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" in the GTK dialog
> that pops up; selecting this causes the Emacs font to change, as
> expected.
>
> Similarly, a line
>
> Emacs.Font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 9
>
> in ~/.Xresources also does the right thing: Emacs starts up with
> Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 9 as the default font.
>
> Please provide a more detailed recipe for reproducing this problem.

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