If by libgdkxft you mean libgdkxft0, it has a pretty scary description.
Package: libgdkxft0 Maintainer: Scott M. Dier Architecture: i386 Source: gdkxft Version: 1.0-2 Description: transparently adds anti-aliased font support to gtk+-1.2
*** THIS WILL CAUSE APPLICATIONS TO CRASH, DIE, LOSE INFORMATION, AND OTHER NASTY EFFECTS. DON'T USE THIS IF YOU WANT STABILITY ***
. Using an LD_PRELOAD, this library can transparently add AA fonts to gtk+ applications without recompiling. There are no headers for this library.
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Have you noticed how many times the perl fans reiterate "isn't this cool, but of course you don't need to use it." "There's >1 way to do it."
Now I like functional programming as much as the next guy, but "There's >1 way to do it" is actually a symptom of the problem with perl. Yeah, I don't have to use the object-oriented triple-ended-pipe closure-thingeys so handily represented by $_?:^, but the last guy who worked on the code I'm trying to maintain now, did. So I'm stuck using (or dealing with) them whether I want to or not. When I interview a programmer I can't just ask, "Do you know Perl?". I have to probe just what subset s/he knows.
In my ideal programming language, there is exactly one program that solves each problem. That limits my search space while I'm trying to find it.
When's the last time Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and their ilk were called "liberal"? Those are the guys who want to pass the laws you fear. I'm with you 100% on claiming rights to communicate securely, but it's not a liberal/conservative issue.
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If by libgdkxft you mean libgdkxft0, it has a pretty scary description.
Package: libgdkxft0
Maintainer: Scott M. Dier
Architecture: i386
Source: gdkxft
Version: 1.0-2
Description: transparently adds anti-aliased font support to gtk+-1.2
*** THIS WILL CAUSE APPLICATIONS TO CRASH, DIE, LOSE INFORMATION, AND OTHER NASTY EFFECTS. DON'T USE THIS IF YOU WANT STABILITY ***
. Using an LD_PRELOAD, this library can transparently add AA fonts to gtk+ applications without recompiling. There are no headers for this library.
Have you noticed how many times the perl fans reiterate "isn't this cool, but of course you don't need to use it." "There's >1 way to do it."
Now I like functional programming as much as the next guy, but "There's >1 way to do it" is actually a symptom of the problem with perl. Yeah, I don't have to use the object-oriented triple-ended-pipe closure-thingeys so handily represented by $_?:^, but the last guy who worked on the code I'm trying to maintain now, did. So I'm stuck using (or dealing with) them whether I want to or not. When I interview a programmer I can't just ask, "Do you know Perl?". I have to probe just what subset s/he knows.
In my ideal programming language, there is exactly one program that solves each problem. That limits my search space while I'm trying to find it.
When's the last time Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and their ilk were called "liberal"? Those are the guys who want to pass the laws you fear. I'm with you 100% on claiming rights to communicate securely, but it's not a liberal/conservative issue.