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Subject: Re: emacs fonts
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:04:23 +0100
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That's what I was meaning... (maybe the first time was unclear)  ...IF Xlib
and Xaw GET PORTED to DJGPP, THEN Would it be possible for emacs to fully
support mule functionality, like (Chinese) fonts?

It seems to me the answer would be yes.

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT delorie DOT com> wrote in message
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> > From: "deckerben" <deckerben AT freenet DOT de>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:04:09 +0100
> >
> >     I must have been confused. I am currently using the 20.5 DOS port
> > (latest binary available, from what I understand). What additional
features
> > would Xlib support then really make available?
>
> It would support display of all the characters and scripts for which
> you can find X fonts; the GUI interface, including scroll bars and
> other widgets (depending on what X libraries are ported); multiple
> Emacs frames visible at the same time.
>
> > I was under the impression that Xlibrary emulation would provide
important
> > infrastructure, like foreign fonts.
>
> Yes, that too.
>
> > Is Leim a foreign keyboard generator?
>
> Leim is not a keyboard generator, it's a set of input methods.  An
> input method is a way of producing characters that your keyboard
> cannot generate directly.  For example, one of the input methods
> provided by Leim allows one to type Cyrillic characters on a keyboard
> that can only produce US ASCII.
>
> Leim is fully supported by the DJGPP port of Emacs.
>
> > I did read the bit in the Mule manual about MsDOG ... several times, but
of
> > course it didn't say anything about what happens when you have a DJGPP -
> > ported X and Xaw library...
>
> It doesn't say that because there are no such ports known to me.
>
> > I imagine such an Xport would support all X - GUI functions, except
> > multi.tasking windows ... It, of course, would have to operate in DOS
(full
> > screen) mode. But things like foreign fonts and Jpeg image support etc
> > should all be possible, or ... ??
>
> They are possible with X support, but not on the DOS text-mode
> display.