Rev is approaching the point where I will simply complete my transition to linux and be happy... my ubuntu box is so much more responsive than my mac os x box, and both have similar specs.
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]>wrote: > I got another update this morning from the team on the progress of the Rev > engine for Linux, and this one's for Richmond: > > <http://fourthworldlabs.com/rev/fontimprove.PNG> > > With the screenshot Mark Waddingham noted: > > To be fair, the visual difference for roman text is mostly nil > (or at least will be when I've fixed the slight difference in > baselines that seems to have crept in). > > The linux engine now uses 'pango' to do all its text rendering > and font selection/listing - this is the modern approach and > means if you install fonts via GTK/Gnome/Fontconfig etc. you > actually see them listed in Rev and will be used when requested. > > In addition, all the font fallback and such works correctly > both for unicode text and all the config that distros have > invested in 'fontconfig'. The latter, in particular, means you > get sensible default fonts for most common typefaces for other > platforms (for example, there is rarely actually a 'Helvetica' > installed any more, but there is pretty much always Nimbus Sans > which is metric and look compatible). > > I'm not sure what the performance impact of this might be yet > - I'm hoping it might fix some of the field performance problems > that seem to plague some linux distributions since various > things are cached now which weren't before. More testing will > be needed to see if this is indeed the case. > > > Kevin also noted that some progress has been made in diagnosing the cause > of the printPaperOrientation issue, but that the solution is "not > straightforward" so he doesn't have a fix in hand just yet and will try to > squeeze one in within the couple of weeks. > > Things are looking better each week for those of us enjoying Linux > deployments. :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
