From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 24 14:52:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 800A216A405 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:52:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from mail42.e.nsc.no (mail42.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2269B13C46A for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from [84.202.200.209] (084202200209.customer.alfanett.no [84.202.200.209]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail42.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0OEqsQn008860 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:52:55 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <45B7707B.20407@netscape.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:43:07 +0100 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Line-spacing and leading in X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:52:57 -0000 This question drew exactly zero responses on another forum, so I try the experts here: By using Firefox and Thunderbird on both Windows and FreeBSD I have noticed that line-spacing is slightly denser on Windows. Lines are one or two pixels taller on FreeBSD, which probably means that leading is included. Now, leading as part of line-spacing can be turned on and off in X by setting minspace to false or true, respectively. This can be done in ~/.fonts.conf or by including minspace in commands like this one: xterm -fa monospace-11:minspace=true My problem is, this does not work. Initially, I suspected that GTK might have something to with it. However, when I installed 6.2-RELEASE - which I did from scratch - I took care to run the test above with only base and X, and it still did not work. Whatever the reason, Xorg itself seems to be responsible. Anyone know more about this? And, whether in X or GTK, is there a way to control line-spacing? It looks like Gnome adjusts some parameter that has to do with the vertical spacing of icons (in the folder and thread panes of Thunderbird.) I suppose this and other parameters could be adjusted in my ~/.gtkrc-2.0 if only I knew what they are called. -- Tore