Re: Xlib and rotated text?

2011-03-18 Thread walter harms
Am 17.03.2011 20:30, schrieb Peter Harris: On 2011-03-17 13:52, Chris wrote: I've had a look at freetype, but it seems like overkill for what I need and also a dependency I'm not sure I can afford (and it seems that then I also need fontconfig). So this is a last resort for me. You want

Re: Xlib and rotated text?

2011-03-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/18/11 01:18 AM, walter harms wrote: Am 17.03.2011 20:30, schrieb Peter Harris: On 2011-03-17 13:52, Chris wrote: I've had a look at freetype, but it seems like overkill for what I need and also a dependency I'm not sure I can afford (and it seems that then I also need fontconfig).

Re: No mouse, no keyboard in X

2011-03-18 Thread walt
On 03/17/2011 07:08 PM, jazzbo wrote: walter s wrote: On 03/15/2011 06:46 PM, jazzbo wrote: The Xserver doesn't find the mouse or keyboard unless keyboard and mouse are unplugged / plugged in. The X logfile should give you some messages about input devices when the X server is starting

Re: Xlib and rotated text?

2011-03-18 Thread Chris
Hi Alan Peter, thanks for both your suggestions. I will try to implement using one of them, and if I fail with both, I'll move to some higher-level lib. I agree with not inventing the wheel too often, but in this case, the rotated text is the *only* feature I will be using that is not easily

[ANNOUNCE] libXi 1.4.2

2011-03-18 Thread Jeremy Huddleston
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gaetan Nadon (4): config: remove AC_PROG_CC as it overrides AC_PROG_C_C99 config: remove already included AC_PROG_SED statement config: replace deprecated AM_CONFIG_HEADER with AC_CONFIG_HEADERS config: comment, minor upgrade,

Re: [GSOC] greetings

2011-03-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Welcome - we're glad to have students showing interest in our GSoC projects, and got official confirmation today that X.Org has been accepted as a mentoring organization into the GSoC program this year. I've cc'ed the xorg-devel mailing list, since you'll have a much easier time connecting with