[update] #10500

> 10500
> -----
>
> Issue 1497: Saving preferences to disk gives an error
> Issue 1478: ScriptLoader loadFFI fails with a dependency error
> Issue 1437: Bitmap #decompress:fromByteArray:at: not wellformed
> Issue 1536: Use Bitmap DejaVu as default fonts
>
>
> Postscript does:
>
> Preferences removePreference: #automaticFlapLayout;
> removePreference: #navigatorOnLeftEdge;
> removePreference: #classicNavigatorEnabled.
>
> StrikeFont installDejaVu.
> Preferences setDefaultFonts: #(
>     (setBalloonHelpFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setButtonFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setCodeFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setHaloLabelFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setListFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setMenuFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setSystemFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVu' 9)
>     (setWindowTitleFontTo: 'BitmapDejaVuBold' 12))
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> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>
>    
>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>
>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>
>> Damien, I suggest not to select FreeType font in the Pharo image
>> anymore but keep the Bitmap DejaVu font that comes with the core image
>> now. The bitmap font is not that perfect, but apparently the speed
>>      
> Not that perfect? What's the problem with it? FreeType's anti-aliasing is
> crappy compared to BitmapDejaVu.
>
>
> Levente
>
>    

> On 06.12.2009 15:28, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>
>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>
> Humm, better hope new VM versions are out before final release :)
> Without the BitBlt fixes, it looks kind of horrible when dragging a
> window...
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
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> Idézet (Adrian Lienhard <[hidden email]>):
>
>> On Dec 6, 2009, at 19:43 , Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>>>
>>>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>>>
>>>> Damien, I suggest not to select FreeType font in the Pharo image
>>>> anymore but keep the Bitmap DejaVu font that comes with the core  
>>>> image
>>>> now. The bitmap font is not that perfect, but apparently the speed
>>>
>>> Not that perfect? What's the problem with it?
>>
>> E.g., colon and dot are so small that I sometimes think they are  
>> missing (do you see the dot on the first line in the attached  
>> png?).  Character spacing is sometimes strange. Its not bad at all,  
>> but not  perfect either.
>>
>
> I guess it depends on your monitor's pixel size, I see the dot  
> clearly.
>
>>> FreeType's anti-aliasing is crappy compared to BitmapDejaVu.
>>
>> What is crappy?
>>
>
> Crappy = low quality.
> See the attached image.
>
>
> Levente
>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
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> Ok, well I've not compiled the freetype plugin for V5.x yet, so whatever is happening it's not using freetype.
>
> Someone will need to decide if the bitblt override plugin should be part of the base system?
>
> There seems to be lots of confusion about what smalltalk software, which VM version, and if it's using an override BitBlt plugin.  Maybe someone can detail the choices and decide which is the most optimum for Pharo.
>
> For testing purposes I *believe* you can run the V5.0 VM on powerpc, or on MacIntel set  use 32bit mode in get info. Then included the plugins as shipped with the 4.2.2 VM. You still might need to confirm the 32bit FreeType plugin gets loaded.
>
> The V5.0 Vm has the latest bitblt changes from VMMaker, but that might be different than the ones in the older BitBlt override.
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Adrian Lienhard <[hidden email]> wrote:
> It seems that with your setup the FreeType fonts are rendered without
> subpixel AA.
>
> I use the Mac VM, I think with the extra BitBlt plugin, and they look
> better.
>
> Adrian
>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 21:10 , Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>
> > Idézet (Adrian Lienhard <[hidden email]>):
> >
> >> On Dec 6, 2009, at 19:43 , Levente Uzonyi wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks, Marcus!
> >>>>
> >>>> One step closer to 1.0.
> >>>>
> >>>> Damien, I suggest not to select FreeType font in the Pharo image
> >>>> anymore but keep the Bitmap DejaVu font that comes with the core
> >>>> image
> >>>> now. The bitmap font is not that perfect, but apparently the speed
> >>>
> >>> Not that perfect? What's the problem with it?
> >>
> >> E.g., colon and dot are so small that I sometimes think they are
> >> missing (do you see the dot on the first line in the attached
> >> png?).  Character spacing is sometimes strange. Its not bad at all,
> >> but not  perfect either.
> >>
> >
> > I guess it depends on your monitor's pixel size, I see the dot
> > clearly.
> >
> >>> FreeType's anti-aliasing is crappy compared to BitmapDejaVu.
> >>
> >> What is crappy?
> >>
> >
> > Crappy = low quality.
> > See the attached image.
> >
> >
> > Levente
> >
> >> Adrian
> >>
> >>
> >
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> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>
>> It seems that with your setup the FreeType fonts are rendered without
>> subpixel AA.
>>
>
> Well, this is what's coming out of the box for windows users. I tried
> tweaking the preferences and got better results with HintingNormal instead
> of the default HintingLight. Btw the preferences for FreeType are broken,
> the Preference Browser shows the preferences as enabled even if you
> disable them. Opening a new Preference Browser shows the correct values.
>
>
> Levente
>
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> On 06.12.2009 15:28, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>
>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>
> Humm, better hope new VM versions are out before final release :)
> Without the BitBlt fixes, it looks kind of horrible when dragging a
> window...
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
>
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> Arg, now I see what you mean by dragging a window looks horrible...
> the whole text disappears.
>
> I'm using a Mac 4.2.2beta1U VM with the extra BitBlt plugin. Shouldn't
> this fix the issue, or is there another problem?
>
> Adrian
>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 19:37 , Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote:
>
>    
>> On 06.12.2009 15:28, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>>      
>>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>>
>>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>>
>>>        
>> Humm, better hope new VM versions are out before final release :)
>> Without the BitBlt fixes, it looks kind of horrible when dragging a
>> window...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Henry
>>
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> http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=1315
>
> http://n4.nabble.com/Integer-overflow-with-BitBlt-rule-20-and-depth-32-td253454.html#a253454
>
> Fix added to VMMaker Nov. 2nd, so unless you have a plugin made after
> that, no.
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
>
> On 07.12.2009 22:11, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>> Arg, now I see what you mean by dragging a window looks horrible...
>> the whole text disappears.
>>
>> I'm using a Mac 4.2.2beta1U VM with the extra BitBlt plugin.  
>> Shouldn't
>> this fix the issue, or is there another problem?
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2009, at 19:37 , Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 06.12.2009 15:28, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Marcus!
>>>>
>>>> One step closer to 1.0.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Humm, better hope new VM versions are out before final release :)
>>> Without the BitBlt fixes, it looks kind of horrible when dragging a
>>> window...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Henry
>>>
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> Regards, Gary
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Levente Uzonyi" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [update] #10500
>
>
>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>>
>>> It seems that with your setup the FreeType fonts are rendered without
>>> subpixel AA.
>>>
>>
>> Well, this is what's coming out of the box for windows users. I tried
>> tweaking the preferences and got better results with HintingNormal instead
>> of the default HintingLight. Btw the preferences for FreeType are broken,
>> the Preference Browser shows the preferences as enabled even if you
>> disable them. Opening a new Preference Browser shows the correct values.
>>
>>
>> Levente
>>
>>
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> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Gary Chambers wrote:
>
>> As for Preferences, they are like that (the "old" preference browser doesn't
>> behave well with cross-dependent settings unless special care is taken).
>
> This is in 1.0rc1 and there's no "new" stuff for preference browsing.
>
>
> Levente
>
>>
>> Regards, Gary
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Levente Uzonyi" <[hidden email]>
>> To: <[hidden email]>
>> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [update] #10500
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems that with your setup the FreeType fonts are rendered without
>>>> subpixel AA.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, this is what's coming out of the box for windows users. I tried
>>> tweaking the preferences and got better results with HintingNormal instead
>>> of the default HintingLight. Btw the preferences for FreeType are broken,
>>> the Preference Browser shows the preferences as enabled even if you
>>> disable them. Opening a new Preference Browser shows the correct values.
>>>
>>>
>>> Levente
>>>
>>>
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