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Re: New rxvt -- cleartype bug again
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- To: Steve O <bub at io dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: New rxvt -- cleartype bug again
--- Steve O <bub@io.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yep, the new rxvt (-12) doesn't do so well with clear type. I
> tracked through the code and figured out why. Looks like windows
> erases a little bit more background than it should when writing
> text in opaque mode. Changed the XDrawString code to use
> transparent
> mode and to manually do the background erasing.
>
> I'm concerned about the pasting from other windows crashing rxvt
> and would like to hold off making another release until I can
> figure that out. In the meantime, I recommend using the -11
> version
> if ClearType is an issue.
>
> The pasting issue appears to only affect NT systems, the only
> platform I don't have ready access to.
The pasting issue is also present on WinME.
Cheers,
Nicholas
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