From a7f71e8dfae9b1571a2ad34e44f000ff4a391644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:40:33 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation of font backends on MS-Windows * doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows Fonts): Update the documentation of requesting specific font backends. --- doc/emacs/msdos.texi | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi index dc34904a012..6933130d5bd 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi @@ -1014,6 +1014,15 @@ invokes Emacs. You can also request all the 3 backends via the font searches for characters for which no fonts are available on the system will take longer. +Alternatively, you could specify a font backend for a frame via the +@code{font-backend} frame parameter, using +@code{modify-frame-parameters} (@pxref{Parameter Access,,, elisp, The +Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}). You can also request specific font +backend(s) for all your frames via @code{default-frame-alist} and +@code{initial-frame-alist} (@pxref{Frame Parameters}). Note that the +value of the @code{font-backend} parameter should be a list of +symbols, as in @code{(uniscribe)} or @w{@code{(harfbuzz uniscribe gdi)}}. + @cindex font properties (MS Windows) @noindent Optional properties common to all font backends on MS-Windows are: -- 2.39.2