[RULE] kdrive update

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Friday 17 October 2003 04:33 pm, M. Fioretti wrote:
> 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.

I'm behind on my mail. Way behind... My apologies.

The kdrive packages I've built will use the X font server if it is 
available. Other wise it falls back to a limited set of pre configured 
font paths. It also has no problems with applications using 
xft2/fontconfig libraries. I have a laptop running tinyX and icewm, true 
type fonts look great.

You can also pass additional font paths to kdrive via the command line as 
well.

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