Re: X window display bug?

[Jan Djärv]

Bo Lin skrev:
> Hi Jan,
>
> Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Bo Lin skrev:
> > > Hi Jan,
> > >
> > > Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hmm, can you try to recompile your Emacs with just -g (i.e. no -O)?
> > > Yes, this is Emacs 23.0.60.2 (as of Dec 19) compiled with CFLAGS='-g',
> > > no -O
> > Have you tried running with another font, like
> > % emacs -Q -fn fixed
>
> Yes, that fixes the problem! Seems it's caused by using non fixed-width
> font as "default font". I don't why emacs would choose a variable-width
> font as default font when -fn is not explicitly specified though,
> definitely not my "Monospace" font according to fc-match:
>
> $ fc-match monospace
> VeraMono.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" "Roman"

It could be a bad font, but it could also be corrupted cache files.  Try
% rm -rf ~/.font-cache* ~/.fontconfig
% sudo fc-cache --force

This rebuilds the cache files, it may take some time.

        Jan D.