Using Emacs XFT Support
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Enabling Antialiased Fonts for Emacs
Installation and setup
Note:
Font anti-aliasing using the Xft library and FreeType fonts is
available with Emacs 23 or later.
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First, set the appropriate USE flags – you must have the
xft flag.
Code Listing 1.1: Adding appropriate USE flags |
# echo "app-editors/emacs xft" >> /etc/portage/package.use
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Now it's time to install Emacs:
Code Listing 1.2: Emerging emacs |
# emerge -av app-editors/emacs
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You can now use XFT fonts in emacs; try emerging
media-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera first.
Code Listing 1.3: Enabling XFT fonts in emacs |
$ emacs --font 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-12'
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If you're happy with this as your default font, set it in your
~/.Xresources:
Code Listing 1.4: Setting the default font for emacs startup |
$ echo "Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-12" >> ~/.Xresources
$ xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
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Resources
For more details on Emacs with XFT pretty fonts, see:
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