[tur-users] Fonts [Was: Re: Ion3 trademark infringement]

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/4/30, Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov at iki.fi>:
> On 2007-04-30, James <iphitus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > just out of interest, i've got the bytecode interpreter running here,
> > out of the box, didnt touch a line of XML. The other distros may be
> > broken, but Arch aint. As for the XML, arch's got pre-written configs,
> > so its a matter of symlinkin in whatever ones we want to change.
>
> Arch is unlikely to be installed on a random Linux computer you have
> to use at work or so. More than likely it's Fedora Core or something.
> And they have even more bitmap blocks than normally, and no bytecode
> interpreter. Also you may not have root access, and some of the blocks
> are not in a straightforward manner disabled from .fonts.conf. Even
> on my Etch box[1], .fonts.conf is _20_ lines to just enable the
> bytecode interpreter instead of the autohinter (what a joke!) and
> turn on hinting. And  that doesn't include the changes needed to
> /etc/fonts/ (that aren't obvious how to do in ~/.fonts.conf), to allow
> bitmap fonts, to prefer Helvetica over Fuglystream Vera, that keep
> randomly broken by the distribution, and whatever -- it's a total bitrot.
> The XML crud configuration system is _far too complex_.
>
> [1] Which I will be abandoning for either FreeBSD or Windows XP when
> I get a new box maybe in a few years, as Linux keeps turning into a
> pile of steaming shit -- unfortunately dragging *BSD down with it,
> but at least they don't have udev or the scsi-mapping insanity.

Have you finished screaming about how sh*t are non-bitmap fonts on Linux?
I think anyone who want to read your opinions can find your pages.
Keep in mind that this ML is for discussing AUR related issues.

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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)