[pedevel] Re: Suggestion for refactoring of PText
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pedevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:02:23 +0200 CEST
"Andrew Bachmann" <andrewbachmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So, perhaps you could write an algorithm that relies on the font
> being fixed
> width but not restrict the selection of fonts to those that are
> tagged as
> nonproportional. (perhaps a warning at the font selection screen
> would be
> warranted) Also, perhaps the font selection could sort those that
> are
> tagged as nonproportional at the top, to help the user with
> selection.
I personally haven't seen such a font besides Konatu on Haiku. And even
then, it's a bug in that specific font that should be fixed, and not
worked around in other apps - you'll run into problems with this font
in other occasions, too (like Terminal).
Bye,
Axel.
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