Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Ng, Andrew]

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I have been having a go at fixing up the issues related to ClearType in
Emacs 22.1.

I think I have pretty much sorted out the major issues and everything
appears to work fine now. I've tried as much as possible not to alter
the non-ClearType code path.

I've also added an environment variable "EMACS_CLEARTYPE". If present
this will disable ClearType if its value is 0 and will enable ClearType
if its value is non-zero. Otherwise, ClearType is enabled according to
the system settings.

I've attached a patch file for my changes.

Thank you.

Regards,

Andrew Ng

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diff -u emacs-22.1-orig/src/dispnew.c emacs-22.1/src/dispnew.c
--- emacs-22.1-orig/src/dispnew.c	2007-04-16 17:21:18.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs-22.1/src/dispnew.c	2007-11-22 14:26:44.187500000 +0000
@@ -4523,8 +4523,8 @@
 	      if (overlapping_glyphs_p
 		  && i > 0
 		  && i < current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		  && (current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		      != desired_row->used[TEXT_AREA]))
+		  /*&& (current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
+		      != desired_row->used[TEXT_AREA])*/)
 		{
 		  int left, right;
 
diff -u emacs-22.1-orig/src/w32fns.c emacs-22.1/src/w32fns.c
--- emacs-22.1-orig/src/w32fns.c	2007-03-24 15:49:48.000000000 +0000
+++ emacs-22.1/src/w32fns.c	2007-11-20 10:03:13.171875000 +0000
@@ -4546,6 +4546,8 @@
     int codepage;
     int i;
 
+    const char *env;
+
     if (!fontname || !x_to_w32_font (fontname, &lf))
       return (NULL);
 
@@ -4557,7 +4559,12 @@
            ended up with. */
       return NULL;
 
-    lf.lfQuality = DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+#ifndef CLEARTYPE_QUALITY
+#define CLEARTYPE_QUALITY 5
+#endif
+
+    env = getenv("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
+    lf.lfQuality = env ? ((atoi(env) != 0) ? CLEARTYPE_QUALITY : ANTIALIASED_QUALITY) : DEFAULT_QUALITY;
 
     font = (XFontStruct *) xmalloc (sizeof (XFontStruct));
     bzero (font, sizeof (*font));
diff -u emacs-22.1-orig/src/w32term.c emacs-22.1/src/w32term.c
--- emacs-22.1-orig/src/w32term.c	2007-02-19 14:45:39.000000000 +0000
+++ emacs-22.1/src/w32term.c	2007-11-21 12:52:00.953125000 +0000
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
 #endif
 	  if (cleartype_active)
 	    {
-	      /* Cleartype antialiasing causes characters to overhang
+	      /* Cleartype antialiasing can cause characters to overhang
 		 by a pixel on each side compared with what GetCharABCWidths
 		 reports.  */
 	      char_widths.abcA -= 1;
@@ -1041,7 +1041,8 @@
       if (((font->tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH) != 0)
           /* Some fonts (eg DBCS fonts) are marked as fixed width even
              though they contain characters of different widths. */
-          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth))
+          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth)
+          || cleartype_active)
 	{
 	  /* Font is not fixed pitch, so cache per_char info for the
              ASCII characters.  It would be much more work, and probably
@@ -1437,9 +1438,42 @@
 w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  /* TODO: Windows does not appear to have a method for
-     getting this info without getting the ABC widths for each
-     individual character and working it out manually. */
+  if (s->cmp == NULL
+      && s->first_glyph->type == CHAR_GLYPH
+      && s->nchars > 0)
+    {
+      XFontStruct *font = s->font;
+      const int    font_type = s->first_glyph->font_type;
+
+      wchar_t  *ws = s->char2b;
+      const int nc = s->nchars;
+      int       i, pos, mn, mx;
+      if (nc == 1)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          s->right_overhang = pcm->rbearing > pcm->width ? pcm->rbearing - pcm->width : 0;
+          s->left_overhang  = pcm->lbearing < 0 ? -pcm->lbearing : 0;
+          return;
+        }
+
+      pos = mn = mx = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < nc; ++i, ++ws)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          const int rp = pos + pcm->rbearing;
+          const int lp = pos + pcm->lbearing;
+
+          if (rp > mx) mx = rp;
+          if (lp < mn) mn = lp;
+
+          pos += pcm->width;
+        }
+
+      s->right_overhang = mx > pos ? mx - pos : 0;
+      s->left_overhang  = mn < 0 ? -mn : 0;
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -1536,7 +1570,7 @@
 x_draw_glyph_string_foreground (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  int i, x;
+  int i, x, ct_clear = 0;
   HFONT old_font;
 
   /* If first glyph of S has a left box line, start drawing the text
@@ -1550,7 +1584,15 @@
   if (s->for_overlaps || (s->background_filled_p && s->hl != DRAW_CURSOR))
     SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
   else
-    SetBkMode (s->hdc, OPAQUE);
+  {
+    if (cleartype_active)
+      {
+        ct_clear = 1;
+        SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
+      }
+    else
+      SetBkMode (s->hdc, OPAQUE);
+  }
 
   SetTextColor (s->hdc, s->gc->foreground);
   SetBkColor (s->hdc, s->gc->background);
@@ -1586,6 +1628,21 @@
           char1b[i] = XCHAR2B_BYTE2 (&s->char2b[i]);
 
       /* Draw text with TextOut and friends. */
+      if (ct_clear)
+        {
+          HBRUSH hb;
+          RECT   r;
+
+          r.left = x;
+          r.top  = s->y;
+          r.right  = x + s->background_width;
+          r.bottom = s->y + s->height;
+
+          hb = CreateSolidBrush (s->gc->background);
+          FillRect (s->hdc, &r, hb);
+          DeleteObject (hb);
+        }
+
       w32_text_out (s, x, s->ybase - boff, s->char2b, s->nchars);
 
       if (s->face->overstrike)
@@ -6336,7 +6393,7 @@
   w32_destroy_fringe_bitmap,
   w32_per_char_metric,
   w32_encode_char,
-  NULL, /* w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs */
+  w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs,
   x_draw_glyph_string,
   w32_define_frame_cursor,
   w32_clear_frame_area,
@@ -6434,6 +6491,8 @@
     UINT smoothing_type;
     BOOL smoothing_enabled;
 
+    const char *env;
+
     /* If using proportional scroll bars, ensure handle is at least 5 pixels;
        otherwise use the fixed height.  */
     vertical_scroll_bar_min_handle = 5;
@@ -6459,11 +6518,13 @@
        the char metric calculations which adds extra pixels to
        compensate for the "sub-pixels" that are not counted by the
        system APIs. */
+    env = getenv("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
     cleartype_active =
-      SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
-      && smoothing_enabled
-      && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &smoothing_type, 0)
-      && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE;
+      env ? (atoi(env) != 0) :
+        (SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
+         && smoothing_enabled
+         && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &smoothing_type, 0)
+         && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
   }
 }
 

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Jason Rumney]

Ng, Andrew wrote:
> I have been having a go at fixing up the issues related to ClearType in
> Emacs 22.1.
>   

I have requested an assignment or disclaimer for this change.

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Ng, Andrew <anng@ptc.com> wrote:

> I have been having a go at fixing up the issues related to ClearType in
> Emacs 22.1.
>
> I think I have pretty much sorted out the major issues and everything
> appears to work fine now. I've tried as much as possible not to alter
> the non-ClearType code path.
>
> I've also added an environment variable "EMACS_CLEARTYPE". If present
> this will disable ClearType if its value is 0 and will enable ClearType
> if its value is non-zero. Otherwise, ClearType is enabled according to
> the system settings.
>
> I've attached a patch file for my changes.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew Ng

Here's the patch, adapted to the current trunk.

             Juanma


Index: src/dispnew.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/dispnew.c,v
retrieving revision 1.398
diff -u -r1.398 dispnew.c
--- src/dispnew.c	21 Nov 2007 03:46:31 -0000	1.398
+++ src/dispnew.c	22 Nov 2007 21:27:53 -0000
@@ -4525,9 +4525,7 @@
 		 taken care of by draw_glyphs.  */
 	      if (overlapping_glyphs_p
 		  && i > 0
-		  && i < current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		  && (current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		      != desired_row->used[TEXT_AREA]))
+		  && i < current_row->used[TEXT_AREA])
 		{
 		  int left, right;

Index: src/w32fns.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/w32fns.c,v
retrieving revision 1.307
diff -u -r1.307 w32fns.c
--- src/w32fns.c	14 Nov 2007 17:33:36 -0000	1.307
+++ src/w32fns.c	22 Nov 2007 21:23:32 -0000
@@ -4571,6 +4571,8 @@
     int codepage;
     int i;

+    const char *env;
+
     if (!fontname || !x_to_w32_font (fontname, &lf))
       return (NULL);

@@ -4582,7 +4584,12 @@
            ended up with. */
       return NULL;

-    lf.lfQuality = DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+#ifndef CLEARTYPE_QUALITY
+#define CLEARTYPE_QUALITY 5
+#endif
+
+    env = getenv ("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
+    lf.lfQuality = env ? (atoi (env) ? CLEARTYPE_QUALITY :
ANTIALIASED_QUALITY) : DEFAULT_QUALITY;

     font = (XFontStruct *) xmalloc (sizeof (XFontStruct));
     bzero (font, sizeof (*font));
Index: src/w32term.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/w32term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.276
diff -u -r1.276 w32term.c
--- src/w32term.c	9 Nov 2007 12:19:55 -0000	1.276
+++ src/w32term.c	22 Nov 2007 21:33:15 -0000
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
 #endif
 	  if (cleartype_active)
 	    {
-	      /* Cleartype antialiasing causes characters to overhang
+	      /* Cleartype antialiasing can cause characters to overhang
 		 by a pixel on each side compared with what GetCharABCWidths
 		 reports.  */
 	      char_widths.abcA -= 1;
@@ -1086,7 +1086,8 @@
       if (((font->tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH) != 0)
           /* Some fonts (eg DBCS fonts) are marked as fixed width even
              though they contain characters of different widths. */
-          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth))
+          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth)
+          || cleartype_active)
 	{
 	  /* Font is not fixed pitch, so cache per_char info for the
              ASCII characters.  It would be much more work, and probably
@@ -1483,9 +1484,42 @@
 w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  /* TODO: Windows does not appear to have a method for
-     getting this info without getting the ABC widths for each
-     individual character and working it out manually. */
+  if (s->cmp == NULL
+      && s->first_glyph->type == CHAR_GLYPH
+      && s->nchars > 0)
+    {
+      XFontStruct *font = s->font;
+      const int    font_type = s->first_glyph->font_type;
+
+      wchar_t  *ws = s->char2b;
+      const int nc = s->nchars;
+      int       i, pos, mn, mx;
+      if (nc == 1)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          s->right_overhang = pcm->rbearing > pcm->width ?
pcm->rbearing - pcm->width : 0;
+          s->left_overhang  = pcm->lbearing < 0 ? -pcm->lbearing : 0;
+          return;
+        }
+
+      pos = mn = mx = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < nc; ++i, ++ws)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          const int rp = pos + pcm->rbearing;
+          const int lp = pos + pcm->lbearing;
+
+          if (rp > mx) mx = rp;
+          if (lp < mn) mn = lp;
+
+          pos += pcm->width;
+        }
+
+      s->right_overhang = mx > pos ? mx - pos : 0;
+      s->left_overhang  = mn < 0 ? -mn : 0;
+    }
 }


@@ -1582,7 +1616,7 @@
 x_draw_glyph_string_foreground (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  int i, x;
+  int i, x, ct_clear = 0;
   HFONT old_font;

   /* If first glyph of S has a left box line, start drawing the text
@@ -1595,6 +1629,11 @@

   if (s->for_overlaps || (s->background_filled_p && s->hl != DRAW_CURSOR))
     SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
+  else if (cleartype_active)
+    {
+      ct_clear = 1;
+      SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
+    }
   else
     SetBkMode (s->hdc, OPAQUE);

@@ -1632,6 +1671,21 @@
           char1b[i] = XCHAR2B_BYTE2 (&s->char2b[i]);

       /* Draw text with TextOut and friends. */
+      if (ct_clear)
+        {
+          HBRUSH hb;
+          RECT   r;
+
+          r.left = x;
+          r.top  = s->y;
+          r.right  = x + s->background_width;
+          r.bottom = s->y + s->height;
+
+          hb = CreateSolidBrush (s->gc->background);
+          FillRect (s->hdc, &r, hb);
+          DeleteObject (hb);
+        }
+
       w32_text_out (s, x, s->ybase - boff, s->char2b, s->nchars);

       if (s->face->overstrike)
@@ -6292,7 +6346,7 @@
   w32_destroy_fringe_bitmap,
   w32_per_char_metric,
   w32_encode_char,
-  NULL, /* w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs */
+  w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs,
   x_draw_glyph_string,
   w32_define_frame_cursor,
   w32_clear_frame_area,
@@ -6592,6 +6646,8 @@
     UINT smoothing_type;
     BOOL smoothing_enabled;

+    const char *env;
+
     /* If using proportional scroll bars, ensure handle is at least 5 pixels;
        otherwise use the fixed height.  */
     vertical_scroll_bar_min_handle = 5;
@@ -6617,11 +6673,13 @@
        the char metric calculations which adds extra pixels to
        compensate for the "sub-pixels" that are not counted by the
        system APIs. */
+    env = getenv ("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
     cleartype_active =
-      SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
-      && smoothing_enabled
-      && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &smoothing_type, 0)
-      && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE;
+      env ? (atoi (env) != 0) :
+      (SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
+       && smoothing_enabled
+       && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0,
&smoothing_type, 0)
+       && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
   }
 }

RE: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Drew Adams]

I haven't followed the problems reported with ClearType. But IIUC this patch lets you turn ClearType on and off from within Emacs, using an environment variable. If so, that's good.

I find that ClearType is great with Emacs on Windows, but if it presents problems in particular contexts (e.g. particular fonts or whatever), then perhaps it would be worth having a toggle command to flip it?

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Jason Rumney]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> Here's the patch, adapted to the current trunk.
>   

Thanks, but we would want to install this in EMACS_22_RELEASE, or not at
all. When emacs-unicode-2 gets merged with the trunk, then there is a
completely new font backend which already has the Cleartype problems
mostly fixed (mostly, because the cursor is still being drawn with the
old font code, but that will be fixed before Emacs 23 is released).

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Jason Rumney]

Drew Adams wrote:
> I haven't followed the problems reported with ClearType. But IIUC this patch lets you turn ClearType on and off from within Emacs, using an environment variable. If so, that's good.
>
> I find that ClearType is great with Emacs on Windows, but if it presents problems in particular contexts (e.g. particular fonts or whatever), then perhaps it would be worth having a toggle command to flip it?
>   
The new font backend in emacs-unicode-2 lets you override antialiasing
on a case by case basis for each font. I think an environment variable
is the wrong solution for Emacs, and if the patch really fixes the
problems, then any option is unnecessary.

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Nov 22, 2007 10:58 PM, Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> wrote:

> Thanks, but we would want to install this in EMACS_22_RELEASE, or not at
> all.

OK; here's against EMACS_22_BASE.

             Juanma


Index: src/dispnew.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/dispnew.c,v
retrieving revision 1.392.2.1
diff -u -r1.392.2.1 dispnew.c
--- src/dispnew.c	25 Jul 2007 05:15:58 -0000	1.392.2.1
+++ src/dispnew.c	22 Nov 2007 22:00:45 -0000
@@ -4522,9 +4522,7 @@
 		 taken care of by draw_glyphs.  */
 	      if (overlapping_glyphs_p
 		  && i > 0
-		  && i < current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		  && (current_row->used[TEXT_AREA]
-		      != desired_row->used[TEXT_AREA]))
+		  && i < current_row->used[TEXT_AREA])
 		{
 		  int left, right;

Index: src/w32fns.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/w32fns.c,v
retrieving revision 1.288.2.10
diff -u -r1.288.2.10 w32fns.c
--- src/w32fns.c	15 Nov 2007 09:33:33 -0000	1.288.2.10
+++ src/w32fns.c	22 Nov 2007 22:00:45 -0000
@@ -4545,6 +4545,8 @@
     int codepage;
     int i;

+    const char *env;
+
     if (!fontname || !x_to_w32_font (fontname, &lf))
       return (NULL);

@@ -4556,7 +4558,12 @@
            ended up with. */
       return NULL;

-    lf.lfQuality = DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+#ifndef CLEARTYPE_QUALITY
+#define CLEARTYPE_QUALITY 5
+#endif
+
+    env = getenv ("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
+    lf.lfQuality = env ? (atoi (env) ? CLEARTYPE_QUALITY :
ANTIALIASED_QUALITY) : DEFAULT_QUALITY;

     font = (XFontStruct *) xmalloc (sizeof (XFontStruct));
     bzero (font, sizeof (*font));
Index: src/w32term.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/w32term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.259.2.6
diff -u -r1.259.2.6 w32term.c
--- src/w32term.c	1 Nov 2007 03:45:35 -0000	1.259.2.6
+++ src/w32term.c	22 Nov 2007 22:00:45 -0000
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
 #endif
 	  if (cleartype_active)
 	    {
-	      /* Cleartype antialiasing causes characters to overhang
+	      /* Cleartype antialiasing can cause characters to overhang
 		 by a pixel on each side compared with what GetCharABCWidths
 		 reports.  */
 	      char_widths.abcA -= 1;
@@ -1041,7 +1041,8 @@
       if (((font->tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH) != 0)
           /* Some fonts (eg DBCS fonts) are marked as fixed width even
              though they contain characters of different widths. */
-          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth))
+          || (font->tm.tmMaxCharWidth != font->tm.tmAveCharWidth)
+          || cleartype_active)
 	{
 	  /* Font is not fixed pitch, so cache per_char info for the
              ASCII characters.  It would be much more work, and probably
@@ -1437,9 +1438,42 @@
 w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  /* TODO: Windows does not appear to have a method for
-     getting this info without getting the ABC widths for each
-     individual character and working it out manually. */
+  if (s->cmp == NULL
+      && s->first_glyph->type == CHAR_GLYPH
+      && s->nchars > 0)
+    {
+      XFontStruct *font = s->font;
+      const int    font_type = s->first_glyph->font_type;
+
+      wchar_t  *ws = s->char2b;
+      const int nc = s->nchars;
+      int       i, pos, mn, mx;
+      if (nc == 1)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          s->right_overhang = pcm->rbearing > pcm->width ?
pcm->rbearing - pcm->width : 0;
+          s->left_overhang  = pcm->lbearing < 0 ? -pcm->lbearing : 0;
+          return;
+        }
+
+      pos = mn = mx = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < nc; ++i, ++ws)
+        {
+          XCharStruct *pcm = w32_per_char_metric (font, ws, font_type);
+
+          const int rp = pos + pcm->rbearing;
+          const int lp = pos + pcm->lbearing;
+
+          if (rp > mx) mx = rp;
+          if (lp < mn) mn = lp;
+
+          pos += pcm->width;
+        }
+
+      s->right_overhang = mx > pos ? mx - pos : 0;
+      s->left_overhang  = mn < 0 ? -mn : 0;
+    }
 }


@@ -1536,7 +1570,7 @@
 x_draw_glyph_string_foreground (s)
      struct glyph_string *s;
 {
-  int i, x;
+  int i, x, ct_clear = 0;
   HFONT old_font;

   /* If first glyph of S has a left box line, start drawing the text
@@ -1549,6 +1583,11 @@

   if (s->for_overlaps || (s->background_filled_p && s->hl != DRAW_CURSOR))
     SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
+  else if (cleartype_active)
+    {
+      ct_clear = 1;
+      SetBkMode (s->hdc, TRANSPARENT);
+    }
   else
     SetBkMode (s->hdc, OPAQUE);

@@ -1586,6 +1625,21 @@
           char1b[i] = XCHAR2B_BYTE2 (&s->char2b[i]);

       /* Draw text with TextOut and friends. */
+      if (ct_clear)
+        {
+          HBRUSH hb;
+          RECT   r;
+
+          r.left = x;
+          r.top  = s->y;
+          r.right  = x + s->background_width;
+          r.bottom = s->y + s->height;
+
+          hb = CreateSolidBrush (s->gc->background);
+          FillRect (s->hdc, &r, hb);
+          DeleteObject (hb);
+        }
+
       w32_text_out (s, x, s->ybase - boff, s->char2b, s->nchars);

       if (s->face->overstrike)
@@ -6357,7 +6411,7 @@
   w32_destroy_fringe_bitmap,
   w32_per_char_metric,
   w32_encode_char,
-  NULL, /* w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs */
+  w32_compute_glyph_string_overhangs,
   x_draw_glyph_string,
   w32_define_frame_cursor,
   w32_clear_frame_area,
@@ -6455,6 +6509,8 @@
     UINT smoothing_type;
     BOOL smoothing_enabled;

+    const char *env;
+
     /* If using proportional scroll bars, ensure handle is at least 5 pixels;
        otherwise use the fixed height.  */
     vertical_scroll_bar_min_handle = 5;
@@ -6480,11 +6536,13 @@
        the char metric calculations which adds extra pixels to
        compensate for the "sub-pixels" that are not counted by the
        system APIs. */
+    env = getenv ("EMACS_CLEARTYPE");
     cleartype_active =
-      SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
-      && smoothing_enabled
-      && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &smoothing_type, 0)
-      && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE;
+      env ? (atoi (env) != 0) :
+      (SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &smoothing_enabled, 0)
+       && smoothing_enabled
+       && SystemParametersInfo (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0,
&smoothing_type, 0)
+       && smoothing_type == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
   }
 }

RE: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Ng, Andrew]

Part of the reason that I needed a way to enable ClearType in Emacs is that by default I actually have ClearType disabled on my system. The reason for this is that I have a two LCD monitor setup but unfortunately, the two LCD monitors RGB order do not match. This effectively means that ClearType looks great on one display and not so good on the other. That's one thing Microsoft obviously didn't consider when implementing the ClearType support.
 
Because I mostly use Emacs on the one LCD monitor, I explicitly enable ClearType in Emacs.
 
Cheers,
 
Andrew

________________________________

From: Jason Rumney [mailto:jasonr@gnu.org]
Sent: Thu 22/11/2007 22:06
To: Drew Adams
Cc: Juanma Barranquero; Ng, Andrew; Emacs Devel
Subject: Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support



Drew Adams wrote:
> I haven't followed the problems reported with ClearType. But IIUC this patch lets you turn ClearType on and off from within Emacs, using an environment variable. If so, that's good.
>
> I find that ClearType is great with Emacs on Windows, but if it presents problems in particular contexts (e.g. particular fonts or whatever), then perhaps it would be worth having a toggle command to flip it?
>  
The new font backend in emacs-unicode-2 lets you override antialiasing
on a case by case basis for each font. I think an environment variable
is the wrong solution for Emacs, and if the patch really fixes the
problems, then any option is unnecessary.

RE: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Drew Adams]

> Part of the reason that I needed a way to enable ClearType in
> Emacs is that by default I actually have ClearType disabled on my
> system. The reason for this is that I have a two LCD monitor
> setup but unfortunately, the two LCD monitors RGB order do not
> match. This effectively means that ClearType looks great on one
> display and not so good on the other. That's one thing Microsoft
> obviously didn't consider when implementing the ClearType support.
>
> Because I mostly use Emacs on the one LCD monitor, I explicitly
> enable ClearType in Emacs.

This won't help with tuning two LCDs differently, but it might help to know
that there is a simple $free tool for tuning ClearType.

Download: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType

Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Richard Stallman]

If people decide to install this, we should ask Andrew to sign
a disclaimer for it.

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I have been having a go at fixing up the issues related to ClearType in
Emacs 22.1.

I think I have pretty much sorted out the major issues and everything
appears to work fine now. I've tried as much as possible not to alter
the non-ClearType code path.

I've also added an environment variable "EMACS_CLEARTYPE". If present
this will disable ClearType if its value is 0 and will enable ClearType
if its value is non-zero. Otherwise, ClearType is enabled according to
the system settings.

I've attached a patch file for my changes.

Thank you.

Regards,

Andrew Ng

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Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Angelo Graziosi]

I have the habit to do a Cygwin build of Emacs-CVS but recently I have
tried this:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/auctex/emacs+auctex-w32-2007-07-07.zip, that is a
native Windows build.

Comparing the look of characters, the Windows build looks better than the
Cygwin one: the characters appear antialiased (I have an LCD with
ClearType enabled in Windows XP) while in the Cygwin build they do not
look so well defined.

I ask if one can apply some tricks to have better results also in
the Cygwin build (avoiding GTK that under Cygwin does not work, see
PROBLEMS).


TIA,

   Angelo.


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