Re: gEDA-user: gschem fonts

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 07:46 +0200, michalwd1979 wrote:
> Hello again,
> Is there a way to have a better (more readable) text in gshcem's
> schematic window? On my system I have to deeply zoom on every
> component to read pins description/numbers. With large components
> (like 208 pins) it is hard to have  whole part on screen with readable
> text.

No way at present, gschem doesn't use anti-aliased drawing at all.

There is some experimental code to do this using the cairo library, but
it is no where near ready for actual use. Due to the way gschem draws
its own fonts, line by line, its not as fast (at least, consumes more
CPU) when dragging things around.

Another way being investigated was using new arbitrary "user" font
support being developed for cairo, to cache rendered glyphs and speed
things up. This arbitrary font support in cairo hasn't even been merged
or released yet, so we might end up needing to wait for a bleeding-edge
version of that library.

In short, and if you're not wanting to track its development through the
next release cycle, this is a feature that _might_ be ready by gEDA
1.6.0.

Have fun with the gEDA tools, and don't hesitate to ask questions here.

Best wishes,
 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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