Ignore color fonts when using Xft

* src/font.c (syms_of_font): New configuration variable
xft-ignore-color-fonts, default t.
* src/ftfont.c (ftfont_spec_pattern): Tell fontconfig to ignore
color fonts if xft-ignore-color-fonts is t.  (Bug#30874, Bug#30045)
* etc/NEWS: Document xft-ignore-color-fonts.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ftfont.c b/src/ftfont.c
index c2e093e633d..24a92dd52e8 100644
--- a/src/ftfont.c
+++ b/src/ftfont.c
@@ -764,6 +764,13 @@ ftfont_spec_pattern (Lisp_Object spec, char *otlayout, struct OpenTypeSpec **ots
   if (scalable >= 0
       && ! FcPatternAddBool (pattern, FC_SCALABLE, scalable ? FcTrue : FcFalse))
     goto err;
+#ifdef HAVE_XFT
+  /* We really don't like color fonts, they cause Xft crashes.  See
+     Bug#30874.  */
+  if (Vxft_ignore_color_fonts
+      && ! FcPatternAddBool(pattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse))
+    goto err;
+#endif
 
   goto finish;