GNU bug report logs - #33442
26.1.90; Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix should be cherry-picked

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Message #35 received at 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ari.roponen <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#33442: 26.1.90;
 Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix should be cherry-picked
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:52:02 +0200

> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:05:18 +0200
> Cc: 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Thanks for that. I've just tried a --with-cairo build with
> 
>      GDK_SCALE=1 emacs
> 
> and it seems to work well, (even) without your extra patch. Aside from 
> the expected problems with toolbar icons and scrollbar (too small), 
> which I don't use anyway.
> 
> So maybe we shouldn't think of the Cairo build as too broken anymore.

How many users will agree to demote the DPI just to have the Cairo
build working?  IOW, is the above a viable solution, or is it
something many users will regard as unacceptable?

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