Bug#131338: xdvi: please make a keystroke to toggle t1lib option
reassign 131338 texlive-binaries
tags 131338 + wontfix
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On 09.04.04 Stefan Ulrich (stefan.ulrich@zen.co.uk) wrote:
> Matt Swift <swift@alum.mit.edu> writes:
Hi Matt,
http://bugs.debian.org/131338
> > The same dvi file rendered by xdvi using the PostScript version of a font and
> > using a rasterized version of the font does not look exactly the same. The
> > difference seems to be greater for some font families than
> > others.
>
> We've got a separate bug report for a few hinting bugs in t1lib
> (#131336) which I hope will get fixed eventually. But a few
> differences may always remain (see e.g.
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23164&atid=377580&func=detail&aid=568758
> ).
>
> > I have been
> > looking at raster fonts for more than a decade, and I find that looking at the
> > PostScript versions is disappointing and that my printed output matches the
> > raster presentation better. Perhaps not all would agree.
>
> > In any case, that is motivation for the request to be able to turn the use of
> > direct rendering of PostScript fonts on and off within an instance (a keystroke
> > that toggles the command line option -not1lib).
>
> I don't think that such a toggle is a really needed for the
> following reasons:
>
> (a) runtime toggles should be used for preferences that change
> frequently, but you just seem to want PK fonts instead of
> Type1 always
>
> (b) a runtime toggle that may send xdvi into several seconds (or
> longer) of generating PK fonts doesn't sound exactly user friendly
>
> (c) it's non-trivial to implement since the entire t1 machinery
> is usually initialized at startup.
>
Chances are low that your wish will be implemented. I checked the
manual page of xdvi and am pretty sure it is not implemented.
Reassigning to texlive-binaries, tagging wontfix. Feel free to close
the bug.
H.
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