Re: Antialiased fonts in gtk1.x applications
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Jack Malmostoso <jackmalmostoso@freesurf.ch> writes:
[Sorry for the delayed reply]
> Ciao Roger Leigh, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
>
>> If you haven't found out the hard way already, it's worth mentioning
>> that gdkxft can cause segfaults in other non-GTK+ processes due to
>> using LD_PRELOAD. It's best to avoid if at all possible.
>
> These problems will affect other apps or just gtk1.x ones? As I told. I
> just use a couple.
Other applications. It can cause wierd segfaults in completely
unrelated programs. (This has happened to me, forcing me to stop
using it. This was a few years ago, on i386, but I still recommend
caution if you try it.)
>> Given that GTK+ 1.x is unmaintained and obsolete, and in many cases
>> won't even work properly on a modern system (UTF-8 locales), it's not
>> a good choice. If you are dependent on a particular application, it's
>> usually a simple search and replace job to get it building with
>> GTK+2.x, unless it's using a lot of voodoo.
>
> Can you give me any pointer to this? I guess gentoo is quite unportable
> (according to Emil Brink's words)...
I saw a message from the maintainer earlier this year saying that he
had ported most of it to 2.x, but whether this will be completed I
don't know (most users wanted to stay with 1.x for speed). Apparently
it uses GTK+1.x-specific stuff, making porting rather more difficult.
Regards,
Roger
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