Re: Is font fallback slow over X11/ssh?

[Dmitry Alexandrov]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> Is font fallback slow over X11/ssh?
>> FWIW, yes, it is.  And thatʼs one of my reasons to prefer server-side font 
>> rendering for remote Emacs sessions.  I. e. something like:
>>      $ emacs --xrm='Emacs.fontBackend: x'
>
> Interesting.  Do you have some explanation for why you find it more useful 
> for remote sessions?

No, in the sense that @yuri.v.khan@gmail.comʼs one is more thorough than mine.

> Have you tried to *disable* the `x` fontBackend instead?

Yes, in fact due to bug#25216 this is my normal setup.

        ! https://bugs.gnu.org/25216
        Emacs.fontBackend: xft,ftcrhb

Why _it_ could help, I wonder now?


P. S. Hint: If youʼd like to get a prompter reply, it may be useful to actually 
address a person while addressing him.  ;-)

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