[RULE] kdrive update

M. Fioretti m.fioretti at inwind.it
Fri Oct 17 23:33:32 EEST 2003


On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 14:01:54 at 02:01:54PM +0300, Kweskin Richard  rkwesk at mail.ariadne-t.gr  wrote:
> > >         On the cons side, it doesn't use the xfs font server, and
> > >         doesn't support true type fonts.

> > I don't remember about true type, but the advantage of modern Linux
> > applications (and, of course, of RULE which want to stay current, not
> > resort to old SW) is that they do client side fonts with the
> > xft2/fontconfig libraries.

Another thing to consider is that standard XFree can use fonts in
static paths listed in XFree86config, without any server. *If* also
kdrive can do it, one could set one static font for legacy consoles,
and resort to xft2 client side fonts apps otherwise.

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	   Marco Fioretti

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