From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikolai Weibull Subject: Re: gitk - ewww Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 18:12:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20051204171206.GA8819@puritan.petwork> References: <6CC092B0-101F-4D98-9761-B4E24A7CA35A@hawaga.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 04 18:14:40 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EixPo-0004Vu-2h for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:12:44 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932303AbVLDRMO (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:12:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932305AbVLDRMO (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:12:14 -0500 Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com ([195.54.107.73]:39920 "EHLO mxfep02.bredband.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932303AbVLDRMM (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:12:12 -0500 Received: from ironport.bredband.com ([195.54.107.82] [195.54.107.82]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20051204171206.ZJMJ17186.mxfep02.bredband.com@ironport.bredband.com> for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 18:12:06 +0100 Received: from c-fa2b70d5.018-10-67626713.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO puritan.petwork) ([213.112.43.250]) by ironport.bredband.com with ESMTP; 04 Dec 2005 18:12:35 +0100 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-IronPort-AV: i="3.99,212,1131318000"; d="scan'208"; a="15353062:sNHT30191238" Received: by puritan.petwork (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F19AAADFE5; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 18:12:06 +0100 (CET) To: Git Mailing List Mail-Followup-To: Git Mailing List Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Ben Clifford wrote: > > Screen shot is at: > > http://www/hawaga.org.uk/ben/tech/gitk-eww-1.png > What makes _me_ go "eww" in that screenshot is that tcl/tk doesn't do > anti-aliased fonts, but maybe that's just me, and that's apparently > 8.5 has that fixed (at a horrible performance impact, I'm sure, but > hey, one look at your screenshot and I'm saying "bring it on"). Just use a slightly larger font and it should be fine. The lower-right field, whatever that lists (changed files?) - I have never used gitk, uses anti-aliasing, and the only problem I see is that the commit-message listing uses a font that is way too small (or is badly designed). The top pane is easily readable, although it could use a slightly larger point-size. Anti-aliasing is only a hack for displaying text on a screen. It's not a substitute for choosing your fonts and point sizes with care. A bitmapped font designed for small point-sizes will always look more crisp than a generic TTF at small point-sizes. nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}