From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Leach 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 08:05:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87vb45hihb.fsf@mattleach.net> References: <87k2kme20y.fsf@mattleach.net> <83twjqvwt1.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1459235185 20918 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2016 07:06:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23137@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 09:06:13 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 1aknj8-0005Xn-Gt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:06:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44815 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aknj7-0007OY-5W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34259) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aknj3-0007OF-Uc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akniz-0006rW-TJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45652) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akniz-0006rS-QG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:06:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akniz-0002a2-Kk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Matthew Leach Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:06:01 +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=B23137.14592351289877 (code B ref 23137); Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23137) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Mar 2016 07:05:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42779 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akniS-0002ZF-8m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:05:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mx0.mattleach.net ([176.58.118.143]:35438) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1akniQ-0002Z7-IP for 23137@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:05:27 -0400 Original-Received: by mx0.mattleach.net (Postfix, from userid 99) id A4E106222E; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:05:25 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from spline.mattleach.net (host81-159-23-200.range81-159.btcentralplus.com [81.159.23.200]) by mx0.mattleach.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B7B062224; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:05:19 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <83twjqvwt1.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:32:10 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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:115685 Archived-At: Hi Eli, Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Matthew Leach >> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:16:45 +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. Thanks, -- Matt [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/fonts-conf