Wishlist: Xft/Freetype support
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emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: emacs-snapshot-gtk
OK, I've got this brand new Edgy installed today - everything is looking great; but starting Emacs ruins the whole thing.
The fonts sucks guys -- this is 2006 -- this is Edgy; and Emacs is a great editor feature-wise but it looks like crap without fonts.
I do not know how to create .deb-packages or update `emacs-
This is what I did (after removing any previously installed Emacs):
sudo aptitude install libxt-dev libgtk2.0-dev texinfo build-essential
..
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:<email address hidden>
cd emacs
cvs up -Pd -r XFT_JHD_BRANCH
./configure --with-
make bootstrap && make
make install
..this installs the thing into /usr/local
however; trying to install things like `dictem' using `aptitude' will not work correctly now of course.
I guess this is more of a request-for-feature than a bug. :)
H m - the emacs-wiki mentions that the `emacs- unicode- 2'-branch .. maybe this branch is in some way newer/better than the one I've used above?
http:// www.emacswiki. org/cgi- bin/wiki/ XftGnuEmacs