On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:14:02AM +0100, Jos? Fonseca wrote: > What are the differences for a desktop user between using xfs or X's own > Xft? Which one is better?
Xft and xfs don't fill the same role at all. Xft is the client-side font rendering component (used with the RENDER extension) for anti-aliased fonts. xfs is a separate-process font server (as a complement to, or replacement for, locally-specified fontpaths in XF86Config[-4]). Supposedly in some configurations it can lower font-rendering latency (of course, it doesn't affect apps that use the RENDER extension for font drawing - the fonts there are drawn in the client process space). It also introduces the liability that your X server can hang if it loses its communication channel with the font server. -- Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on EFnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net) | #linuxOS on OPN _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
