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Re: Cairo branch.
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Jan D. |
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Re: Cairo branch. |
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Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:20:11 +0100 |
> 12 feb 2015 kl. 17:18 skrev Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>:
>
>> YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu made the patch to demonstrate printing, so that is new
>> (see x-print-frames-dialog or the Printing section in xfns.c).
>
> Oh, yes, I had forgotten about that one.
>
>> Otherwise it is just a step to keep up with the times, i.e. server side (as
>> in X11 server) rendering is going away as it seems. So Emacs must at some
>> point develop client side (cairo) rendering.
>
> So, IIUC the effect is to change the underlying code used to *draw* the
> actual windows (but not the widgets like menubar, scrollbars, ...).
Yes, draw the text, lines, etc.
> Does it affect font selection?
Not much. It has its on font backend, but uses Freetype (Xft) fonts like the X
backend.
There should be no display difference between cairo and X, they use the same
fonts.
Jan D.