I wanted to try the latest cvs snapshot with XFT support, since i did not want to screw up more my workstation i have used packages instead of make install blindy.
Basically i have a script called ./build.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
d=$(date '+%Y%m%d')
debpatch=20061218-1
mkdir -p cvs
pushd cvs >/dev/null && {
cvs -Q -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/sources/emacs co -r emacs-unicode-2 emacs
} && popd >/dev/null
mkdir -p build
[[ -d build/emacs-${d} ]] && rm -rf build/emacs-${d}
cp -al cvs/emacs build/emacs-${d}
zcat patches/emacs-snapshot_${debpatch}.diff.gz|patch -p1 -d build/emacs-${d}
cat patches/with-font.patch|patch --silent -p1 -d build/emacs-${d}
pushd build/emacs-${d} >/dev/null && {
chmod +x debian/rules
dch -v "1:${d}-1" "New snapshot."
dch "Build with xft."
fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -b
} && popd >/dev/null
in patches/with-font.patch i have :
--- c/debian/rules.chmou 2007-01-21 23:21:09.486353750 +1100
+++ c/debian/rules 2007-01-21 23:21:13.914630500 +1100
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
# Emacs-gtk confflags
emacs_gtk_confflags := ${confflags}
emacs_gtk_confflags += --with-x=yes
-emacs_gtk_confflags += --with-x-toolkit=gtk
+emacs_gtk_confflags += --with-x-toolkit=gtk --enable-font-backend --with-xft
# Emacs-nox confflags
emacs_nox_confflags := ${confflags}
--- c/src/emacs.c.chmou 2007-01-21 23:21:09.486353750 +1100
+++ c/src/emacs.c 2007-01-21 23:22:18.430662500 +1100
@@ -1408,10 +1408,10 @@
= argmatch (argv, argc, "-nl", "--no-loadup", 6, NULL, &skip_args);
#ifdef USE_FONT_BACKEND
- enable_font_backend = 0;
- if (argmatch (argv, argc, "-enable-font-backend", "--enable-font-backend",
- 4, NULL, &skip_args))
enable_font_backend = 1;
+ if (argmatch (argv, argc, "-disable-font-backend", "--disable-font-backend",
+ 4, NULL, &skip_args))
+ enable_font_backend = 0;
#endif /* USE_FONT_BACKEND */
#ifdef HAVE_X_WINDOWS
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@
{ "-unibyte", "--unibyte", 81, 0 },
{ "-no-multibyte", "--no-multibyte", 80, 0 },
{ "-nl", "--no-loadup", 70, 0 },
- { "-enable-font-backend", "--enable-font-backend", 65, 0 },
+ { "-disable-font-backend", "--disable-font-backend", 65, 0 },
/* -d must come last before the options handled in startup.el. */
{ "-d", "--display", 60, 1 },
{ "-display", 0, 60, 1 },
i have as well in patches/ the ubuntu (or could be debian) patch downloaded from the ubuntu (or debian archive) archive which is for ubuntu on
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/emacs-wiki
If there is a new version you will need to increase the version in build.sh to match the patch downloaded.
When running build.sh it should produce binary in build/* with xft enabled by default. Make sure to have all the dependencies (dpkg-buildpackages should tell you if there is unresovled one).
One screenshot :