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Subject: Re: [9fans] g++
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>> - I like Acme a lot. It is simple and powerful. In particular, I like
>> the 3- button mouse usage and the Euro font (default font). One
>> problem, though, is I like the font so much, I find it difficult to
>> use Plan 9 with a resolution less than 1280x1024. And I miss
>> Cut-and-Paste (with mouse) feature of Plan 9 UI in every other OSes.
>> Cant they atleast add it as a configurable feature?
>
> add the font as a configurable feature?  that's available as the -f and
> -F options to acme (the Font acme command switches between the two)...
No, I meant having Plan9-like cut-and-paste feature in Windows and Linux =
(X
Windows).

> i can cope reading email at 1024x768 with the euro.8 font (doing that
> right now, in fact) but for programming in such small resolutions i
> switch to 7x13, which is thinner, fixed size and gives you more space
> for code.  it also supports more unicode glyphs than euro.8...
If I am right, the font wasnt as neat looking as the euro.8. The euro.8 i=
s
as good as an anti-aliased font in PDF.

dharani