Firefox

[Fryderyk Dziarmagowski]

 --- "Patrys :: Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys at pld-linux.org> wrote:

> > > > it's because you added --disable-xft. it should be always enabled since
> > > > pango/gtk+ uses xft for font rendering.
> > > 
> > > Actually not. It uses it internally. Mozilla developer docs explicitly
> > > say to always use --disable-xft when using --enable-pango.
> > 
> > Intresting information. Using a backend internally sound like
> > revolution to me ;)
> 
> Read Mozilla docs. Mozilla can link directly against xft or against
> freetype2. This has nothing to do with the toolkit of choice as the
> canvas (the part where site content is rendered) is toolkit-independent.

I don't talk about GUI or canvas, but only about font rendering.

> Enable/disable xft/freetype2 has no impact on the rest of Fx GUI.

Breaking mozilla-firefox build is a big impact.

> > according to your ex-TODO:
> > #   ac_add_options --enable-xft
> > #      Enables XFT advanced font rendering. This is only available with
> > #      --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2, and it is recommended with gtk2
> >                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > % grep toolkit= mozilla-firefox.spec
> > ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
> >                                         ^^^^
> > could you explain this? 
> 
> Read the whole thing:
> 
> ac_add_options --enable-xft
>         Enables XFT advanced font rendering. This is only available with
>         --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2, and it is recommended with gtk2 
>         
> ac_add_options --enable-freetype2
>         Enables freetype font rendering. This is the default for the GTK
>         toolkit. Not compatible with --enable-xft

GTK = old gtk+ (1.2.x), gtk2 = gtk+2 (2.x.x)...

> Especially the "not compatible with" part. Full configure options
> description available at
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options

Why should I read it? I don't have problems with undefined symbols and
I don't want to use deprecated pango X font backend.

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Fryderyk Dziarmagowski