Hi,
Now that XFree 4.0.2 is out, the new Render extension (more details here :
http://www.xfree86.org/~keithp/render/) will be available on many (most ?)
Linux desktops.
What could be interesting for Wine is resumed in the X release note :
"Unlike the core protocol, Render provides no font support for applications,
rather it allows applications to upload glyphs for display on the screen.
This allows the client greater control over text rendering and complete
access to the available font information while still providing hardware
acceleration."
This could solve many problems Wine has for font displaying. I know this
argument (ie client-side font rendering) was already discussed at length
(and rejected due to the 'remote displaying' argument). But now that the
possibility of client-side glyphs is in the X protocol itself, we could have
the argu^H^H^H^Hdiscussion again :-)
I am sending this because some people seem to live on a desertic island and
where not aware of this extension :-) I do not feel competent enough in Wine
internals and Windows programming to tackle this task...
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Lionel Ulmer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My Advogato Wine diary : http://www.advogato.org/person/bbrox/
