Re: [h-e-w] ClearType in Windows XP: Dirty Cursor

[Dr Francis J. Wright]

IIRC, ClearType is disabled in the current version of Emacs (21.2) because
it causes such problems.  Whether or not that's the fix you were looking for
I leave you to decide :-)

Francis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Baker" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:37 AM
Subject: [h-e-w] ClearType in Windows XP: Dirty Cursor


> Noble Emacs Gurus,
>
> I have been experiencing a display bug in Emacs NT, version 21.1, that
> appears in Windows XP when ClearType is enabled.  It has two
manifestations:
> one minor, and one major.
>
>   Minor bug: the leftmost and rightmost pixel columns of
>   each character can get a little munged.  Still readable,
>   but munged nonetheless.
>
>   Major bug: when in MMM mode in a region that is colored
>   differently than the main page color, typing leaves vertical
>   bars between characters, making it extremely difficult
>   to read what has just been typed without a forced screen
>   redraw.
>
> Both problems go away each time the screen is redrawn (C-l).
>
> I can send screen captures of the problems on request.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bill Baker
>
>
>