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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Line spacing in qt-copy
From:       Christoph Cullmann <cullmann () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2002-03-20 21:44:45
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On Wednesday 20 March 2002 22:09, David Jarvie wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 8:46 am, Ewald Snel wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 15:13, Malte Starostik wrote:
> > > > Any more opinions?
> > >
> > > Personally, I agree with Gerold that it's too compact: looks like
> > > 66-line
> >
> > You're right, it's still not exactly the same as Qt-2.x/KDE-2.x. I've
>
> updated
>
> > my patches (again :)) to qt-3.0.3. I have verified that all of the
> > XFree86 bitmap fonts have 99% the same ascent/descent/height/leading as
> > in Qt-2.x (just one font was 1 pixel off). Here are the results.
> >
> > (screenshots)
> > http://rambo.its.tudelft.nl/~ewald/kde3qt3-2small.jpg
> > http://rambo.its.tudelft.nl/~ewald/kde3qt3-patched.jpg
> > http://rambo.its.tudelft.nl/~ewald/kde3qt3-2small-2.jpg
> > http://rambo.its.tudelft.nl/~ewald/kde3qt3-patched-2.jpg
>
> Looking at these screen shots, I would say that the qt-3.0.3 (unpatched)
> spacing for lists and for menus is perfect. For continuous text (as in the
> mail message), it is arguable that the patched version is better. But it
> depends on what one's priorities are. Personally, I usually prefer to see
> the maximum amount of text on the screen at any one time, and would
> therefore go for the unpatched version. But for the most pleasant reading
> experience (especially when one is in a relaxed mood), a slightly greater
> spacing is better.
>
> Fortunately, the solution is obvious. We simply need an intelligent line
> spacing mechanism which detects the user's preferences and mood at the
> time, and combines this with an analysis of the format and contents of the
> text being displayed, to create the perfect presentation. I'm sure somebody
> can rustle up code to do this in time for KDE 3.0. :-)
>
> More seriously, how about a user-configurable spacing? It presumably
> wouldn't be too difficult to implement, if Trolltech was agreeable. And
> that way, everybody would be happy (unless their mood changed unexpectedly,
> or unless like me they might like different spacings in different texts).
> And I wonder if it would be a first for KDE?
That won't be such a trivial thingy, as custom widgets don't care about the qt 
linespacing.

>
> Whatever spacing is finally adopted, it's great to see the wide spacing
> gone. Just about anything would be better than that.

-- 
Christoph Cullmann
Kate/KDE developer
cullmann@kde.org
http://kate.kde.org

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