Re: antialiased fonts

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 24.05.2005 um 12:41 schrieb Rob Wilco:

> Questions :
>
> Is it true?
>
> I don't get it, why gnome-terminal can do it and emacs can't?

GNOME and GTK have a mechanism that reads a configuration file that  
names all fonts directories to be used. Then, when a GTK client is  
launched, another GTK mechanism checks whether any of these fonts has  
changed. If a change has happened, GTK spends the next few minutes to  
create cache files, fonts.cache-1 and .fonts.cache-1 in your home  
directory.

GNU Emacs relies on your X server. If it's font path is incorrect the X  
server won't be able to serve the same fonts as GTK can do. You can  
check the X server's setting with 'xset -q'. If you changes needed you  
can do them in your .xinitrc file, or what ever launches X for you at  
login. The syntax is simple:

	xset fp+  
/sw/share/ghostscript/fonts/,/sw/lib/X11/fonts/applettf/,/sw/lib/X11/ 
fonts/msttf/,/sw/lib/X11/fonts/efont-unicode/,/sw/lib/X11/fonts/intl/ 
TrueType/,/sw/lib/X11/fonts/intl/Type1/,/sw/lib/X11/fonts/intl/,/usr/ 
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bidi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Indian/,/sw/lib/X11/ 
fonts/efont-unicode/
        #
        xset fp rehash

> Who antialiases font?

The X server.

> What does it takes to make a gtk-aware emacs à la gvim?

Get it from CVS, configure it --with-gtk, compile and install it  
yourself. (Check always ./configure --help!)

> What process are involved xfs, defoma, Xorg/XFree86?

I think the development packages. defoma is a bit complicated to use,  
xfs is useful when you have one server that has all your fonts that its  
clients would like to use. This goes:

        xset fp+ inet/127.0.0.1:7101

In /usr/X11R6/bin you'll find some *-config executables. /etc/X11 will  
have configuration files.

--
Greetings

  Pete

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