Re: OSX "new frame" mangles default face

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <address@hidden> writes:

Randal> This behavior changed recently (within the past few weeks).  I'm
Randal> sorry that I can't narrow it more closely than that.

Randal> I have the following in my .emacs:

Randal> (custom-set-faces
Randal>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
Randal>   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
Randal>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
Randal>   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
Randal>  '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "white" :foreground "black" 
:inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil 
:slant normal :weight normal :height 120 :width normal :family "apple-dejavu 
sans mono"))))
Randal>  '(fixed-pitch ((t (:family "apple-dejavu sans mono"))))
Randal>  '(variable-pitch ((t (:family "apple-dejavu sans")))))

Randal> Emacs properly fires up with my selected font.  Also, emacs properly
Randal> breaks to a new frame with that font when I use "^X 5 B dummy RET".
Randal> Or at least, it *used* to do that.  When I just tried that a moment
Randal> ago (for the first time in a few weeks), I got a totally different
Randal> font in the new frame.  When I call M-x customize-face RET default RET
Randal> in that window, it shows me "apple-monaco"!  Why did it lose my face?
Randal> And why did this start only recently?  Ugh!  I hate apple-monaco. :)

As a data point, I just checked out EMACS_22_1 and recompiled,
and the problem is *not* in there.  I get the original behavior that
I've come to expect... new frame keeps same default face.

So it's something introduced between 22.1 and CVS HEAD.  Hope that helps.

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