Re: gitk - ewww

From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.git@rawuncut.elitemail.org>
Date: Dec 4, 2005, 17:12 UTC
Message-ID: <20051204171206.GA8819@puritan.petwork>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0512032040240.3099@g5.osdl.org>

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);}