From 6e560c713408d95269e14c879ad3b0b59b536df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:17:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * frames.texi (Fonts): Mention "C-u C-x =" to find out what font you're currently using. Fixes: debbugs:8489 --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/emacs/frames.texi | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index f02910f6b09..c1da9a1078c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-07-02 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen + + * frames.texi (Fonts): Mention "C-u C-x =" to find out what font + you're currently using (bug#8489). + 2011-07-01 Eli Zaretskii * mule.texi (Coding Systems): Move index entries from the previous diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi index 298a7d4598b..633b65251e4 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi @@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ Use the command line option @samp{-fn} (or @samp{--font}). @xref{Font X}. @end itemize +To check what font you're currently using, the @kbd{C-u C-x =} +command can be helpful. It'll describe the character under point, and +also say what font it's rendered in, if the window system you're +running under supports that. + @cindex fontconfig On X, there are four different ways to express a ``font name''. The first is to use a @dfn{Fontconfig pattern}. Fontconfig patterns have -- 2.39.2