[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#1328) [patch] "turns-to-grow" on the map overview

["Raimar Falke via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:43:18PM -0800, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa via RT 
wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Raimar Falke via RT wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 08:28:15AM -0800, Raimar Falke via RT wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:51:52PM -0800, Jason Short via RT wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Attached is an update of this patch.
> > > >
> > > > Changes:
> > > > - Updated for current CVS.
> > > > - GTK2 support.  This is lacking because it doesn't use colors the way
> > > > the other clients do.  I'm not familiar with Pango (yet).
> > >
> > > IMHO this just screams for a unification in some *_common file.
> >
> > And the patch. GTK and XAW is tested. GTK2 still needs convertion and
> > testing.
> 
> The GTK+ font code at least has issues. You should use the string extents
> function instead of checking the font data directly. Not all languages are
> the same. What works for the Latin alphabet may not work elsewhere and
> this is why the string extents functions exist in the first place.

Any function name as a hint?

        Raimar

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