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authorJason Rumney2008-02-15 23:24:04 +0000
committerJason Rumney2008-02-15 23:24:04 +0000
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Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
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@@ -2152,14 +2152,13 @@ for menus. Help text is only available in later versions of Windows.
2152When "ClearType" method is selected as the "method to smooth edges of 2152When "ClearType" method is selected as the "method to smooth edges of
2153screen fonts" (in Display Properties, Appearance tab, under 2153screen fonts" (in Display Properties, Appearance tab, under
2154"Effects"), there are various problems related to display of 2154"Effects"), there are various problems related to display of
2155characters: 2-pixel trace is left behind when moving overlays, bold 2155characters: Bold fonts can be hard to read, small portions of some
2156fonts can be hard to read, small portions of some characters could 2156characters could appear chopped, etc. This happens because, under
2157appear chopped, etc. This happens because, under ClearType, 2157ClearType, characters are drawn outside their advertised bounding box.
2158characters are drawn outside their advertised bounding box. Emacs 21 2158Emacs 21 disabled the use of ClearType, whereas Emacs 22 allows it and
2159disabled the use of ClearType, whereas Emacs 22 allows it and has some 2159has some code to enlarge the width of the bounding box. Apparently,
2160code to enlarge the width of the bounding box. Apparently, this 2160this display feature needs more changes to get it 100% right. A
2161display feature needs more changes to get it 100% right. A workaround 2161workaround is to disable ClearType.
2162is to disable ClearType.
2163 2162
2164There are problems with display if mouse-tracking is enabled and the 2163There are problems with display if mouse-tracking is enabled and the
2165mouse is moved off a frame, over another frame then back over the first 2164mouse is moved off a frame, over another frame then back over the first