>> (iii) workaround for the server hang during rasterisation of large fonts.
PS> (v) (maybe obsolete now) if the server is not multithreaded, it was better
PS> to use a font server, as rasterization of a large font didn't freeze
PS> the whole X, but only the program requesting that font, until the
PS> rasterization ends.
That's my point (iii). It's still the case, except for a special hack
for charcell TrueType fonts.
PS> In other words, if there were a possibility to use an external
PS> config file for font handling done by the X server (maybe a
PS> special fontpath like "config:/etc/X11/somefile" ), then I would
PS> be happy to drop default use of xfs and use that feature instead.
That's interesting. Why is it different from doing xset fp ... from
your Xsession file?
Juliusz
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