Function: describe-fontset

describe-fontset is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in mule-diag.el.gz.

Signature

(describe-fontset FONTSET)

Documentation

Display information about FONTSET.

This shows which font is used for which character(s).

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/international/mule-diag.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-fontset (fontset)
  "Display information about FONTSET.
This shows which font is used for which character(s)."
  (interactive
   (if (not (and window-system (fboundp 'fontset-list)))
       (error "No fontsets being used")
     (let ((fontset-list (nconc
			  (fontset-list)
			  (mapcar 'cdr fontset-alias-alist)))
	   (completion-ignore-case t))
       (list (completing-read
              (format-prompt "Fontset" "used by the current frame")
	      fontset-list nil t)))))
  (let ((help-buffer-under-preparation t))
    (if (= (length fontset) 0)
	(setq fontset (face-attribute 'default :fontset))
      (setq fontset (query-fontset fontset)))
    (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-fontset fontset)
		     (called-interactively-p 'interactive))
    (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
      (with-current-buffer standard-output
	(print-fontset fontset t)))))