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Re: [h-e-w] ClearType in Windows XP: Dirty Cursor
From: |
Dr Francis J. Wright |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] ClearType in Windows XP: Dirty Cursor |
Date: |
Fri, 17 May 2002 17:59:47 +0100 |
IIRC, ClearType is disabled in the current version of Emacs (21.2) because
it causes such problems. Whether or not that's the fix you were looking for
I leave you to decide :-)
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Baker" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:37 AM
Subject: [h-e-w] ClearType in Windows XP: Dirty Cursor
> Noble Emacs Gurus,
>
> I have been experiencing a display bug in Emacs NT, version 21.1, that
> appears in Windows XP when ClearType is enabled. It has two
manifestations:
> one minor, and one major.
>
> Minor bug: the leftmost and rightmost pixel columns of
> each character can get a little munged. Still readable,
> but munged nonetheless.
>
> Major bug: when in MMM mode in a region that is colored
> differently than the main page color, typing leaves vertical
> bars between characters, making it extremely difficult
> to read what has just been typed without a forced screen
> redraw.
>
> Both problems go away each time the screen is redrawn (C-l).
>
> I can send screen captures of the problems on request.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bill Baker
>
>
>