From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: font-backend [was Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.] Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8463wrm4ls.fsf@gmail.com> <47B55785.8030802@gnu.org> <47B607C6.20601@gnu.org> <47B61D6A.3070004@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203118289 18028 80.91.229.12 (15 Feb 2008 23:31:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:31:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 16 00:31:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQA22-0007xA-Lo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:31:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQA1Y-00049S-9P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQA1T-00049E-RW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQA1T-00048p-Co for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQA1T-00048d-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:15 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQA1S-00082t-Ln for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:14 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JQA1S-0002dW-7s; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:14 -0500 X-Spook: Operation Iraqi Freedom bullion Yukon Semtex Osama USDOJ X-Ran: xP$:.xj9>/lO2NmXbe-"2O|-Sbg|U+-,kUp4R~KjH?`,gZydX^qMUsY!.4\%V9F79IgOC> X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:27:54 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89195 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" wrote: > On Feb 16, 2008 12:16 AM, Jason Rumney wrote: > >> There are also arguments against that, such as the fact that the new >> backend does not seem to have stabilised yet, with problems like Stefan >> is experiencing now, and which Windows users suffered around the time of >> the merge still a frequent occurrence. > > I know. But nobody ever said the trunk should be stable at all times. > (I use the trunk, I want it to be stable; but I think it's more > important to make the feature available by default sooner so it is > more widely tested.) Nobody ever answered Eli's question, AFAIK: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-02/msg00089.html Can someone "in the know" please post an explanation of the font-backend feature, and what are its advantages/disadvantages?