Why lib/font/builtin is not useful -- yet

2003-07-07 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
I'm currently in the process of changing somewhat the core bitmaps fonts system in order to simplify it and extend its functionality. Because the planned changes will break some users' configurations[1], David suggested that the core server should include Keith's ``builtin'' fonts, and that builti

Re: Why lib/font/builtin is not useful -- yet

2003-07-08 Thread Egbert Eich
Juliusz Chroboczek writes: > I'm currently in the process of changing somewhat the core bitmaps > fonts system in order to simplify it and extend its functionality. > > Because the planned changes will break some users' configurations[1], > David suggested that the core server should include

Re: Why lib/font/builtin is not useful -- yet

2003-07-09 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
>> In the longer term, as client-side fonts become the norm, we could >> kill the core fonts system altogether and only keep the built-in fonts >> for compatibility with the protocol. EE> We cannot do this for people who rely on running legacy apps. Not arguing whether we actually want to do this