From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23137: 25.1.50; Subpixel rendering is broken when not running under gnome-session Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:28:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83mvphwbex.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k2kme20y.fsf@mattleach.net> <83twjqvwt1.fsf@gnu.org> <87vb45hihb.fsf@mattleach.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1459266043 22160 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2016 15:40:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:40:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23137@debbugs.gnu.org To: Matthew Leach Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 17:40:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1akvkj-0007ZH-9z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:40:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48074 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvki-0003wv-BO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:40:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46707) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvap-0004x3-5A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akval-0003lE-2o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46808) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akval-0003l1-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:30:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akvak-0008LL-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:30:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23137 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23137-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23137.145926536131994 (code B ref 23137); Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23137) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Mar 2016 15:29:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43935 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akva5-0008Jy-5e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:29:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55389) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akva3-0008Jl-RA for 23137@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:29:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvZv-0003T1-3I for 23137@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:29:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60849) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akvZv-0003Su-0j; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1990 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1akvZu-0000JC-C2; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:29:10 -0400 In-reply-to: <87vb45hihb.fsf@mattleach.net> (message from Matthew Leach on Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:05:20 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:115709 Archived-At: > From: Matthew Leach > Cc: 23137@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:05:20 +0100 > > >> I sometimes switch between two WMs, namely i3 and GNOME3. I've noticed > >> that under GNOME3, the font rendering in Emacs seems to be, in my > >> opinion, nicer than in i3. The difference is that under GNOME3 Emacs > >> uses subpixel rendering and not in i3. > > > > What is "subpixel rendering"? > > [1] gives an overview of what it is and the 'rgba' values in [2] show > how to configure it. I think MS use the term ClearType on their Windows > platform. Then why do you think it's an Emacs problem? Are the binaries used on both machines from the same build? If not, please show the value of system-configuration-features from both builds. Thanks.