For purpose of reference: anti-alias Emacs
[is.gd/riyx] I know that there is Emacs, the ultimative kitchen sink. But I cannot stand rasterizedly looking fonts (anymore). So, I refused to give Emacs any closer look at all. Now, despite used to Kate, in indenting sources Emacs looks to be superior.
So, how to anti-alias Emacs, then?
- Get a special version of Emacs: Add these two lines to your
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://emacs.orebokech.com lenny main
deb-src http://emacs.orebokech.com lenny main - Install Emacs from that source:
# apt-get install emacs-snapshot - Create/Append to the
~/.Xresourcesfile:$ echo 'Emacs.font: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-8' >> ~/.Xresources
$ echo 'Emacs.fontBackend: xft' >> ~/.Xresources
$ echo 'Xft.antialias: 1' >> ~/.Xresources - Apply the configuration of
~/.Xresources:
$ xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
That’s it, launching Emacs, now, should give you nice anti-aliased fonts, similarly to those used by Kate.
As always, if you apply the steps described here, you do so at your own risk. Sources I used for this post were 7ever (Aug 9, 2008) — Use emacs23 and xft on debian and Gentoo.org (Jan 2, 2009) –
Using Emacs XFT Support.
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