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author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> | 2009-02-24 14:01:21 +0000 |
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committer | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> | 2009-02-24 14:01:21 +0000 |
commit | a4bead12924447ab979dc70c922aaa2f4e44f90c (patch) | |
tree | 2cdb6b643423dff3ce5f985d60b3c959cf720682 | |
parent | a93be82a3cc270f9ed340f270479834583cb3aba (diff) | |
download | emacs-a4bead12924447ab979dc70c922aaa2f4e44f90c.tar.gz |
(Fontsets): Correction to fontset-standard description.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 9d8b5d03267..a622722f1c6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -1356,11 +1356,8 @@ The default fontset is most likely to have fonts for a wide variety of 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 @@ emacs -fn fontset-standard 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 |