[mgp-users 01298] Re: Differences between 09a and 10a

[Yoshifumi Nishida <nishida@csl.sony.co.jp>]

I think it's related to xft2 support in 1.10a.
If you suppress the xft2 function by adding -x xft, perhaps you will get
the same result as 1.09a.

Thanks,
--
Yoshifumi Nishida
nishida@csl.sony.co.jp

From: Phil Nelson <phil@NetBSD.org>
Subject: [mgp-users 01297] Differences between 09a and 10a
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:09:48 -0800
Message-ID: <>

 > Hi,
 > 
 >   I just subscribed to this list.  I've been using 1.09a for a while and then 
 > recently upgraded to 1.10a.  This has all been on NetBSD (i386/1.6 branch)
 > 
 >   I was using a real nice feature in 9a where a tab on a line that didn't 
 > start with a tab caused the text to be lined up nicely.  So I could easily do 
 > tabular functions.  With 10a, those tab characters are not rendered as a 
 > small rectangle and it does not line up the text at tab stops.  Here are my 
 > questions.
 > 
 >    a)  Was this an intended feature of 9a or just something I noticed that 
 > worked?
 > 
 >    b)  If this was a know feature of 9a, how can I get it back in 10a?  If it 
 > wasn't a feature (just a bug :), then I'd like it to be a feature in the 
 > future.  How can this be accomplished?
 > 
 >    Thanks!
 > 
 > --Phil
 > 
 > 
 >    
 >