Re: Mozilla 1.3??

Christopher Blizzard <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.phoebe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Joseph Phillips wrote:
> gtk2 version uses the Gnome2 toolkit, instead of the built-in mozilla
> toolkit.  So if you run the Gnome2 desktop environment, the mozilla
> windows will pickup any gnome themes you apply.  There are probably
> other more important differences than just the theme example.  Maybe
> someone more knowledgeable can explain the benefit of running gtk2 build
> of mozilla in a gnome2 DE?

Mostly that it picks up the right fonts and other settings from the 
environment.  It also uses Xft for the font rendering.

--Chris

> 
> On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 08:50, Justin Georgeson wrote:
> 
>>What is the difference between the gtk2 and xft versions? I usually use 
>>the xft one, but tried the gtk2 for 1.3, and can't perceive any 
>>difference. I have the msttcorefonts package from sourceforge installed, 
>>and have enabled the TrueType stuff for mozilla, and all those fonts are 
>>listed in the gtk2 version. I thought that was why I was using the xft 
>>one. <shrug>
>>
>>Thomas Dodd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Thomas Dodd wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>David Krider wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>snooker tb wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I loaded up phoebe 094 with the latest mozilla 1.3 release and it is 
>>>>>>working fine, so far. Slightly faster and
>>>>>>better screen draws are the most notable new features. It seems to 
>>>>>>work smoother as well. Good update.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's smoother because it's not doing anti-aliasing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Which version is the, the GTK2 version or the Xft version?
>>>>One of those should "just work" if not both.
>>>>Did you try both yet?
>>>>
>>>>I'm grabbing both SRPMS now, and will try them this weekend on
>>>>my phoebe3 box, my RHL-8.0 box, and my RHL-8.0 + gnomehide + XF86-4.3 
>>>>+ kernel-2.4.21p5ac3 + more stuff I don't remember boxes.
>>>
>>>
>>>I build the gtk2 packages from source and it appears fine to me.
>>>The font lists show all the font I have, and they look good to me.
>>>
>>>Any particular page/fon combination you want to check, I'll send a 
>>>screen shot of it and you can tell me if aa is enabled or not.
>>>
>>>    -Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>; Justin Georgeson
>>; http://www.lopht.net
>>; mailto:[email protected]
>>; "Free the mallocs, delete the news"
>>
>>
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