[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v

[Eli Zaretskii]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Eli Zaretskii <eliz>    07/04/09 08:42:03

Index: PROBLEMS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.218
retrieving revision 1.219
diff -u -b -r1.218 -r1.219
--- PROBLEMS    8 Apr 2007 08:59:32 -0000       1.218
+++ PROBLEMS    9 Apr 2007 08:42:03 -0000       1.219
@@ -2102,6 +2102,18 @@
 Windows 95 and Windows NT up to version 4.0 do not support help text
 for menus.  Help text is only available in later versions of Windows.
 
+When "ClearType" method is selected as the "method to smooth edges of
+screen fonts" (in Display Properties, Appearance tab, under
+"Effects"), there are various problems related to display of
+characters: 2-pixel trace is left behind when moving overlays, bold
+fonts can be hard to read, small portions of some characters could
+appear chopped, etc.  This happens because, under ClearType,
+characters are drawn outside their advertised bounding box.  Emacs 21
+disabled the use of ClearType, whereas Emacs 22 allows it and has some
+code to enlarge the width of the bounding box.  Apparently, this
+display feature needs more changes to get it 100% right.  A workaround
+is to disable ClearType.
+
 There are problems with display if mouse-tracking is enabled and the
 mouse is moved off a frame, over another frame then back over the first
 frame.  A workaround is to click the left mouse button inside the frame