Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

  > >>> And the old code will
  > >>> be removed if I understand correctly, so what point is there in fixing
  > >>> minor bugs in it now?
  > >> As I see it, that is an argument for making the new backend the
  > >> default now, not "before the release of 23.1"...
  > > There are also arguments against that, such as the fact that the new backend
  > > does not seem to have stabilised yet, with problems like Stefan is
  > > experiencing now, and which Windows users suffered around the time of the
  > > merge still a frequent occurrence.
  > 
  > If we want it to be the default for 23.1, and given that it works now
  > and is merged into the trunk, I see no reason not to make it the default
  > now, so that bugs get found and fixed earlier rather than later.
  > 
  > Any objection to making the "--enable-font-backend" the default?

It does not work very well with emacsclient

emacs -Q -nw -f server-start
emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
C-x 5 0   in the emacsclient frame
After that
emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
just hangs.