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

[Huidae Cho]

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 06:55:05PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

No, it's simply because nobody did it.  Hopefully, I'll sometime.

Huidae Cho