[GRASS-dev] Re: [bug #4905] (grass) gis.m: d.text.freetype does not allow spaces in text

[Glynn Clements]

Huidae Cho wrote:

> > > As I understand it, d.font.freetype + d.text works; d.text.freetype does
> > > not.
> > 
> > The former uses ft_render_mode_normal, the latter ft_render_mode_mono.
> > 
> > Is there anything (useful) which the latter does but the former
> > doesn't? Or can we kill d.text.freetype?
> 
> Unlike d.text, d.text.freetype is able to locate text more precisely on
> the screen (mouse, relative position, geographic coordinates, alignment)
> and supports line spacing and different colors in the same line (no
> linefeed).

Is there any reason why those features can't be added to d.text?

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>