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List:       xfree-xpert
Subject:    Re: [Fonts]Re: [Xpert]Honest question about font complexity.
From:       Keith Packard <keithp () keithp ! com>
Date:       2001-11-30 19:08:10
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Around 10 o'clock on Nov 30, Brian Stell wrote:

> >         + What basic signalling mechanism should be used
> 
> Probably a property event off the root window.

That would work if everything related to fonts was an X application, and 
all of them were connected to the same display.

I'd like to solve the simple problem where all applications are running on 
the same machine; it seems like there should be some OS mechanism that 
will work for this.

> If a font in added (eg: downloaded via a browser) would the
> user need to log off for the X server / Xfs to see it?

If the X server and Xfs shared the same font configuration mechanism as 
Xft, then they'd get updated information via the same route.  Right now,
you can install new fonts, re-run 'mkfontdir' and then 'xset fp rehash' 
and the X server will see the new fonts.

Keith Packard        XFree86 Core Team        SuSE, Inc.


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