Re: [dwm] dwm's future

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:10:47 +0100

2009/4/27 Preben Randhol <randhol_AT_pvv.org>:
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:11:03 +0100
> Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So there are only three ways:
>>
>> - stick with what we got (don't care if some langs look ugly)
>> - use pango and/or cairo or something like that
>> - invest some effort into a new font rendering lib (seems to be a hard
>> job, esp. if one asks for proper font support which can't be done by
>> us)
>
> What about xft? Wasn't there a patch for 4.7 (can't find it anymore).
> I don't know much about the font systems.

One option, though quite half hearted in my opinion.

Kind regards,
--Anselm
Received on Mon Apr 27 2009 - 10:10:47 UTC

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