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1 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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2 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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4
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5
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6 New font handling mechanism with font backend method
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7 ----------------------------------------------------
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8
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9 The configure script, if invoked with "--enable-font-backend", checks
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10 if libraries freetype and fontconfig exist. If they are both
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11 available, macro "USE_FONT_BACKEND" is defined in src/config.h. In
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12 that case, the existence of Xft library is checked too.
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13
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14 The new files are:
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15 font.h -- header providing font-backend related structures
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16 (most important ones are "struct font" and "struct
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17 font_driver"), macros, and etc.
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18 font.c -- main font handling code.
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19 xfont.c -- font-driver on X for X core fonts.
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20 ftfont.c -- generic font-driver for FreeType fonts providing
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21 device-independent methods of struct font_driver.
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22 xftfont.c -- font-driver on X using Xft for FreeType fonts
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23 utilizing methods provided by ftfont.c.
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24 ftxfont.c -- font-driver on X directly using FreeType fonts
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25 utilizing methods provided by ftfont.c.
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26 w32font.c -- font driver on w32 using Windows native fonts,
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27 corresponding to xfont.c
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28
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29 So we already have codes for X. For the other systems (w32 and mac),
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30 it seems that we need these files:
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31 atmfont.c -- font-driver on mac using ATM fonts, corresponding
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32 to xfont.c
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33 As BDF fonts are currently used on w32, we may also implement these:
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34 bdffont.c -- generic font-driver for BDF fonts, corresponding to
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35 ftfont.c
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36 bdfw32font.c -- font-driver on w32 using BDF fonts,
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37 corresponding to ftxfont.c
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38 But, as FreeType already supports BDF fonts, if FreeType and
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39 Fontconfig are also available on w32, what we need may be:
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40 ftw32font.c -- font-driver on w32 directly using FreeType fonts
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41 utilizing methods provided by ftfont.c.
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42
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43 And, for those to work, macterm.c and macfns.c must be changed by the
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44 similar way as xterm.c and xfns.c (the parts "#ifdef USE_FONT_BACKEND"
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45 ... "#endif" should be checked).
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46
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47 It may be interesting if Emacs supports a frame buffer directly and
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48 has these font driver.
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49 ftfbfont.c -- font-driver on FB for FreeType fonts.
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50 bdffbfont.c -- font-driver on FB for BDF fonts.
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51
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52 Note: The fontset related codes are not yet matured to work well with
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53 the font backend method. So, for instance, even if you start Emacs
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54 as something like this:
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55 % emacs -fn tahoma
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56 Non-ASCII Latin characters will not be displayed by the font "tahoma".
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57 In such a case, please try this:
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58
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59 (set-fontset-font "fontset-default" 'latin '("tahoma" . "unicode-bmp"))
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60
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61
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62 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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63
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64 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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65 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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66 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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67 any later version.
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68
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69 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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70 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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71 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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72 GNU General Public License for more details.
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73
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74 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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75 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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76 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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77 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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