Re: Q: Custom fontsets and using a non-default fontset

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Soham Gumaste <sohamg2@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 12:50:29 -0500
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> I used this [1] as init.el and ran `emacs --init-directory=.`. I
> checked the frame font with (frame-parameter nil 'font) and the output
> was NOT "fontset-mine" but rather a XLFD string representing the ascii
> font I chose. My 'emoji script font worked. Please let me know if this
> is a bug report or an error in my expectation of the output.
> 
> [1]:
> (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
>  (font-xlfd-name
>   (font-spec
>    :name "Fira Code" :height 130 :weight 'medium
>    :registry "fontset-mine")))
> 
> (set-fontset-font "fontset-mine" 'emoji
>                   (font-spec :family "Noto Color Emoji" :foundry "NONE"))
> 
> (setq default-frame-alist '((font . "fontset-mine")))

What you see is the expected behavior.  That's what setting a frame's
'font' parameter does when the value is a fontset.