From the News file ( http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/NEWS.23.2 ):
** Emacs compiles with Gconf support, if it is detected.
Use the configure option --without-gconf to disable this.
This is used by the `font-use-system-font' feature (see below).
** Font changes
*** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome.
To enable this feature, set `font-use-system-font' to non-nil (it is
nil by default). If the system default changes, Emacs changes also.
This feature requires Gconf support, which is automatically included
at compile-time if configure detects the gconf libraries (you can
disable this with the configure option --without-gconf).
*** On X11, Emacs reacts to Xft changes made by configuration tools,
via the XSETTINGS mechanism. This includes antialias, hinting,
hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter changes.
This should be fixed when Emacs gets updated to 23.2 and built with gconf (and font-use- system- font set is set to non-nil.) No telling when that might happen, though: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ emacs23/ +bug/588203
From the News file ( http:// www.gnu. org/software/ emacs/NEWS. 23.2 ): system- font' feature (see below).
** Emacs compiles with Gconf support, if it is detected.
Use the configure option --without-gconf to disable this.
This is used by the `font-use-
** Font changes
*** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome. system- font' to non-nil (it is
To enable this feature, set `font-use-
nil by default). If the system default changes, Emacs changes also.
This feature requires Gconf support, which is automatically included
at compile-time if configure detects the gconf libraries (you can
disable this with the configure option --without-gconf).
*** On X11, Emacs reacts to Xft changes made by configuration tools,
via the XSETTINGS mechanism. This includes antialias, hinting,
hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter changes.