From 79475ffbca64e267033f72abbcbfde39305c62d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 03:54:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update for font-backend being enabled by default. --- etc/NEWS | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 4e1094a9d2d..1b612cebbb9 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -28,18 +28,19 @@ so we will look at it and add it to the manual. ** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+, rather than Lucid. -** The new configuration option "--enable-font-backend" enables new code -for handling fonts by multiple backends (the old font handling codes -still exist). This requires the freetype and fontconfig libraries, and -supports local fonts (fonts installed on the machine where Emacs is running). -Additionally, the Xft library can be used for antialiasing support. -Fontconfig-like font names (e.g. monospace-12) are also accepted. +** Fonts are handled by new code capable of dealing with multiple font +backends. This requires the freetype and fontconfig libraries, and +supports local fonts (fonts installed on the machine where Emacs is +running). Additionally, the Xft library can be used for antialiasing +support. Fontconfig-like font names (e.g. monospace-12) are also +accepted. The old font handling code can be used by passing the +configure option `--disable-font-backend'. ** The new configuration option "--with-dbus" enables D-Bus language bindings for Emacs. ** The Mac Carbon port is no longer supported. -Instead, use... [what?] +Instead, use... [FIXME what?] ** configure now checks for libgif before libungif when searching for a GIF library. @@ -200,8 +201,8 @@ inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access following arguments. ** The new command-line option `--disable-font-backend' disables the -new font backend code at runtime. This option is only available if -Emacs was compiled with font-backend support. +new font backend code at runtime. This option is not available if +Emacs was compiled without font-backend support. ** The abbrev file is no longer read at startup in batch mode. -- 2.39.2