What are the differences for a desktop user between using xfs or X's own Xft? Which one is better?
I already had search for an answer to this before when had to choose which system to use but didn't found anything, and stick to xfs since it seemed more on the line of "Ol' Unix Way"... Now the mention of the "burial of xfs" below, made me realize that I'm skipping something.. What? Jos� Fonseca On 2002.05.25 04:40 Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:20:31PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > I (nearly) found where's the problem; if I do: > > > > xset fp- unix/:7100 > > > > I.e. I disable the font server that comes with X (xfs), but I still > > leave the TTF fonts somewhere in the font path, it seems that > everything > > works as expected. No more apps deadlocks. > > Hmm. Juliusz Chroboczek and Keith Packard don't need excuses to hasten > the burial of xfs, but you appear to have given them one. :) > > > my /etc/X11/fs/xfs.options contains just this line: > > > > no-restart-on-upgrade > > This is a Debian-specific file that communicates with the packaging > scripts for xfs, and the guys at the Xpert list don't care anything > about it; just FYI. > > The font server config file is /etc/X11/fs/config. > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- > a > Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a > greasy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | spot on the pavement, where used > to > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | lie the carcass of a dead horse. > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
