Re: [ft] FREETYPE_PROPERTIES alternative?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> It is very sweet that with 2.7.1 release those who are upset with
> the new default can return to the old ones by setting an environment
> variable like FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35".
> The problem is environment variable is not a truly global setting.
> For example when you run a program using "sudo", it does not get
> parent's environment variables.  And there never will be
> FREETYPE_PROPERTIES.
> 
> Please consider an alternative way to set FREETYPE_PROPERTIES
> globally, via a file in /etc or something alternative to env var.

This is issue #49187.

  https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?49187

For me, this has zero priority.

Please also check the various discussions on the `freetype-devel'
mailing list in July 2016, using the topic `Something in 2.6.4 broke
my windows' and variations of it.

  http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2016-07/threads.html


    Werner