On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 07:46 +0200, michalwd1979 wrote: > Hello again, > Is there a way to have a better (more readable) text in gshcem's > schematic window? On my system I have to deeply zoom on every > component to read pins description/numbers. With large components > (like 208 pins) it is hard to have whole part on screen with readable > text.
No way at present, gschem doesn't use anti-aliased drawing at all. There is some experimental code to do this using the cairo library, but it is no where near ready for actual use. Due to the way gschem draws its own fonts, line by line, its not as fast (at least, consumes more CPU) when dragging things around. Another way being investigated was using new arbitrary "user" font support being developed for cairo, to cache rendered glyphs and speed things up. This arbitrary font support in cairo hasn't even been merged or released yet, so we might end up needing to wait for a bleeding-edge version of that library. In short, and if you're not wanting to track its development through the next release cycle, this is a feature that _might_ be ready by gEDA 1.6.0. Have fun with the gEDA tools, and don't hesitate to ask questions here. Best wishes, Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
