From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: can't see emphasized text in org Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:06:41 +0800 Message-ID: <877hwucy5q.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <20090823183402.GB20401@dg> <4A918D71.4030809@nickbell.org> <20090823211052.GB8346@dg> <28056.1251066657@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfM9e-0006Mv-Dx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:07:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfM9Y-00069i-PV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:07:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <28056.1251066657@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> (Nick Dokos's message of "Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:30:57 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > *Why* it falls back to underlining is probably a question > that should be addressed to the emacs developers, but it looks like > a bug to me (hence copied to the emacs bugs list - version info > appended[2]) Wow, thanks for tracking this down! I'm not sure I would consider the fallback on underline a bug. As I understand it, the "italic" face is equivalent to the LaTeX "emphasize" -- which means that the font has to be more readable in any fashion, either by slanting the text or by underlining it. This is an incorrect use of "italic" but I guess fixing this would break things backward. Thanks again for the helpful information, -- Bastien