Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] GNOME System Tools 0.21.0

[Chema Celorio <chema ximian com>]

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 02:19, Tambet Ingo wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 09:38, Guenther Roith wrote:
> > Ok. That's right. Still I miss the font tool.
> > Can I contribute in that area?
> 
> Current font tool's backend uses old gnome-print code to get font
> information. It should be rewritten to use fontconfig (from Xft2) and
> when it does, adding/removing fonts would be just copying to/from font
> directories. Fontconfig takes care of updating font lists etc.

It would be sweeet if someone wrote the new font tool to setup Xft2. I
agree with Tambet Xft is solving the fontmap issue for all apps,
gnome-print will use fontconfig soon.

regards,
Chema



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