From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Cairo branch.
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:20:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1BF775D8-8185-4702-A2D9-29AFBF4F86F0@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvmw4jf6x7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> 12 feb 2015 kl. 17:18 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>
>> YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu made the patch to demonstrate printing, so that is new
>> (see x-print-frames-dialog or the Printing section in xfns.c).
>
> Oh, yes, I had forgotten about that one.
>
>> 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.
>
> 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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-12 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-11 15:16 Cairo branch Jan Djärv
2015-02-11 21:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-12 15:01 ` Jan D.
2015-02-12 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 19:17 ` Jan D.
2015-02-12 20:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 20:51 ` Jan D.
2015-02-12 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-12 19:20 ` Jan D. [this message]
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