On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 10:39:27PM +0200, qsm...@tutanota.com wrote: > If I try > > printf 'X\n' | dmenu -fn '-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' > > with Dmenu 5.0, it runs with a fallback font that is clearly not the XLFD > Fixed font. No warning, nothing at all on standard error to hint at the fact > that it is not using it. > > I believe that either the manual page should document that XLFD is not > supported anymore or that the stderr should be used to warn users that the > font was not recognized and a fallback was used instead. >
dmenu uses Xft fonts since atleast dmenu 4.5, which was released in 2015. Maybe it is a good idea to document in the man page though (Xft / freetype / fontconfig), not sure. -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
