Re: xlib backend - Xft without fontconfig

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,
> I even wouldn't mind to drop support for XGFontSetFontInfo, which is
> broken anyway. What I would like to keep is the ability to not require
> Xft. I hope that nobody is using XGFontInfo, but it should still be
> around when somebody needs it. At least for a bit more time. I still
> expect that we all be able to make the move over to a backend based on
> Eric's Opal code. Which just reminds me to check out this code...
>
>    
yes, I think that being able not to require Xft is a very, very good 
thing. It is a reasonably unportable piece of code. However if you have 
it, usually v2 will work for you too... at least in my own experience.

Riccardo