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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs mule.texi


From: Jason Rumney
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs mule.texi
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:01:21 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Jason Rumney <jasonr>   09/02/24 14:01:21

Modified files:
        doc/emacs      : mule.texi 

Log message:
        (Fontsets): Correction to fontset-standard description.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: mule.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- mule.texi   24 Feb 2009 13:38:15 -0000      1.12
+++ mule.texi   24 Feb 2009 14:01:21 -0000      1.13
@@ -1356,11 +1356,8 @@
 address@hidden 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
address@hidden 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




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