Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
(Debian-68k removed from CC.)
CTS> OT: can you tell me how to get the applications use fonts as in
CTS> 3.3.6? Especially in gnome-addressbook,
Sorry, I am not familiar with Gnome.
Font selection is, generally speaking, a client-side issue. A client
may, however, chose to underspecify a font (include `*' in the font
specification), in which case the exact font chosen is at the server's
discretion.
XFree86 4 includes many new fonts, so underspecified fonts may resolve
to a different font from the one chosen in 3.3. This is why using
underspecified fonts is a bad idea in general. (It is also true that
the font specification mechanisms in X11 are not quite optimal. Keith
Packard is working on a new design.)
>> (Actually, I'd like to see next week's XTerm in Debian. There are
>> some pretty sweet patches pending.)
CTS> I have a problem with uploading _next_ weeks xterm _now ;-)
Please file a bug against the packaging system.
>> From a user's point of view, getting a distribution and upgrading the
>> X server is a triviality;
CTS> apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; reportbug
I was thinking about upgrading to a server that has not yet been
packaged. Install server binary, install server modules, write config
file, point your Xservers file at the new server. Et voila.
With the libraries, you're pretty much bound to wait until they are
packaged. In addition, clients don't depend on a particular version
of the server, while they do depend on a particular version of the
libraries; including the new libraries will allow people to package
software that uses the new functionality, whatever the version of the
server.
Juliusz
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