Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Behan Webster wrote: > > > in /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of using xfs. On most stand-alone > > machines, xfs is overkill, as far as I can tell. > > The nice people on #gimp told me that xfs makes things more responsive > because the XServer does not block while it is rendering fonts. Ie xfs > does that 'in parallel' with the X Server, so only the app that is using > the font slows down. >
Perhaps using xfs should be made the default then. It should be just as simple to have either be used as long as all font packages register themselves with both /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/xfs/config. Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-613-224-7547 http://www.verisim.com/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
