From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Cairo branch. Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:20:11 +0100 Message-ID: <1BF775D8-8185-4702-A2D9-29AFBF4F86F0@swipnet.se> References: <54DB723D.5030303@swipnet.se> <54DCC037.7030202@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423768845 23594 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2015 19:20:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 12 20:20:31 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzJL-0006IK-83 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:20:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51814 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzJK-0003FO-Li for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58696) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzJD-0003FI-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzJ8-0008U8-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailfe05.swip.net ([212.247.154.129]:41481 helo=swip.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLzJ8-0008Tb-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:14 -0500 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 Original-Received: from hosdjarv.se (account mj138573@tele2.se [46.59.42.57] verified) by mailfe05.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPA id 567972228; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:20:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.247.154.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:182972 Archived-At: > 12 feb 2015 kl. 17:18 skrev Stefan Monnier : >=20 >> YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu made the patch to demonstrate printing, so that is = new >> (see x-print-frames-dialog or the Printing section in xfns.c). >=20 > Oh, yes, I had forgotten about that one. >=20 >> Otherwise it is just a step to keep up with the times, i.e. server = side (as >> in X11 server) rendering is going away as it seems. So Emacs must at = some >> point develop client side (cairo) rendering. >=20 > So, IIUC the effect is to change the underlying code used to *draw* = the > actual windows (but not the widgets like menubar, scrollbars, ...). Yes, draw the text, lines, etc. > Does it affect font selection? Not much. It has its on font backend, but uses Freetype (Xft) fonts = like the X backend. There should be no display difference between cairo and X, they use the = same fonts. Jan D.