Re: Should the fonts listed by xlsfonts be used by emacs?

[Kevin Rodgers]

c.c wrote:
> I found the answer, the manual says:
>
> "
>    If you specify a default ASCII font with the `Font' resource or the
> `-fn' argument, Emacs generates a fontset from it automatically.  This
> is the "startup fontset" and its name is `fontset-startup'.
> "
>
> I think the 'emacs -fn' wants a ASCII font name, but the name I gave
> is a mbyte font name, so Emacs can't generate a fontset correctly.

That seems plausible, if you substitute "unibyte" for "ASCII" since
Emacs has no problem with e.g. the ISO 8859-* fonts specified via -fn
or a Font resource.

--
Kevin