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* PROBLEMS: Characters are displayed as empty boxes or with wrong font under X.
author Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
date Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:27:51 +0000
parents 96d237d6be00
children 92ad3f84faf9
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1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered 1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. 2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
3
4 * Characters are displayed as empty boxes or with wrong font under X.
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6 This can occur when two different versions of FontConfig are used.
7 For example, XFree86 4.3.0 has one version and Gnome usually comes
8 with a newer version. Emacs compiled with --with-gtk will then use
9 the newer version. In most cases the problem can be temporarily
10 fixed by stopping the application that has the error (it can be
11 Emacs or any other application), removing ~/.fonts.cache-1,
12 and then start the application again.
13 If removing ~/.fonts.cache-1 and restarting doesn't help, the
14 application with problem must be recompiled with the same version
15 of FontConfig as the rest of the system uses. For KDE, it is
16 sufficient to recompile Qt.
3 17
4 * Process output truncated on Mac OS X (Carbon) when using pty's. 18 * Process output truncated on Mac OS X (Carbon) when using pty's.
5 19
6 There appears to be a problem with the implementation of pty's on the 20 There appears to be a problem with the implementation of pty's on the
7 Mac OS X that causes process output to be truncated. To avoid this, 21 Mac OS X that causes process output to be truncated. To avoid this,