font-backend [was Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.]

[Glenn Morris]

"Juanma Barranquero" wrote:

> On Feb 16, 2008 12:16 AM, Jason Rumney <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> There are also arguments against that, such as the fact that the new
>> backend does not seem to have stabilised yet, with problems like Stefan
>> is experiencing now, and which Windows users suffered around the time of
>> the merge still a frequent occurrence.
>
> I know. But nobody ever said the trunk should be stable at all times.
> (I use the trunk, I want it to be stable; but I think it's more
> important to make the feature available by default sooner so it is
> more widely tested.)

Nobody ever answered Eli's question, AFAIK:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-02/msg00089.html

  Can someone "in the know" please post an explanation of the
  font-backend feature, and what are its advantages/disadvantages?