Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > >> >>> And the old code will
  > >> >>> be removed if I understand correctly, so what point is there in 
fixing
  > >> >>> minor bugs in it now?
  > >> >> As I see it, that is an argument for making the new backend the
  > >> >> default now, not "before the release of 23.1"...
  > >> > There are also arguments against that, such as the fact that the new 
backend
  > >> > does not seem to have stabilised yet, with problems like Stefan is
  > >> > experiencing now, and which Windows users suffered around the time of 
the
  > >> > merge still a frequent occurrence.
  > >> 
  > >> If we want it to be the default for 23.1, and given that it works now
  > >> and is merged into the trunk, I see no reason not to make it the default
  > >> now, so that bugs get found and fixed earlier rather than later.
  > >> 
  > >> Any objection to making the "--enable-font-backend" the default?
  > 
  > > It does not work very well with emacsclient
  > 
  > > emacs -Q -nw -f server-start
  > > emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
  > > C-x 5 0   in the emacsclient frame
  > > After that
  > > emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
  > > just hangs.
  > 
  > Works just fine for me,

Yep, Handa-san fixed it a few days ago.