Re: gzipped fonts..
They were previously compressed (*.Z). Now the XFree group uses the gnu
compression tool (gzip/*.gz). The compress algorithm has some
copyright/distribution problems--gzip doesn't. The choice is made by the
XFree foundation, not debian, though it makes better sense for debian, too.
Yes this did cause some problems for my commercial X-server (AX 3.1). I
had to gunzip all the fonts in each directory, and since my debian system
doesn't have the compress utility, I couldn't get any of the space back.
Xi Graphics say they are working on a fix.
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 Richard.Dansereau@EE.UManitoba.CA wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped.
> Has this always been the case? I'd imagine that xfree86 supports
> this.. but, some of the other "commercial" X-window servers may
> not. Should there be some configuration option during installation
> for choosing between gzipped and non-gzipped fonts?
>
> Richard..
>
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