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RE: [SLE] Anti-Aliasing: How do I do it?
- From: wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Wilson)
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:31:31 -0600
- Message-id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010228213003.021312e0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
At 08:59 PM 2/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>While XF 4.0.2 supports AA, the applications have to be modified in order to take advantage of it, it is not automatic. Since KDE is QT based, by installing a version of QT that supports these X11 extensions, all KDE applications start displaying AA fonts.
>
>Avi
I still do not understand. What packages are there then that DO have the AA support right off the CD? I would have thought all of KDE... ...no?
>--On Wednesday, February 28, 2001 08:58:37 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson <wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>At 08:04 PM 2/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>>I complied the cvs sources. I did it for the whole KDE 2.1.X
>>
>>I do NOT understand why you compiled anything. I'm sitting right here
>>looking at the Outside of my SuSE 7.1 Professional and #2 of 8 things
>>listed inside the little hard cover is "Xfree86 tm 4.0.2 Font anti
>>aliasing" Which absolutely HAS to mean that's in installed with RPMs that
>>/come on these CDs/, or else it would be a lie to put that on the outside
>>of the box.
>>
>>In fact, because the outside of the box says that, I'd assume it's that
>>way by default. So what's going on here that you guys are having to
>>fiddle around at all? Is the AA not set up by default? I made a test HTML
>>page (web fonts have always been the worst) and it looked much better
>>then times past, but I was on a test box with a horrible little monitor
>>so maybe it was just blured.
>>
>>Can someone from SuSE please answer why "Font anti aliasing" is on the
>>outside of the box if we have to compile it ourselves, and if we don't
>>need to, please explain how we can get it working?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------
>>Jonathan Wilson
>>System Administrator
>>
>>Cedar Creek Software
>>http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
>>
>>Central Texas IT
>>http://www.centraltexasit.com
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
>
>--
>Avi Schwartz Get a Life,
>avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Get Linux!
>
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----------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Wilson
System Administrator
Cedar Creek Software
http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
Central Texas IT
http://www.centraltexasit.com
>While XF 4.0.2 supports AA, the applications have to be modified in order to take advantage of it, it is not automatic. Since KDE is QT based, by installing a version of QT that supports these X11 extensions, all KDE applications start displaying AA fonts.
>
>Avi
I still do not understand. What packages are there then that DO have the AA support right off the CD? I would have thought all of KDE... ...no?
>--On Wednesday, February 28, 2001 08:58:37 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson <wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>At 08:04 PM 2/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>>I complied the cvs sources. I did it for the whole KDE 2.1.X
>>
>>I do NOT understand why you compiled anything. I'm sitting right here
>>looking at the Outside of my SuSE 7.1 Professional and #2 of 8 things
>>listed inside the little hard cover is "Xfree86 tm 4.0.2 Font anti
>>aliasing" Which absolutely HAS to mean that's in installed with RPMs that
>>/come on these CDs/, or else it would be a lie to put that on the outside
>>of the box.
>>
>>In fact, because the outside of the box says that, I'd assume it's that
>>way by default. So what's going on here that you guys are having to
>>fiddle around at all? Is the AA not set up by default? I made a test HTML
>>page (web fonts have always been the worst) and it looked much better
>>then times past, but I was on a test box with a horrible little monitor
>>so maybe it was just blured.
>>
>>Can someone from SuSE please answer why "Font anti aliasing" is on the
>>outside of the box if we have to compile it ourselves, and if we don't
>>need to, please explain how we can get it working?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------
>>Jonathan Wilson
>>System Administrator
>>
>>Cedar Creek Software
>>http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
>>
>>Central Texas IT
>>http://www.centraltexasit.com
>>
>>
>>--
>>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx
>>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@xxxxxxxx
>> Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
>>
>
>
>
>--
>Avi Schwartz Get a Life,
>avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Get Linux!
>
>--
>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx
>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@xxxxxxxx
>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
----------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Wilson
System Administrator
Cedar Creek Software
http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
Central Texas IT
http://www.centraltexasit.com
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