Hi!

I'm trying to switch from XEmacs to Emacs.
When I set the default font with
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| (set-default-font "-dejavu-dejavu sans mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15")
`----
the spacing between the lines is too large - it's like 1.5 lines instead
of a single line. Even (setq-default line-spacing 1) doesn't decrease
it.

Could anyone give me a hint what I'm doing wrong?

Am 05.09.2007 um 15:44 schrieb Sebastian Kaps:

It's a feature of this font.

Have you thought of getting Java and using its Lucida Sans Typewriter
font?

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

Pete

// Peter Dyballa writes:

It happens with every font I tried. Besides, in XEmacs the line spacing
is correct with the same font.

I have Java installed and I also tried this font. Same problem.
I made a screenshot: <http://sebastian-kaps.de/misc/fonts.jpg>
The left windows is XEmacs, the right one is Emacs. Both use the same font:
"-lucida-lucidasans typewriter-book-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15"

Am 06.09.2007 um 00:18 schrieb Sebastian Kaps:

Could be it's a GTK issue. Can you configure and compile (make
bootstrap) GNU Emacs 22 or 23 without GTK, i.e. ``--with-x-
toolkit=athena´´ or such to see whether your GNU Emacs behaves like
mine? Mine presents itself more like your XEmacs – and I'm not using
GTK, not even for the Window Manager (blackbox).

// Peter Dyballa writes:

The Emacs in the screenshot doesn't use GTK. I use the Debian package
from Ubuntu Gutsy which provides both, a GTK-version and a version with
Athena widgets. It makes no difference whether I use the GTK-version or
not.

Maybe you just turned off the toolbars? I haven't figured out how to do
this in Emacs yet. But I just downloaded the current 22.1 release and
compiled it with

Am 06.09.2007 um 09:00 schrieb Sebastian Kaps:

Yes, I have so, usually, but this does not change how text is
displayed. I can switch tool-bar on or off and the line spacing does
*not* change.

(tool-bar-mode 0)

I presume it's a typical Debian problem, I mean: improvement.

Try to find the system init file. Insert this statement

(defadvice load (before debug-log activate)
(message "(Tipp von Kai G) Lade jetzt: %%s" (ad-get-arg 0)))

and then you'll see in *Messages* which Elisp files get loaded. One
of these has the code that spreads the lines. A proof of my theory
can be to launch GNU Emacs with -Q – then it, hopefully, does not
load any improved or average init files, neither from the system nor
from the user.

// Peter Dyballa writes:

Sorry that was a misunderstanding. When you mentioned GTK and that your
Emacs looked like my XEmacs I thought you concluded from the toolbar of
my Emacs that it uses GTK.

Thanks!

I think I can rule that out. I took my self-compiled emacs binary and
ran it with the "-Q" option, so no init files should be read.
Then I changed the default font with "M-: (set-default-font ...)" and
again the line spacing was too big.

Am 06.09.2007 um 12:28 schrieb Sebastian Kaps:

One more try (I can't imagine more right now): run 'xrdb -remove'
which should delete all recently set X resources (you can reload them
afterwards via 'xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults' or such). When you now
launch GNU Emacs with -Q it should launch quite pure and undisturbed ...

// Peter Dyballa writes:

Sorry, that also had no effect. I even tried launched a minimal X
session (with just "xterm" in ~/.xinitrc) as another user and the
problem still persisted :-(

Am 06.09.2007 um 19:06 schrieb Sebastian Kaps:

This minimal session does not mean that no X resources are existing
or are set for this session. Besides making the output of 'xrdb -q'
empty there are still files with default X resources an X client can
find and read and apply ...