On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> wrote:
We have been looking at updating bitmap-fonts recently,
and noticed that it is still listed mandatory in the comps
@base-x group.
So I just wondered a couple of naive questions:
- does bitmap-fonts have to be installed by default?
- what actually needs it?
Jens
XEmacs needs it. We have an explicit reference to a LucidaTypewriter font.
We started to transition to fontconfig 2004-ish. Unfortunately, the
developers who started that effort have since mostly disappeared. If
there are any competent fontconfig developers who could give us a hand
completing the transition, please stop by xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org and
say hello. I will personally send a box of home-made oatmeal raisin
cookies [1] to anyone who can help us finish the job.
Footnotes:
[1] I can make no guarantees about the state of crumbliness on
arrival, of course.
--
Jerry James
http://www.jamezone.org/