release-notes/FC4 development-tools.xml, 1.3, 1.4 hardware-reqs.xml, 1.7, 1.8 install-notes.xml, 1.9, 1.10 intro.xml, 1.6, 1.7 overview.xml, 1.5, 1.6 package-notes.xml, 1.16, 1.17 project-overview.xml, 1.3, 1.4 samba.xml, 1.6, 1.7 security.xml, 1.3, 1.4 splash.xml, 1.9, 1.10 xorg.xml, 1.5, 1.6
Karsten Wade (kwade)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Tue Jun 7 19:55:47 UTC 2005
Author: kwade
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv7482
Modified Files:
development-tools.xml hardware-reqs.xml install-notes.xml
intro.xml overview.xml package-notes.xml project-overview.xml
samba.xml security.xml splash.xml xorg.xml
Log Message:
This is my final Very Good Stuff read through now completed with these changes. Ain't gonna get much better than this.
Index: development-tools.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/development-tools.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- development-tools.xml 31 May 2005 01:09:54 -0000 1.3
+++ development-tools.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.4
@@ -16,29 +16,40 @@
<section id="sn-devel-gcc">
<title>GCC Compiler Collection</title>
<para>
- &DISTRO; &DISTROVER; has been built using <abbrev>GCC</abbrev> 4.0, which is included with the distribution.
+ &DISTRO; &DISTROVER; has been built using <abbrev>GCC</abbrev>
+ 4.0, which is included with the distribution.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Caveats</title>
<listitem>
<para>
- <abbrev>GDB</abbrev> 6.1 or newer is needed to debug binaries unless compiled using the <parameter class="option">-fno-var-tracking</parameter> compilation option.
+ <abbrev>GDB</abbrev> 6.1 or newer is needed to debug binaries
+ unless compiled using the <parameter
+ class="option">-fno-var-tracking</parameter> compilation
+ option.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <parameter class="option">-fwritable-strings</parameter> option is no longer accepted.
+ The <parameter class="option">-fwritable-strings</parameter>
+ option is no longer accepted.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- English-language diagnostic messages now use Unicode quotes; if you cannot read this, set your <envar>LC_CTYPE</envar> environment variable to "<filename>C</filename>" or change your terminal emulator.
+ English-language diagnostic messages now use Unicode quotes;
+ if you cannot read this, set your <envar>LC_CTYPE</envar>
+ environment variable to "<filename>C</filename>" or
+ change your terminal emulator.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <filename>specs</filename> file is no longer installed on most systems.
- Ordinary users will not notice, but developers who need to alter the file can use the <parameter class="option">-dumpspecs</parameter> option to generate the file for editing.
+ The <filename>specs</filename> file is no longer installed on
+ most systems. Ordinary users will not notice, but developers
+ who need to alter the file can use the <parameter
+ class="option">-dumpspecs</parameter> option to generate the
+ file for editing.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -46,13 +57,17 @@
<title>Code Generation</title>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <abbrev>SSA</abbrev> code optimizer is now included and brings with it better constant propagation; partial redundancy elimination; load and store code motion; strength reduction; dead storage elimination; better detection of unreachable code; and tail recursion by accumulation.
+ The <abbrev>SSA</abbrev> code optimizer is now included and
+ brings with it better constant propagation, partial redundancy
+ elimination, load and store code motion, strength reduction,
+ dead storage elimination, better detection of unreachable
+ code, and tail recursion by accumulation.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Autovectorization is supported.
- This technique achieves higher performance for repetitive loop code, in some circumstances.
+ Autovectorization is supported. This technique achieves higher
+ performance for repetitive loop code, in some circumstances.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -60,85 +75,107 @@
<title>Language Extentions</title>
<listitem>
<para>
- A <computeroutput>sentinel</computeroutput> attribute has been added so that the compiler will now issue a warning if a function such as <function>execl(char *path, const char *arg, ...)</function>, which requires a <literal>NULL</literal> list terminator is missing the <literal>NULL</literal>.
+ A <computeroutput>sentinel</computeroutput> attribute has been
+ added so that the compiler will now issue a warning if a
+ function such as <function>execl(char *path, const char *arg,
+ ...)</function>, which requires a <literal>NULL</literal>
+ list terminator is missing the <literal>NULL</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <wordasword>cast-as-lvalue</wordasword>, <wordasword>conditional-expression-as-lvalue</wordasword>, and <wordasword>compund-expression-as-lvalue</wordasword> extentions have been removed.
+ The <wordasword>cast-as-lvalue</wordasword>,
+ <wordasword>conditional-expression-as-lvalue</wordasword>, and
+ <wordasword>compund-expression-as-lvalue</wordasword>
+ extentions have been removed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <computeroutput>#pragma pack()</computeroutput> semantics have been brought closer to those used by other compilers.
+ The <computeroutput>#pragma pack()</computeroutput> semantics
+ have been brought closer to those used by other compilers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Taking the address of a variable declared with the <computeroutput>register</computeroutput> modifier now generates an error instead of a warning.
+ Taking the address of a variable declared with the
+ <computeroutput>register</computeroutput> modifier now
+ generates an error instead of a warning.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Arrays of incomplete element types now generate an error.
- This implies no forward reference to structure definitions.
+ Arrays of incomplete element types now generate an error. This
+ implies no forward reference to structure definitions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The basic compiler, without any optimization (<parameter class="option">-O0</parameter>), has been measured as much as 25% faster in real-world code.
+ The basic compiler, without any optimization (<parameter
+ class="option">-O0</parameter>), has been measured as much
+ as 25% faster in real-world code.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Libraries may now contain function-scope static variables in multi-threaded programs.
- The <parameter class="option">-fno-threadsafe-statics</parameter> can be used by embedded developers to turn off this feature, but ordinary users should never do this.
+ Libraries may now contain function-scope static variables in
+ multi-threaded programs. The <parameter
+ class="option">-fno-threadsafe-statics</parameter> can be
+ used by embedded developers to turn off this feature, but
+ ordinary users should never do this.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Java</title>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- To avoid naming conflicts: <filename>rmic</filename> is now <filename>grmic</filename>;
- <filename>rmiregistry</filename> is now <filename>grmiregistry</filename>; and
- <filename>jar</filename> is now <filename>fastjar</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <application>GCJ</application> compiler can now be used as a just-in-time (<abbrev>JIT</abbrev>) tool by using the <filename>gnu.jit</filename> facilities.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- More support of the <abbrev>AWT</abbrev> and <abbrev>SWING</abbrev> packages have been added.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
- <title>FORTRAN</title>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <abbrev>GNU</abbrev> <application>FORTRAN 77</application> front end has been replaced by a new <application>FORTRAN 90/95</application> recognizer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
- <title>Eclipse Development Environment</title>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Eclipse 3.1M6 has been compiled as a native application.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The C Development Tool (<abbrev>CDT</abbrev>) has been included.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To avoid naming conflicts: <filename>rmic</filename> is now
+ <filename>grmic</filename>; <filename>rmiregistry</filename>
+ is now <filename>grmiregistry</filename>; and
+ <filename>jar</filename> is now <filename>fastjar</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <application>GCJ</application> compiler can now be used as
+ a just-in-time (<abbrev>JIT</abbrev>) tool by using the
+ <filename>gnu.jit</filename> facilities.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ More support of the <abbrev>AWT</abbrev> and
+ <abbrev>SWING</abbrev> packages have been added.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <title>FORTRAN</title>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <abbrev>GNU</abbrev> <application>FORTRAN 77</application>
+ front end has been replaced by a new <application>FORTRAN
+ 90/95</application> recognizer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <title>Eclipse Development Environment</title>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Eclipse 3.1M6 has been compiled as a native application.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The C Development Tool (<abbrev>CDT</abbrev>) has been
+ included.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</section>
+</section>
<!--
Index: hardware-reqs.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/hardware-reqs.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- hardware-reqs.xml 31 May 2005 23:25:52 -0000 1.7
+++ hardware-reqs.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.8
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
<section id="sn-hardware-reqs">
<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
-
- <para>The following information represents the minimum hardware
- requirements necessary to successfully install &DISTRO;
- &DISTROVER;.</para>
-
+ <para>
+ The following information represents the minimum hardware
+ requirements necessary to successfully install &DISTRO; &DISTROVER;.
+ </para>
<note>
<title>Note</title>
-
- <para>The compatibility/availability of other hardware components
- (such as video and network cards) may be required for specific
- installation modes and/or post-installation usage.</para>
+ <para>
+ The compatibility/availability of other hardware components (such
+ as video and network cards) may be required for specific
+ installation modes and/or post-installation usage.
+ </para>
</note>
-
+<!-- Something like this needs to be said, but this really needs a -->
+<!-- better treatment and probably a new section devoted to help resources.
+ <para>
+ This section does not address hardware compatability. To find out
+ about using a specific piece of hardware with &FC; &LOCALVER;
+ </para>
+-->
<section>
<title>CPU Requirements</title>
@@ -92,7 +98,6 @@
the installed system.</para>
<!-- Update these figures every release -->
-
<para>In practical terms, this means that as little as an
additional 90MB can be required for a minimal installation,
while as much as an additional 175MB can be required for an
Index: install-notes.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/install-notes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- install-notes.xml 31 May 2005 23:35:48 -0000 1.9
+++ install-notes.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.10
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
happens, restart the installation process and add the
following option to the boot command line:
</para>
- <para>
- <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> <command>pci=off
- ide1=0x180,0x386</command>
- </para>
+<screen>
+<!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> -->
+<command>pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386</command>
+</screen>
<para>
<!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> This option allows the
installation to proceed normally; any devices not detected due
@@ -212,29 +212,31 @@
and the Ximian RPMs. This configuration is not supported. You
have several choices in resolving this particular issue:
</para>
- <orderedlist>
+ <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
<listitem>
<para>
- <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> 1) You may remove Ximian
- GNOME from your system prior to upgrading to &DISTRO;.
+ <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> -->You may remove
+ Ximian GNOME from your system prior to upgrading to
+ &DISTRO;.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> 2) You may upgrade your
- system, and then immediately reinstall Ximian GNOME.
+ <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> -->You may upgrade
+ your system, and then immediately reinstall Ximian GNOME.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> 3) You may upgrade your
- system, and then immediately remove all remaining Ximian
- RPMs, replacing them with the corresponding &DISTRO; RPMs.
+ <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> -->You may upgrade
+ your system, and then immediately remove all remaining
+ Ximian RPMs, replacing them with the corresponding
+ &DISTRO; RPMs.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>
- <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> --> You
+ <!-- <remark os="test">(x86)</remark> -->You
<emphasis>must</emphasis> resolve the version overlap using
one of the above choices. Failure to do so will result in an
unstable GNOME configuration.
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- </section>
+</section>
<!--
Local variables:
mode: xml
Index: intro.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/intro.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- intro.xml 1 Jun 2005 01:36:09 -0000 1.6
+++ intro.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.7
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
The &PROJ; is an openly-developed project designed by &RH;, open for
general participation, led by a meritocracy, and following a set of
project objectives. The results from this project include &DISTRO;,
- a complete, general-purpose operating system built exclusively from
- open source software.
+ which is a complete, general-purpose operating system built
+ exclusively from open source software.
</para>
<note>
<title>Note</title>
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@
</para>
<para>
For reporting errors or other requests about these release notes,
- file a bug report using this <ulink
- url="&BUG-URL;">pre-filled bugzilla template</ulink>:
+ file a bug report using this <ulink url="&BUG-URL;">pre-filled
+ bugzilla template</ulink>.
</para>
+<!-- This is just to tweaky to HTML and will make people think it's b0rked
<para>
<ulink
url="&BUG-URL;">&BUG-URL;</ulink>
</para>
+-->
<para>
- This <ulink
- url="&TINY-BUG-URL;">&TINY-BUG-URL;</ulink> will
- take you to the same pre-filled bugzilla template.
+ This <ulink url="&TINY-BUG-URL;">&TINY-BUG-URL;</ulink> will take
+ you to the same pre-filled bugzilla template.
</para>
</section>
<!--
Index: overview.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/overview.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- overview.xml 30 May 2005 19:15:30 -0000 1.5
+++ overview.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.6
@@ -77,14 +77,10 @@
&SEL; — This release includes coverage for 80 new
daemons by the targeted policy. There are changes to the
handling of Booleans. The targeted policy is enabled by
- default. For more information, refer to:
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/</ulink>
- </para>
- <para>
- For This is the complete list of daemons covered by the targeted policy:
+ default. For more information, refer to: <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/</ulink>.
+ This is the complete list of daemons covered by the targeted
+ policy:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Index: package-notes.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/package-notes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- package-notes.xml 7 Jun 2005 08:23:40 -0000 1.16
+++ package-notes.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.17
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@
<para>
This additional variable is required because the run/time
libraries have been moved out of the way. There may be programs
- that will not work if the program uses an unfortunate DT_RPATH
- (which overwrites the LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting).
+ that will not work if the program uses an unfortunate
+ <envar>DT_RPATH</envar> (which overwrites the
+ <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> setting).
</para>
<para>
All this makes it more cumbersome to run programs which depend
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@
</para>
</section>
&SERVER-TOOLS;
- &JAVA;
+ &JAVA-PACKAGE;
</section>
<!-- Saving these just in case ...
<section os="bogus">
@@ -841,8 +842,9 @@
</section>
-->
+<!-- not content for this release
&DATABASE-SERVERS;
- &MULTIMEDIA;
+ &MULTIMEDIA; -->
<!--
<section os="bogus">
<title>Supported Packages</title>
Index: project-overview.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/project-overview.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- project-overview.xml 29 May 2005 18:50:50 -0000 1.3
+++ project-overview.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.4
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
from open source software. Development is done in a public forum.
The project produces time-based releases of &DISTRO; approximately
2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The &RH;
- engineering team will continue to participate in building &DISTRO;
- and will invite and encourage more outside participation than was
+ engineering team continues to participate in building &DISTRO;
+ and invites and encourages more outside participation than was
possible in the past. By using this more open process, we hope to
provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free
software and more appealing to the open source community.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
fedora-docs-list at redhat.com — For participants of the
- docs project
+ Documentation Project
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Index: samba.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/samba.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- samba.xml 30 May 2005 14:41:46 -0000 1.6
+++ samba.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.7
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<section id="sn-samba">
- <title>Samba (Windows Compatibility)</title>
+ <title>Samba (Windows File System Compatibility)</title>
<para>
This section contains information related to Samba, the suite
Index: security.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/security.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- security.xml 30 May 2005 18:33:21 -0000 1.3
+++ security.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.4
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
Dovecot: A <filename>dovecot-openssl.cnf</filename> file is
automatically installed in <filename>/etc/pki/dovecot/</filename>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ For information about &SEL;, refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-overview"/>.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
<!--
Index: splash.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/splash.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- splash.xml 1 Jun 2005 17:29:46 -0000 1.9
+++ splash.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.10
@@ -65,24 +65,28 @@
the latest software such as GNOME 2.10 and KDE 3.4 with a new
look and feel. GNOME has the new simple and elegant Clearlooks
default theme that is inspired by the classic Red Hat
- Bluecurve theme.
+ Bluecurve theme, as shown in <xref
+ linkend="ex-desktop-screenshot-clearlooks"/>.
</para>
- <mediaobject id="txt-fedora-desktop-screenshot">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.eps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- Screenshot of Fedora desktop showing Firefox in the
- background and the new universal document viewer Evince
- in the foreground. Evince is displaying Lawrence Lessig's
- Free Culture.
- </para>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
+ <example id="ex-desktop-screenshot-clearlooks">
+ <title>New desktop featuring Clearlooks and Evince</title>
+ <mediaobject id="txt-fedora-desktop-screenshot">
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <para>
+ Screenshot of Fedora desktop showing Firefox in the
+ background and the new universal document viewer Evince
+ in the foreground. Evince is displaying Lawrence
+ Lessig's Free Culture.
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </example>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@
url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/">http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/</ulink>)
is a document viewer for multiple document formats such as
pdf, postscript, and many others. Evince replaces a whole
- category of document viewers with a single simple
+ category of document viewers with a single simple
application.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -114,10 +118,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Eclipse 3.1 is an open and extensible platform and
- Integrated Development Environment
- (<acronym>IDE</acronym>) that can be used to develop
- software in any language.
+ Eclipse 3.1 is an open and extensible software development
+ platform that is an Integrated Development Environment
+ (<acronym>IDE</acronym>) useful for programming in any
+ language.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -132,10 +136,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Improved Security — &SEL; is a security architecture
- that protects applications and uses through finely grained
- security controls. The targeted policy that has been active
- since &FC; 3 has been improved to cover dozens of more
- daemons. You can read more in the technical release notes
+ that protects applications and users through finely grained
+ mandatory security controls. The default targeted policy has
+ been improved to cover 80 additional daemons. You can read
+ more in the technical release notes
<xref linkend="sn-overview"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -147,7 +151,9 @@
common storage pool. &FC; &LOCALVER; has integrated GFS within
the system to manage your storage in an efficient way. You
can read more at <ulink
- url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/">http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/</ulink>.
+ url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/">http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/</ulink>
+ and <ulink
+ url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -162,11 +168,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Solid Platform — &FC; &LOCALVER; includes and integrates
- the latest 4.0 version of GNU Compiler Collection which has a
- rewritten optimisation infrastructure and improved support for
- a native Free Java software stack. This includes parts of
- OpenOffice.org 2.0., Eclipse, and Apache Jakarta, among
- others.
+ the latest 4.0 version of GNU Compiler Collection, which has a
+ rewritten optimization infrastructure and improved support for
+ a native open source Java software stack. This stack includes
+ parts of OpenOffice.org 2.0., Eclipse, and Apache Jakarta,
+ among others.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Index: xorg.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/FC4/xorg.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- xorg.xml 30 May 2005 17:52:18 -0000 1.5
+++ xorg.xml 7 Jun 2005 19:55:45 -0000 1.6
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
<section id="sn-xwindows-xorg">
<title><filename>xorg-x11</filename></title>
<para>
- Users new to the X.org X11 implementation should take note of
- a few differences between it and the XFree86.org X11
- implementation which shipped in previous &RH; operating systems.
- In particular, the names of some files have changed:
+ Users new to the X.org X11 implementation should take note of a
+ few differences between it and the XFree86.org X11 implementation
+ which shipped in previous &RH; and &FED; operating systems. In
+ particular, the names of some files have changed:
</para>
<para>
X Server Binary:
@@ -61,29 +61,31 @@
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>The original (15+ year old) subsystem is referred to as the
- "core X font subsystem". Fonts rendered by this subsystem are not
- anti-aliased, are handled by the X server, and have names
- like: <computeroutput>-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1</computeroutput>
+ <para>The original (15+ year old) subsystem is referred to as
+ the <firstterm>core X font subsystem</firstterm>. Fonts
+ rendered by this subsystem are not anti-aliased, are handled
+ by the X server, and have names such as:
+ <computeroutput>-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1</computeroutput>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The newer font subsystem is known as "fontconfig", and allows
- applications direct access to the font files. Fontconfig is
- often used along with the Xft library, which allows
+ The newer font subsystem is known as
+ <firstterm>fontconfig</firstterm>, and allows applications
+ direct access to the font files. Fontconfig is often used
+ along with the <filename>Xft</filename> library, which allows
applications to render fontconfig fonts to the screen with
antialiasing. Fontconfig uses more human-friendly names such
- as: <computeroutput>Luxi Sans-10</computeroutput>
+ as: <computeroutput>Luxi Sans-10</computeroutput>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- Over time, fontconfig and Xft will replace the core X font
- subsystem. At the present time, applications using the Qt 3 or
- GTK 2 toolkits (which would include KDE and GNOME applications)
- use the fontconfig and Xft font subsystem; most everything else
- uses the core X fonts.
+ Over time, fontconfig and <filename>Xft</filename> will replace
+ the core X font subsystem. At the present time, applications
+ using the Qt 3 or GTK 2 toolkits (which would include KDE and
+ GNOME applications) use the fontconfig and Xft font subsystem;
+ most everything else uses the core X fonts.
</para>
<para>
In the future, &FC; may support only fontconfig/Xft in
@@ -93,9 +95,8 @@
<note>
<title>Note</title>
<para>
- An exception to the font subsystem usage outlined above
- is OpenOffice.org (which uses its own font rendering
- technology).
+ An exception to the font subsystem usage outlined above is
+ OpenOffice.org, which uses its own font rendering technology.
</para>
</note>
<para>
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@
</step>
<step>
<para>
- Update the font information by issuing the following
- commands (note that, due to formatting restrictions, the following
- commands may appear on more than one line; in use, each command
- should be entered on a single line):
+ Update the font information by issuing the following commands
+ (note that, due to formatting restrictions, the following
+ commands may appear on more than one line; in use, each
+ command should be entered on a single line):
</para>
<screen>
<command>ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale</command>
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
<para>
If you had to create
<filename>/usr/share/fonts/local/</filename>, you must then
- add it to the X font server (xfs) path:
+ add it to the X font server (<command>xfs</command>) path:
</para>
<screen>
<command>chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/</command>
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