On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 10:58:33AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > [ This should probably be on a GTK+ list I suppose... ] > > On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 01:55, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > It's not on by default because lots of people don't have xft/RENDER/etc. > > The GNOME 2.1.x development series includes new bits and pieces to change > > these settings on the fly (as seen in RH8.0). > > According to an X guru I talked to on IRC, there is an X function > "QueryExtension" for testing whether the server has a particular > extension. Why can't GTK+ just use this, and enable the xft renderer if > xft is available? And then you could say GDK_DISABLE_XFT=1 if you > really didn't want to use xft for some reason.
Because, like michel said, gtk2 use XFT, which is a _clientside_ AA implementation, and has nothing whatsoever to do with X (which use either freetype2 or ttf). But then, i may be wrong. Friendly, Sven Luther > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
