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

[Hamish]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > > 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?


while we are on the topic, and assuming we want to continue to use
interactive d.mom X-monitors for a while, it is a long standing wish of
mine that d.barscale's mouse placement routine be used for d.text.freetype.


Hamish