On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 11:20 +0100, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: > On 1/20/07, Marc Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > xft anti-aliasing is incorporated into the version 23 unicode trunk. > > > > So it looks great on a hi-res LCD panel. Without xft, even using > > Bitstream fonts, it was still pretty rough on the eyes. > > > > > Humm, call me silly, but most of the time I do not like anti-aliased > fonts: I tend to agree with > http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq/entries/Blurred_fonts.html, > where he says "characters look like having been dragged through mud" > :-). > > > It also fully supports GTK widgets, which is great if you are using > > GNOME, which I do. > > > > But my .emacs gets rid of the toolbar and scroll bars on start-up (I > find toolbars confusing things that take up precious screen space), > and often work without the menubar (when I am doing familiar work). I > use ion3 (http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/), which, together with > wmii (and followed, at some distance, by fmwv), I find the most usable > window managers, and thus the look of widgets is not that relevant to > me. > > So, for most practical purposes (except for resizing with the mouse) I > use emacs as if started with the -w command. (I know, I know, this > looks like going backwards ... must be a mid-life involution crisis > :-).
We'll drag you kicking and screaming into the 21st century... ;-) > > xft was added as a patch to version 22, but it was not very stable. > > > > Note that version 23 is in alpha status, so use at your own risk if you > > decide to pursue this. 21 is still the current stable release version, > > but 23 has been rock solid for me. > > > > I can provide you with a shell script to build it. Let me know. > > > > > Let me try with the debian packages, and if I have problems, I'll > definitely start bugging you. Thanks a lot for your help! > > Best, > > R. FWIW, here are some screen shots so that you can get a feel for what it looks like. This is using two 1600x1200 lcd panels. 1. Basic view of main window, showing ECB and ESS: http://home.comcast.net/~marc_schwartz/emacs23.png 2. Full screen (3200x1600 using nVidia TwinView) capture to show GTK file selection widget: http://home.comcast.net/~marc_schwartz/emacs23-2.png 3. View of main window to show the integration of SVN version control, which I use my all of my R code: http://home.comcast.net/~marc_schwartz/emacs23-3.png No doubt that the use of xft is a personal choice, and some folks do not like it, perhaps notably on CRTs. As I have gotten older and need bi-focals for computer work and reading, I find the use of xft much easier and I am less prone to eye strain, given how many hours I typically spend working each day. HTH, Marc ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.