From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LJ0yD-0001MW-DW for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:53 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJ0yB-0001KW-Iv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:51 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJ0y9-0001IE-6m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34707 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LJ0y8-0001I7-UF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:48 -0500 Received: from gateway13.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.21.4]:33708) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LJ0y8-00054F-Gf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:48 -0500 Received: (qmail 27125 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2009 07:45:00 -0000 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com (74.53.228.114) by gateway13.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2009 07:45:00 -0000 Received: from [67.185.177.95] (port=47216 helo=localhost) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LJ0xy-0002OF-47; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:30:38 -0600 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:30:36 -0800 From: Colin D Bennett To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090102233036.35efa846@gibibit.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080901092753.3918cf73@gamma.lan> <20081030121106.4efffecc@gibibit.com> <20081030205736.7e080a5e@gibibit.com> <493ADE06.7080001@nic.fi> <20081222091443.7280e623@gibibit.com> <49513053.20207@nic.fi> <20081223171711.15128818@gibibit.com> <4956C98F.3030006@nic.fi> <9f50a7a00901021444j486addd5he087dd8896afdf87@mail.gmail.com> <495E9BF2.8070003@nic.fi> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.5; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/h5Gzicg0K000H0FLDxKW_rL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: bean123ch@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] GSoC #10 new font engine (UTF-8 support+bugfix) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:30:52 -0000 --Sig_/h5Gzicg0K000H0FLDxKW_rL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:52:51 +0800 Bean wrote: > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Vesa J=C3=A4=C3=A4skel=C3=A4inen > wrote: > > Jerone Young wrote: > >> I just paid attention to this (sorry). So everything seems fine. > >> But the dependency on a proprietary java stack to generate fonts > >> isn't good. Does it happen to work with gcc java ? > > > > Paying attention is not a bad thing as such :) > > > > Never tried it myself but it should work. There isn't anything > > special on it. As long as Java 1.5 is being supported. > > > > Anyway... idea was to get rid of it as soon as possible. I just > > didn't feel right to hold features because of this. >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I think we can use freetype2 library. It supports both bitmap and > outline fonts, and we don't need to parse font file ourselves. That's an idea worth looking into. I did look into it early on in the graphical menu design process, and I can't recall why I abandoned the idea at the time. > BTW, where can I find document on the new font format ? See or its mirror on the GRUB wiki, . Regards, Colin --Sig_/h5Gzicg0K000H0FLDxKW_rL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklfFCMACgkQokx8fzcGbYdYRgCfS+ePYCE0Fh6slCQZr8YK+pff uaMAnROSD+ibenflRpME2t6Y+7hVtpVt =+Ydo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/h5Gzicg0K000H0FLDxKW_rL--