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changeset 102247:b4a117181d97
(Fontsets): Correction to fontset-standard description.
author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:01:21 +0000 |
parents | 0b297a2cf2d3 |
children | 6a544631f99f |
files | doc/emacs/mule.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi Tue Feb 24 13:42:02 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi Tue Feb 24 14:01:21 2009 +0000 @@ -1356,11 +1356,8 @@ non-@acronym{ASCII} characters and is the default fallback for the other two fontsets, and if you set a default font rather than fontset. However it does not specify font family names, so results can be -somewhat random if you use it directly. The standard fontset merely -falls back on the default fontset without defining any modifications -of its own, and is defined for backwards compatibility. You can -specify use of the standard fontset with the @samp{-fn} option. For -example, +somewhat random if you use it directly. You can specify use of a +specific fontset with the @samp{-fn} option. For example, @example emacs -fn fontset-standard @@ -1370,6 +1367,11 @@ You can also specify a fontset with the @samp{Font} resource (@pxref{X Resources}). + If no fontset is specified for use, then Emacs uses an +@acronym{ASCII} font, with @samp{fontset-default} as a fallback for +characters the font does not cover. The standard fontset is only used if +explicitly requested, despite its name. + A fontset does not necessarily specify a font for every character code. If a fontset specifies no font for a certain character, or if it specifies a font that does not exist on your system, then it cannot