On 2008-10-24 15:57 +0200, picca wrote: > Le Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:17:47 +0200, > Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : >> Most likely you (or somebody "helpfully" for you) have set Emacs.font >> via X resources. What does "xrdb -query | grep -i emacs" print? >> Check ~/.Xdefaults and/or ~/.Xresources if you get matches. > > the xrdb query gives me: > Emacs*font: Monospace-8 > > it was in my .Xresources > > so after an `xrdb -remove Emacs*font` every things went fine. > > Thanks > > I think you can close this bug as a workaround exist.
I think it is still a bug to exit instead of trying a fallback font if the desired font could not be loaded. Compare that with xterm's behavior: ,---- | % xterm -fn 'Monospace-8' & | [1] 5982 | % xterm: unable to open font "Monospace-8", trying "fixed".... | | % emacs22 -fn 'Monospace-8' & | [2] 5987 | % No fonts match `Monospace-8' | | [2] + 5987 done emacs22 -fn 'Monospace-8' | % `---- Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
