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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-03-19 12:24:51 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-03-19 12:24:51 -0700
commit468259c26e79113b6208324305ffc22ad74a041e (patch)
tree926ec10d0fd0da8ece39fe8899751839d983aceb /lisp/faces.el
parentbb9924128397d072c6997de1f0b77ee8ae671e0e (diff)
parent0e35405a92be502ab3851890fc4eb660842fd3a9 (diff)
downloademacs-468259c26e79113b6208324305ffc22ad74a041e.tar.gz
Merge from origin/emacs-25
0e35405 Improve documentation of coding-systems c2fd04c Improve definition of 'variable-pitch' face on MS-Windows 16fb50d Fix an error message in python.el a2a2073 Clarify major mode switching fc38671 Add helpful comment to compile-command's docstring ee65d85 Fix ':version' of 'select-enable-primary'
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diff --git a/lisp/faces.el b/lisp/faces.el
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@@ -2349,10 +2349,13 @@ If you set `term-file-prefix' to nil, this function does nothing."
(defface variable-pitch
'((((type w32))
- ;; This is a kludgy workaround for an issue discussed in
+ ;; This is a workaround for an issue discussed in
;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-04/msg00746.html.
- :font "-outline-Arial-normal-normal-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1")
- (t :family "Sans Serif"))
+ ;; We need (a) the splash screen not to pick up bold-italics variant of
+ ;; the font, and (b) still be able to request bold/italic/larger size
+ ;; variants in the likes of EWW.
+ :family "Arial" :foundry "outline")
+ (t :family "Sans Serif"))
"The basic variable-pitch face."
:group 'basic-faces)