From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Font sources Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87myvqdk7m.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <711a73df0709140537k11667927x7e2fe45f43f3233e@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189783734 8016 80.91.229.12 (14 Sep 2007 15:28:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:28:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emac list To: Dave Pawson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 14 17:28:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IWD64-0005Ct-Ua for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IWD64-0001Cm-3P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWD5l-00019w-Jw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWD5j-00016V-Ux for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IWD5j-00015q-OH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWD5j-0004iW-20 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF80A9BF454E; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [195.4.208.147] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.108 #197) id 1IWD5h-0006mH-00; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <711a73df0709140537k11667927x7e2fe45f43f3233e@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18lpUvJYvmQ1sy/BfCfmTR2BhFfwLosfqwuesIP VlP3d64GeTmBwW/Z5wbl+aVEOMi1mpj7Fhkox76/Y0trKe+9yP W9df9uC18O8vx+QY+MjA== X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47595 Archived-At: Am 14.09.2007 um 14:37 schrieb Dave Pawson: > Seems like xfs is going out of fashion on Fedora. > Wonder if other OS's will follow this direction. Xfs was always meant for a different environment than that of Linux PC. Imagine a situation in some company with some corporate look, which is based on commercial fonts. Instead of installing that on dozens of desktop systems one X Font Server can provide the font for dozens of clients. Or imagine on the desktop thin clients with little memory. -- Greetings Pete People say that if you play Microsoft CD's backwards, you hear satanic things, but that's nothing, because if you play them forwards, they install Windows.