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Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend setti
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T.V Raman |
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Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:54:36 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <address@hidden> writes:
Also, perhaps update frames.texi to indicate that ftcr and ftcrhb are
mutually incompatible. Having both doesn't appear to hurt right now, but
might perhaps cause issues later?> Robert Pluim <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The correct choice depends on how their Emacs has been built; ftcr and
>> ftcrhb are mutually exclusive [1](see my earlier update to the elisp
>> manual). I guess we could say something like this:
>
> Indeed, I read that after I wrote the above.
>
>> -Cairo. Use either 'ftcr' or 'ftcrhb' instead for FreeType and
>> -FreeType + HarfBuzz respectively. 'x' is still a valid backend.
>> -
>> +Cairo. Use 'ftcrhb' if your Emacs was built with HarfBuzz support,
>> +and 'ftcr' otherwise. You can this determine by checking
>> +'system-configuration-features'. 'x' is still a valid backend.
>
> Thank you, that is much better. Please install.
>
>> [1] My master plan to remove as many different variations as possible
>> seems to get shot down every time I suggest it :-)
>
> BTW, if 'ftcr' only works when built without HarfBuzz, and 'ftcrhb'
> only works with HarfBuzz, can't we just use 'ftcr' and detect HarfBuzz
> automatically for the user?
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
>
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- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, (continued)
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/21
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/22
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings,
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- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/21
- Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/21
Re: master d8da850: Document cairo-related fallout to font-backend settings, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21