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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 | 488bac6ea65f21015b5577657fcb8bd656863ccb (patch) | |
tree | 49ff90758badd932845ec3bda1e1c14aa7554d76 | |
parent | cdaf03a02f08f7f89bd17ef53a40c6f7cd44c2d5 (diff) | |
download | emacs-488bac6ea65f21015b5577657fcb8bd656863ccb.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 |