[bug #4691] with X 4.3 xlib backend is dead (except on bload distros))

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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=4691&group_id=99

Changes by: Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
Date: Fri 08/15/2003 at 13:50 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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          Resolution | None                      | Wont Fix
              Status | Declined                  | Closed


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Hi Alban,

this is not just about closing a bug for GNUstep. If your font configuration 
for X is broken there really is nothing we could do about it. Even xlsfonts 
will fail for you, which uses very similar interfaces to font_cacher.
And if you want to avoid the use of font_cacher GNUstep offers you different 
ways to do so the XFT fonts for xlib or the libart backend.



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Submitted by: prahal                  Project: GNUstep                      
Submitted on: Sat 08/09/2003 at 18:45
Category:  Backend                    Severity:  5 - Major                  
Bug Group:  Bug                       Resolution:  Wont Fix                 
Assigned to:  FredKiefer              Status:  Closed                       

Summary:  with X 4.3 xlib backend is dead (except on bload distros))

Original Submission:  this was at first a new :
font_cacher , no error ... all my apps shows no fonts !
and all the color/etc answer not working ending in use backart.

By luck i removed obsolete /etc/X11/XftConfig from one of my distro (even 
debian sometimes leaves dead files :(

and font_cacher and font_disappeared , rebuild this file + font_caher , fonts 
back ....

Could you either remove xlib backend or insert xft2 pathces  .
No X server will build, install this file anymore, and XFT1 is dead , god bless 
it .

Some distributors (as debian) think xlib is ok and provide only this one !

I ask the debian maintenair to move to nfont+backart 
nfont is really good but without a compatibility or transitional period it s a 
real pain for maintenairs

Alban

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Date: Fri 08/15/2003 at 13:50       By: FredKiefer
Hi Alban,

this is not just about closing a bug for GNUstep. If your font configuration 
for X is broken there really is nothing we could do about it. Even xlsfonts 
will fail for you, which uses very similar interfaces to font_cacher.
And if you want to avoid the use of font_cacher GNUstep offers you different 
ways to do so the XFT fonts for xlib or the libart backend.

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Date: Mon 08/11/2003 at 22:20       By: prahal
There should be support for xft2 since May when patches where submitted, I read 
your ML. 
As alexm from #gnustep irc channel told me about an xr support and as libart 
seems a better option i strongly feels nobody really care for xlib back , it s 
for newcomers isn t it ?

By the way i tested on three boxes until now (all debian with 0.8.8 
gnustep-back, the point is testing those debs ), and removing 
/etc/X11/XftConfig  always end up with font_cacher building an empty cache.

This bug is all about being closed, one way or another . If it s ok in gnustep 
release then i fix debian's against X 4.3pre, that is all about it.

Hum , cannot let that go :
(...) xft2 (...) as we already support these (...) was even before fontconfig 
was officially available.

huhu X config , ahahah ... thanks. 
ps: if you have anything to ask about X config feel free to email me.

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Date: Sun 08/10/2003 at 20:50       By: FredKiefer
The described problem is more a wrong X configuration, which GNUstep cannot 
help in any way. The suggested fix that GNUstep should be using xft2 patches is 
also rather obsolete as we already support these since backend release 0.8.6. 
As far as I remember this was even before fontconfig was officially available.


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