[jed-users] Re: Double spacing fonts bug in xjed

["Itai Arad" <ia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Morten,

You are (partially) right.

For some reason, now DejaVu Sans Mono seems to work for me - but *both* from command line via -fn  *and* via .Xresources.

Other fonts (except for Source Code Pro) have the double spacing problem.

Another strange thing:

if I run it from command line via xjed  -fn "DejaVu Sans Mono" -fs 14 --- I get the right behavior. 

However, if I use:  xjed  -fn "xft:DejaVu Sans Mono" -fs 14  --- xjed ignores the -fs option and falls for font-size=12

Best,
I.



On Sun, Aug 27, 2023, at 19:06, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
> Itai Arad <ia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have installed jed on manjaro linux and I am trying to use
>> xjed. However, all the fonts look funny; they appear to occupy
>> to places, where the letter is written in one space and the
>> other space is empty.
>> 
>> For example, if I write ABC, it will appear there as "A B C"
>> 
>> I tried many different fonts using -fn and -fs --- for example,
>> xjed -fn "mono" -fs 11 --- but while the fonts and sizes
>> change, I always get the same behavior.
>> 
>> Do you know what could have gone wrong? I compiled it with xft support.
>
> I use Arch Linux and Wayland (xwayland enabled).
>
>   ~/ % xjed --version
>   jed version: pre0.99.20-159/Unix
>    Compiled with GNU C 12.2
>   S-Lang version: pre2.3.3-48
>  
>   jed compile-time options:
>    +LINE_ATTRIBUTES +BUFFER_LOCAL_VARS +SAVE_NARROW +TTY_MENUS
>    +EMACS_LOCKING +MULTICLICK +SUBPROCESSES +DFA_SYNTAX +ABBREVS
>    +COLOR_COLUMNS +LINE_MARKS +GPM_MOUSE +IMPORT
>
> I see the same problem as you when starting xjed with the -fn
> switch. However, specifying the font in ~/.Xresources works as
> expected. I have the following font definition in there:
>
>   UXjed*font: DejaVu Sans Mono
>   UXjed.facesize: 14
>
> So, if you don't have to use the -fn switch for some reason,
> then just specifiy your font in ~/.Xresources. Remember to run
>
>   xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
>  
> after you've modified the file.
>
> Fwiw, I also tried to run xjed with the -fn switch under Xorg
> and the problem is the same there. but possibly that could be
> explained by some environment variables set by my wayland
> session not having been cleared?
>
>
>   Morten
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