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Re: emacs and X



On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 03:06:33PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote:
> Hello debian users,
> 
> I'm reposting this problem again in hope that someone can help me out. I 
> really need to solve this since it's a real annoying bug.
> When I use emacs(emacs20-7), the window and the fonts are distorted at 
> times. After running some tests, I have figured out that this will occur 
> only after launching applications that use X. Some examples are launching 
> gkrellm and a java applet.
> 
> Normal pic:
> http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/normal.jpg
> 
> Bug pic:
> http://rplaca.cs.qc.edu/~bpark/weird.jpg
> 
> I haven't done anything to tweak X except for installing ttf and removing 
> xfonts100-dpi. Would reinstalling X solve this problem? If so, what 
> specific package(s) do I need to reinstall?
> Any help or suggestion is very much appreciated.

What font is emacs using?  Set it using your ~/.Xresources.  Does this
happen outside KDE?  Have you told KDE to not try to stupidly make X
apps look like KDE ones?  What happens when you reinstall xfonts-100dpi?
Does it affect other users?

-rob

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