[Bug: 21.5-b29] Xemacs ignores custom.el

[Sparapani, Rodney]

> On Monday, March 07, 2011 4:37 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote:
>
> The  setting
>
> *Font:    -dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-m*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> is what's biting you.
>
> If my custom.el has
>
> (custom-set-faces
>  '(default ((t (:size "14pt" :family "Times"))) t)
> [other font settings omitted]
> )
>
> and xrdb shows no font settings, I get Times when I start XEmacs.  If I
> add a setting for
>
> *Font: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-100-*-*-*-iso8859-*
>
> (e.g., by editing $HOME/.Xdefaults and invoking "xrdb -merge
> $HOME/.Xdefaults") and then restart XEmacs, I get Helvetica instead.
> 
> I guess you'll have to do some digging to figure out where those font
> settings are coming from.  FWIW, I associate the dt-mumble fonts with
> CDE.
> 
> mike

Hi Mike:

But, it works for stable.  What has changed to make this not work anymore?
As someone who uses stable on a daily basis, it would really help if there was
a beta available for testing that doesn't need some special setup.

Thanks,

Rodney