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

[Jason Rumney]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Jason Rumney <jasonr>   08/07/31 11:52:16

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1813
retrieving revision 1.1814
diff -u -b -r1.1813 -r1.1814
--- NEWS        31 Jul 2008 01:27:33 -0000      1.1813
+++ NEWS        31 Jul 2008 11:52:15 -0000      1.1814
@@ -923,6 +923,16 @@
 w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil.  See the doc string of that variable
 for the list of extra keys that are available.
 
+** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows.
+The font backend was completely rewritten for this release. The focus
+on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full unicode
+support, including complex script shaping for native Windows fonts.  A
+rewrite of the BDF font support has not happened due to lack of time
+and developers.  If demand still exists for such a backend even with
+the improved language support for native Windows fonts, future
+development in this direction will most likely be based on the
+freetype library, giving access to a wider range of font formats.
+
 
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1