I don't see the appeal in Emacs. It seems to me like a standard text editor, with fancy colouring. May as well just use notepad.exe, since their basically the same.
I don't see the appeal in text editors. It seems to me like a standard application with fancy colouring. May as well just write on paper since they're* essentially the same.
>>128
You don't belong here. I've declined more girls in favour of code than you've ever spoken to (but seriously, I have done that a few times and it is LOL).
>>136
That's failtialiased text with that ugly RGB hack. It doesn't need to be like that. By using the usual antialiasing in xft or the traditional renderer in Windows, you get beautiful, smooth, sharp enough letters. If you can't see this, you fail.
>>143
Hey cheers mate. I am now using that theme, very nice.
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Anonymous2007-07-31 6:01 ID:uhB8Kp9r
>>144
not as bad as >>37, but still looks blurry and makes my eyes hurt after looking at it for about 10 seconds.
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Anonymous2007-07-31 6:15 ID:p6QqbPmJ
I don't understand what the big deal is with anti-aliasing. Are your eyes really that fucked up? For me, it's a complete non-issue.
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Anonymous2007-07-31 6:33 ID:+BN9eaQa
>>147
I think it's supposed to make it more natural. I.e. to look like ink and pencil on paper. And I think shapes look more like they are supposed to with antialiasing. Without, it's like looking at some lettering in lego blogs. It's legible, but it takes that extra whatever so many milliseconds longer to process because (1) it's not really the precise shape, it just resembles it and (2) because it's just not what you are used to reading. You end up concentrating on the sharp edges as opposed to the shape as a whole. Plus with antialiasing the lines are just that bit thicker, but not bold.
>>150 I concur, bottom one is blurry...It may be smoother but it's harder to read.
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Anonymous2007-07-31 7:34 ID:yLKdbUHs
"There do exist people with no strong feelings on the matter, but for those who do feel strongly, there is no middle ground. The problem is that both camps are right. Anti-aliased text is fuzzy and blurry. But it’s also true that it is smoother. Anti-aliasing is an illusion – the illusion of higher resolution than is actually available. Unfortunately, the illusion doesn’t work well for everyone."
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Anonymous2007-07-31 7:37 ID:fDhtJTUw
It makes sense if you think about it: how could it ever be possible that a simulated edge appear sharper than a physical edge?