Re: XFree86 4.0

[Werner LEMBERG]

> 1) How do you guys relate to XFree86 4.0 and the FreeType
> font-server module included with it?

No relation.
   
> 2) How far off is 2.0, as I'd love for it (specifically the
> anti-aliasing) to be included in XFree86. I'm willing to do some
> hacking to get it working, but I didn't know how much code the 2.0
> release has yet to go. Also, has anyone succeeded in getting XFree86
> to use the FreeType 2.0 code to do native antialiased fonts?

FT2 is still beta and changing a lot, so it doesn't make sense to use
it already.  And about anti-aliased fonts, I believe that there is
some work in progress -- the X protocol must be extended to support
that, AFAIK.


    Werner