From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: d2003xx@hotmail.com (d2003xx) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GTK2 support in Emacs 21.3.1? Date: 24 Apr 2003 07:01:14 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3dd5593c.0304240601.19f06c35@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051193262 15006 80.91.224.249 (24 Apr 2003 14:07:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 24 16:07:38 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 198hNx-0003ta-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:07:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198hLz-000697-0B for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:05:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.70.221.93 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1051192875 11850 127.0.0.1 (24 Apr 2003 14:01:15 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Apr 2003 14:01:15 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112274 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8772 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8772 "D. D. Brierton" wrote in message news:... > I remember that a while ago GTK2 support was committed to Emacs CVS. Did > that make it into 21.3.1, or is it not ready for primetime yet? I'm just > asking because I'm running Red Hat Linux 9, and I grabbed and installed > the 21.3.1 packages from Rawhide (they install and run wothout problems, > if anyone else was pondering doing the same) and it is still compiled with > the old (Athena?) toolkit. Should I send an email to RH suggesting they > try enabling the GTK2 stuff, or is that not ready yet? (If it isn't, is > there a guesstimate when it might be ready?) > > Also, is there any way yet to get Emacs 21.3.1 to use anti-aliased fonts > that the recent versions of XFree86 allow for? I had already got 21.3.50 work fine with gtk2. But gtk2 is only used in the UI (menu, ..), not in the place where you edit text, so..... BTW, if you really want AA fonts, try console version of emacs with mlterm (http://mlterm.sf.net)