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diff etc/NEWS @ 97145:1f11efe01535
Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:52:15 +0000 |
parents | cc10cad95d85 |
children | 4d2d4e50bb02 |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Thu Jul 31 10:04:21 2008 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Thu Jul 31 11:52:15 2008 +0000 @@ -923,6 +923,16 @@ w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil. See the doc string of that variable for the list of extra keys that are available. +** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. +The font backend was completely rewritten for this release. The focus +on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full unicode +support, including complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A +rewrite of the BDF font support has not happened due to lack of time +and developers. If demand still exists for such a backend even with +the improved language support for native Windows fonts, future +development in this direction will most likely be based on the +freetype library, giving access to a wider range of font formats. + * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1