Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3513 mails)

[James Oakley <joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>(by way of James Oakley <joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>)]

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On February 28, 2001 05:58 pm, you wrote:
>   I can't wait to try it. Hopefully by the time the next SuSE comes out it
> will be the default. Three brief questions for you:
>
>    1.) Were you able to find a RPM of qt-experimental, or did you have to
> compile the CVS version (I always hate to over write packages with source
> code)?

SuSE has an RPM included with the latest X release on their ftp site.

>    2.) Do you have a noticeable speed decrease?

I was able to notice it on my Matrox G200 8MB AGP running at 1280x1024. I
tend to have a lot of windows on my screen at one time. What slowed down most
was window movement.

While it looked nice and all, there were a couple of annoyances that made me
drop it:

1) I was only able to use MS fonts. That meant I had to download them using
fetchmsttfonts. I don't have Windows and couldn't copy them. The biggest
thing, of course is that I was unable to use any of the plethora of X fonts
that I have. A problem for me...

2) The display of the "Courier New" font left a lot to be desired. 'O' and
'C' look the same. This made using KWrite unbearable, and I use KWrite for
programming...

You can see a screenshot at:

http://www.funktronics.ca/images/Why_Anti-Aliasing_Sucks.png

You'll notice that I have KWord open showing a drop box with most of the few
fonts I had to choose from. I also have written the words 'TOP' and 'TCP' to
show the problem with displaying the 'O' character.

There are also a couple of GTK apps without AA, showing that AA doesn't make
*that* much difference. The Adobe Helvetica is very nice without having to AA
it.

If I could AA the X fonts, I might try it again, but I currently cannot.

Oh well.

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James Oakley
Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd.
joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.solutioninc.com
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