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* Installation Changes in Emacs 28.1
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- ** Cairo is now used by default if found.
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+ ** Cairo graphics library is now used by default if found.
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'--with-cairo' is now the default, if the appropriate development files
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are found by 'configure'. Note that building with Cairo means using
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Pango instead of libXFT for font support. Since Pango 1.44 has
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removed support for bitmapped fonts, this may require you to adjust
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your font settings.
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- Note also that 'FontBackend' settings in ".Xdefaults" or ".Xresources",
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- or 'font-backend' frame parameter settings in your init files, may need
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- to be adjusted, as 'xft' is no longer a valid backend when using
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- Cairo. Use 'ftcrhb' if your Emacs was built with HarfBuzz support,
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- and 'ftcr' otherwise. You can determine this by checking
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- 'system-configuration-features'. The 'ftcr' backend will still be
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- available when HarfBuzz is supported, but will not be used by default.
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- We strongly recommend building with HarBuzz support. 'x' is still a
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- valid backend.
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+ Note also that 'FontBackend' settings in ".Xdefaults" or
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+ ".Xresources", or 'font-backend' frame parameter settings in your init
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+ files, may need to be adjusted, as 'xft' is no longer a valid backend
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+ when using Cairo. Use 'ftcrhb' if your Emacs was built with HarfBuzz
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+ text shaping support, and 'ftcr' otherwise. You can determine this by
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+ checking 'system-configuration-features'. The 'ftcr' backend will
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+ still be available when HarfBuzz is supported, but will not be used by
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+ default. We strongly recommend building with HarBuzz support. 'x' is
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+ still a valid backend.
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** 'configure' now warns about building with libXft support.
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** 'configure' now warns about not using HarfBuzz if using Cairo.
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We want to encourage people to use the most modern font features
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- available, and this is Cairo + HarfBuzz, so 'configure' now recommends
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- that combination.
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+ available, and this is the Cairo graphics library + HarfBuzz for font
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+ shaping, so 'configure' now recommends that combination.
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** The ftx font backend driver has been removed.
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