On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Gene C. wrote: >Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:16:24 -0500 >From: Gene C. <czarcing@cox.net> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: True type fonts in mozilla./evolution > >On Thursday 07 November 2002 11:53, Mike A. Harris wrote: >> Well, if it is not documented clearly in any of the official Red >> Hat Linux manuals that come with the distribution in hard copy, >> or are available on ISO image or online, then I would consider >> this a possible problem that needs to get fixed. I haven't >> looked in the documentation to find out if we've documented this >> or not, as I assume we have. If font configuration is not >> covered in our manuals, or is incorrect or incomplete, then you >> may very well have a legitimate complaint, and I urge you to file >> a bug report in bugzilla against our documentation. If it is >> documented, then I urge you to read it. > >Actually Mike, this is not well documented in the Red Hat Reference Manual. >In fact there is no mention of Xft ... only xfs. If that is the case (I have no idea, I haven't tried to look), then file a bug report against the documentation in bugzilla. >However, it did take me a while to figure out just what was happening and that >took looking at a number of files and packages. I am still figuring other >stuff out but it is through trial and error but I should not need to do this. >I hope you put some presure on the appropriate people to upgrade the >documentation for the next release. I have my own things to do, and I'm not in the documentation group. If you would like something documented that isn't, or would like documentation improved for something, then file it in bugzilla. As Yoda says.... "If, in bugzilla, your bug is not. Then young Jedi, a bug it is not! Hrrmm.." >BTW, you should consider putting that long email you wrote into the >documentation. It is a good explanation of what is going on with fonts. I don't write documentation manuals, sorry. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
