Marc Lehmann wrote: [Mon May 11 2009, 11:11:45PM EDT] > But it does - the code is obviously the same everyhwree, so it is > consistent. What's not consistent is ther width of the characters another > library hands out, which has nothing to do with urxvt. > > > which is easily understood by the context of the rest of the > > thread leading up to this point. > > Based on that, one could just as well claim gnome-terminal doesn't work > consistently, because it uses different on-screen widths for the same > character widths.
Well, I'm not sure I agree, but I think we understand each other's point in any case. > > > > the wider urxvt font spacing. But if gnome-terminal's > > > > method makes sense, maybe it would be appropriate for > > > > urxvt too. > > > > > > gnome-terminal doesn't care much about correct layout (or > > > speed). it can simply redraw everything from scratch and > > > stop caring if some fonts don't fit into the character > > > cells. > > > > This sounds like a giant assumption and copout. > > Yeah, it might sound like that to you, but it is a well-established fact. > Some people even offered bounties for somebody copying the urxvt code > into gnome-terminal, so their kernel compiles aren't slowed down by 30% > anymore. Well, you are certainly right here. However is it truly necessary to maintain the wider font width in order for this to remain the case, or are you simply making a general point? > (gnome-terminal has improved over the years, but is still orders of > magnitude slower than urxvt or even xterm). Actually xterm with xft fonts is the worst of the lot! It's unusably slow over remote X, which is how I work all the time. urxvt does by far the best in this case. (Thanks!) > In any case, I don't like your tone - if you don't believe > something, you are free to ask for clarification, but don't > make stupid comments such as my statement being a "giant > copout" - that's needlessly insulting and will cause me to > simply ignore you. I apologize. Aron _______________________________________________ rxvt-unicode mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schmorp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rxvt-unicode
