On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Gautam Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:53:24AM +0200, Mehturt wrote:
>
>> I have a redraw problem using mrxvt 0.5.3-1 on Ubuntu Hardy. When I
>> edit text in vim and use Ctrl+E or Ctrl+Y to scroll text up or down,
>> some pixels are not redrawed, they stay on the same position though
>> they should disappear. I am attaching a screenshot though I'm not sure
>> whether it will come thru this maillist. This problem only happens
>> with mrxvt + vim, in konsole + vim it works fine.
>
> Are you using Xft? If yes, this is a problem with some versions of the
> freetype library. Under some DPI / font size combinations, the size
> reported by freetype of font glyphs sometimes differs by one pixel from
> the size actually drawn.

Yes, using Xft.

>
> See if you find the same problem in xterm. Usually, when I have the
> problem you show, I see the same problem in xterm.

No, I cannot reproduce it using xterm.
The command lines for mrxvt and xterm I use are:

mrxvt -tn xterm -bg black -fg white -sl 2000 +sb -hb -stt -fg green
-xft -xftaa -xftsz 9 -xftfn "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
xterm -fa "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" -fs 9 -fg green

>
> You should be able to avoid it by upgrading the freetype libraries, and

Upgrading to what version? I'm currently using libxft2 2.1.12-2ubuntu5.

> setting your DPI appropriately (96 or higher I think).

My DPI is way above 100.

$ xdpyinfo |grep -i res
  resolution:    114x115 dots per inch

>
> GI

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