Re: Problem with hard-coded fonts in applications

[Yukihiro Nakai <ynakai redhat com>]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:51:09 +0300
Valek Filippov <frob@df.ru> wrote:

> Pablo Saratxaga wrote:
> > 
> > But still worst is using "-cronyx-foo-*-koi8-r", on my system I
> > don't have Cronyx fonts, I use Arial. The lack of a default makes
> > the output unreadable.
> The using of "*-r-*" made some gtk+/gnome application absolutely
> _unusable_ for us.
> 
> 90% questions about GNOME in russians confs&mail-lists are "Why all menu
> is in transliteration?" and "Is gnome so stupid that it can't use cursor
> in the right way?"

If so, we need some guide lines for developers
"Don't use *-r-* in your apps."
etc...

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Nakai