Marc Lehmann wrote:  [Mon May 11 2009, 10:58:24PM EDT]
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 08:53:14AM -0400, Aron Griffis <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> 
> Still Marc.

Actually I was writing to Mark.

> > The only question I have about this issue is: How does
> > gnome-terminal work consistently?
> 
> urxvt works consistently as well.

This statement is meaninglessly defensive.  urxvt doesn't work
consistently in the way that gnome-terminal works consistently,
which is easily understood by the context of the rest of the
thread leading up to this point.

> > the wider urxvt font spacing.  But if gnome-terminal's method
> > makes sense, maybe it would be appropriate for urxvt too.
> 
> gnome-terminal doesn't care much about correct layout (or speed). it can
> simply redraw everything from scratch and stop caring if some fonts don't
> fit into the character cells.

This sounds like a giant assumption and copout.

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