Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
Juanma Barranquero wrote: Ok, I have downloaded and installed the Dejavu LGC TT fonts. But what do I do now? In Emacs on w32? What I do is to define a fontset in the registry (HKLM\Software\GNU\Emacs), i.e., an Emacs.Fontset-0 string value with -*-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-fontset-dejavu and Emacs.Font = fontset-dejavu Thanks. I do not see the problem with this font either. Now I just have to get used to it... ;-) ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just read citation of the bug report you made: Yes, sorry. -outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-13-97-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1 I can see the problem with Courier New. It doesn't happen for me with DejaVu. Ok, I have downloaded and installed the Dejavu LGC TT fonts. But what do I do now? In Emacs on w32? What I do is to define a fontset in the registry (HKLM\Software\GNU\Emacs), i.e., an Emacs.Fontset-0 string value with -*-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-fontset-dejavu and Emacs.Font = fontset-dejavu Juanma ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, I have seen some traces of background coloring remaining on the >> screen, but I wonder whether that is an overlay only thing. > > What do you mean with "an overlay only thing"? That only happens with > overlays? I just read citation of the bug report you made: ** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: OVERLAY display artifact: trace left behind >> The default. > > What is the default font? -outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-13-97-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1 >> I have never tried changing font, actually. If you have any >> suggestions for testing then please point me to some quick recipe for >> changing fonts to. > > Try the dejavu fonts. They're quite nice. Ok, I have downloaded and installed the Dejavu LGC TT fonts. But what do I do now? In Emacs on w32? ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, I have seen some traces of background coloring remaining on the screen, but I wonder whether that is an overlay only thing. What do you mean with "an overlay only thing"? That only happens with overlays? The default. What is the default font? I have never tried changing font, actually. If you have any suggestions for testing then please point me to some quick recipe for changing fonts to. Try the dejavu fonts. They're quite nice. Juanma ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
Juanma Barranquero wrote: There are issues with ClearType; see for example this item from admin/FOR-RELEASE: ** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay display artifact: trace left behind Windows only bug. Bug appears only when Cleartype enabled, probably related to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem. Yes, I have seen some traces of background coloring remaining on the screen, but I wonder whether that is an overlay only thing. I will try to observe it again. BTW, what font are you using in your tests? Or does it happen with any font? The default. I have never tried changing font, actually. If you have any suggestions for testing then please point me to some quick recipe for changing fonts to. ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ehum, no. I thought there was no use in trying that Oh, of course, I asked about ClearType because it obviously had no relation whatsoever... :) So now I have some reasons having ClearType on and at least one having it off ;-| There are issues with ClearType; see for example this item from admin/FOR-RELEASE: ** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay display artifact: trace left behind Windows only bug. Bug appears only when Cleartype enabled, probably related to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem. In fact, your problem could be related to the original problem fixed by Jason's original patch of 2005-07-01. BTW, what font are you using in your tests? Or does it happen with any font? Juanma ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
Juanma Barranquero wrote: On 3/26/07, LENNART BORGMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have ClearType on? Yes Does it happen also with ClearType off? (I think you could've tried this without me asking it ;-) Ehum, no. I thought there was no use in trying that, but no, it does not happen with ClearType off. So now I have some reasons having ClearType on and at least one having it off ;-| but it still may be a problem with the KVM switch again. Do you mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch? Yes. Just checked on another display and I do not see that problem there. (However later is w2k and the one where I see the problem is XP.) So you didn't really check on "another display", but another computer setup... And AFAIK, W2K does not support ClearType. Yes, a totally different setup. No ClearType, no KVM, w2k. Does it happen with the stock CVS Emacs too? Five months ago I committed a patch from Ben North that could be related (Ben's patch definitely fixed a problem with bold faces in ClearType-enabled Windows, BTW). Yes, it happens with the stock CVS Emacs too. (I always - tbh nearly - with the stock CVS Emacs first. Even if I see no reason that there should be any difference.) 2006-10-27 Ben North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (tiny change) * w32term.c (x_draw_glyph_string_foreground): Set background mode to TRANSPARENT before using overstrike to simulate bold faces. * xfaces.c (best_matching_font): Fix logic to decide whether to use overstriking to simulate bold-face (it was reversed). CVS Emacs from 2007-03-21. ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
On 3/26/07, LENNART BORGMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have ClearType on? Yes Does it happen also with ClearType off? (I think you could've tried this without me asking it ;-) but it still may be a problem with the KVM switch again. Do you mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch? Just checked on another display and I do not see that problem there. (However later is w2k and the one where I see the problem is XP.) So you didn't really check on "another display", but another computer setup... And AFAIK, W2K does not support ClearType. Does it happen with the stock CVS Emacs too? Five months ago I committed a patch from Ben North that could be related (Ben's patch definitely fixed a problem with bold faces in ClearType-enabled Windows, BTW). 2006-10-27 Ben North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (tiny change) * w32term.c (x_draw_glyph_string_foreground): Set background mode to TRANSPARENT before using overstrike to simulate bold faces. * xfaces.c (best_matching_font): Fix logic to decide whether to use overstriking to simulate bold-face (it was reversed). Juanma ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
- Original Message - From: Juanma Barranquero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:47 am Subject: Re: Bold font hides end of previous character > On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > See the attached image. Completion is after "o". (Which looks > like "c".) > > Do you have ClearType on? Yes, but it still may be a problem with the KVM switch again. Just checked on another display and I do not see that problem there. (However later is w2k and the one where I see the problem is XP.) ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
On 3/26/07, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See the attached image. Completion is after "o". (Which looks like "c".) Do you have ClearType on? Juanma ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
Re: Bold font hides end of previous character
> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:39:54 +0200 > From: Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > See the attached image. Completion is after "o". (Which looks like "c".) I cannot reproduce this on my machine, neither with the default font, nor with the one I set up in my .emacs ("-outline-Courier New-normal-r-normal-normal-15-112-96-96-c-90-iso8859-1"). ___ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug