X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4DE65E71.503@cwilson.fastmail.fm> References: <20110523115058.GJ3051@calimero.vinschen.de> <4DDA7E64.3060202@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20110523160437.GN3051@calimero.vinschen.de> <4DDACA2C.6080201@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4DDC867B.6040000@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4DDD1FAF.9020804@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4DDDAFFF.1020300@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4DDE7789.2030901@etr-usa.com> <4DE50675.5040608@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4DE65E71.503@cwilson.fastmail.fm> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 19:15:32 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty font test From: Andy Koppe To: Charles Wilson , cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id p51IFtqO030815 On 1 June 2011 16:44, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 6/1/2011 1:27 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: >> and it's bound to always be somewhat out-of-date and >> incomplete. > > Well, of course.  Everything on the web is out of date 15 minutes after > posting.  That doesn't mean it has no value. > >> I don't want to have to deal with requests to update it >> for new versions of a font, to add more fonts (for example CJK fonts), >> or to cover other aspects such as support for different languages or >> maths symbols. In other words, I think the "Terminal Font Chronicler" >> is a sizable project in its own right. > > If there is any intent to ensure it is comprehensive and current, yes. I > don't have any such intent. Me neither, but a wiki does create that expectation, even more so with an issue tracker next to it ... > It was reasonably comprehensive, and > current as of the date it was created. Agreed. >> I should add an entry about choosing a font to the Tips wiki page >> though, plugging DejaVu Sans and linking to your review, if you're >> planning on keeping it at its current location. > > Err...no.  I've been hitting Peter's bandwidth at fruitbat.org pretty > hard lately (with the mingw cross compiler hosted there for the last > month, and now this page with 2.4MB of images), so I want to move or > delete the page. > > Many of the references I found around the net about terminal fonts were > in the form of blog posts.  Blog posts are naturally dated, and nobody > expects a blogger to go back months later and update an old post (maybe > fix typos within a few days of posting, but beyond that, no). > > So, I reckon I'll put it up on a blog post somewhere.  Maybe I'll start > a special purpose blog at blogspot or something. That sounds like the right approach to me. Thanks, Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple