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List:       xfree-fonts
Subject:    Re: [Fonts] Complex text layout and mapping screen coordinates
From:       Brian Stell <bstell () ix ! netcom ! com>
Date:       2002-02-26 16:37:41
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Keith Packard wrote:
> ...
> APIs can change much faster than protocols; adding a new library 
> requires changes only to the local system, not to every possible 
> remote X server.

nicely put

If there were a way to easily upgrade all the X servers in the
the field this would not be such a problem. 

Unfortunately it takes years for a new X server to be in wide 
spread use.

Apps that want new font features "this year" (whatever the date) 
will need to handle them on the client side as Xft, Mozilla, and 
OpenOffice do.

Brian Stell
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