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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Subject: Re: [9fans] p9p acme startup fonts.
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Date: Fri,  2 Dec 2005 13:27:45 -0600
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i didn't know most people set $font to a fixed-width font. i've been using a
variable-width $font for a long time:

; echo $font
/home/quanstro/plan9/font/code2000/code2000.14.font

(code2000 provides much better unicode coverage than pelm. and is
readable in smaller sizes.)

i haven't had any difficulties doing this. most programs that absolutely
need a fixed-width font do not play nicely with 9term because they also
use cursor addressing. the major exception being "cal".

i suppose the way to correct this $font abuse would be to use "font", "fixedfont",
and "varfont" environment variables. 

doesn't quite feel right, though.

- erik

Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> writes

| 
| Acme's default font is variable-width, but $font is fixed-width.
| You may prefer a fixed-width default font, but others do not.
| 
| Also, the /lib/font/bit paths are fine - libdraw will cope.
| 
| Russ