On Thursday 12 June 2003 16:54, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: > Hello > > I just the hard masked evolution 1.4.0 package after upgrading gtk+ and > re-emerging my gtk-theme-engines. Now, although it emerged perfectly I > have to say that after the wait for development on this new version I'm > thoroughly disappointed by it. Here is some reasons. > > (1) The user interface text/font is blurry.
This is called anti-aliasing. This is not a bug, this is a feature. I believe, if you do not like it, you may be the first person in the history of man to not like anti-aliased fonts. :) > (2) There are no visible noticeable or improvements to GUI. It's now GTK2, of course there are changes (like the new secksi fonts). > (3) When I click on add new signature in the settings for my imap > account it crashes and quits. I do not have this problem. > (4) Although it claims to have only two running processes if you do a ps > -U <user> before and after running evolution you'll see that there are > many more. Also, when you close evolution several of these processes > lie dormant or defunct. I do not have this problem. > (5) The very useful 'killev' script that was provided for evolution > 1.2.x series to kill all dependent processes has been disposed off and > been replaced by an evolution --force-shutdown which still leaves > processes behind. Also, this new command cannot be run at root as it > needs access to X. If your root cannot access the X desktop, the you are not su'ing to root properly. Do not `su` or `su root`, only `su -`. (Otherwise the enviorment variables for root will not take affect.) > It was my primary mail client but I will be looking to change now. If you must change clients, I like KMail but you'll still have the wonderful anti-aliased fonts (if you opt for them, IIRC). > Any comments welcome. > > With regards. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com
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