Re: No 3d modeline

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 31.10.2006 um 03:07 schrieb Chris Menzel:

> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:05:37 +0100, Peter Dyballa  
> <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> said:
>> Am 30.10.2006 um 21:51 schrieb Chris Menzel:
>>
>>> I compiled with the gtk toolkit, in case that is relevant.
>>
>> This *is* relevant: GTK makes the mode-line 2D flat. The scroll-bars,
>> too, look like 2D....
>
> Actually, this appears not to be entirely the case.  The version of
> emacs that Ubuntu installed has GTK menus, scrollbars, and modeline --
> and while the scrollbars and modeline do have a somewhat flatter look
> than the corresponding libXaw3d widgets, they still look much more 3d
> than the *completely* flat, 2d look that I'm seeing in my self- 
> compiled
> version.  Moreover, the buttons in the customization buffers in the
> Ubuntu-installed version are all 3d.  This makes me wonder whether the
> source of the problem with my self-compiled version lies with my  
> use of
> the xft option to get (very handsome) anti-aliased fonts -- which I
> really can no longer live without, having been spoiled by Emacs under
> Mac OS X.
>

Choose 'Send Bug Report…' from the Help menu to see which libraries  
and configure options were used. LibXft is specialised on treating  
fonts. It can't have an impact on the look of buttons. Linux and  
other UNICES have commands similiar to Mac OS X's otool that can  
reveal which libraries a particular programme needs, ldd for example.  
This might help also.

My self-compiled GNU Emacsen for X11 use in Mac OS X these libraries:

	/sw/lib/libgif.4.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current version  
6.4.0)
	/sw/lib/libjpeg.62.dylib (compatibility version 63.0.0, current  
version 63.0.0)
	/sw/lib/libpng.3.dylib (compatibility version 16.0.0, current  
version 16.0.0)
	/sw/lib/libtiff.3.dylib (compatibility version 12.0.0, current  
version 12.2.0)
	/sw/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current  
version 7.0.0)
	/sw/lib/ncurses/libncurses.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0,  
current version 5.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current  
version 1.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current  
version 88.1.7)
	/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version  
1.2.3)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.3.0, current  
version 6.3.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current  
version 6.0.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.2.0, current  
version 6.2.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.4.0, current  
version 6.4.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.2.0, current  
version 6.2.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.4.dylib (compatibility version 4.11.0, current  
version 4.11.0)
	/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current  
version 6.0.0)

Using libXft leads (led) to a high CPU load (for Unicode Emacs  
23.0.0, where this configure option exists). I have the typical  
libXaw3d look for buttons and scroll-bars, but no 3D mode-line. This  
can be due to some customisation, because launching GNU Emacs with -Q  
shows some 3D effect.

--
Greetings

   Pete

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