From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:06:20 +0000 Message-ID: <4745FD5C.8030007@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195769765 15476 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2007 22:16:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , "Ng, Andrew" , Emacs Devel To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 22 23:16:10 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IvKLC-0000JY-4U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:16:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IvKKx-0002EU-R8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvKKt-0002B6-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IvKKs-00028S-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IvKKr-00028G-Ul for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:49 -0500 Original-Received: from outmail1.freedom2surf.net ([194.106.33.237]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IvKKr-0003bL-Kj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net [83.67.23.108]) by outmail1.freedom2surf.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84B0655661; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:06:43 +0000 (GMT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:83907 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > I haven't followed the problems reported with ClearType. But IIUC this patch lets you turn ClearType on and off from within Emacs, using an environment variable. If so, that's good. > > I find that ClearType is great with Emacs on Windows, but if it presents problems in particular contexts (e.g. particular fonts or whatever), then perhaps it would be worth having a toggle command to flip it? > The new font backend in emacs-unicode-2 lets you override antialiasing on a case by case basis for each font. I think an environment variable is the wrong solution for Emacs, and if the patch really fixes the problems, then any option is unnecessary.