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Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; show-paren-mode causes abnormal vertical lines on Win32.
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:51:35 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

>> >>> And the old code will
>> >>> be removed if I understand correctly, so what point is there in fixing
>> >>> minor bugs in it now?
>> >> As I see it, that is an argument for making the new backend the
>> >> default now, not "before the release of 23.1"...
>> > 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.
>> 
>> If we want it to be the default for 23.1, and given that it works now
>> and is merged into the trunk, I see no reason not to make it the default
>> now, so that bugs get found and fixed earlier rather than later.
>> 
>> Any objection to making the "--enable-font-backend" the default?

> It does not work very well with emacsclient

> emacs -Q -nw -f server-start
> emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
> C-x 5 0   in the emacsclient frame
> After that
> emacsclient -c ~/.emacs
> just hangs.

Works just fine for me,


        Stefan




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