From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 4 06:47:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58790106568F for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:47:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smckay@internode.on.net) Received: from ipmail02.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail02.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.214.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C718FC1C for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:47:58 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsAEABqs8Ep20Atl/2dsb2JhbACBTtxChD0EgWU Received: from ppp118-208-11-101.lns20.bne1.internode.on.net (HELO dungeon.home) ([118.208.11.101]) by ipmail02.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2009 17:02:37 +1030 Received: from dungeon.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dungeon.home (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nA46WLgu018101; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:32:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from mckay) Message-Id: <200911040632.nA46WLgu018101@dungeon.home> To: Brian Gardner References: <20091102211536.7ad9ed9f@brain> <1CED4E10-80D7-43AF-A040-6F6BDCB86F2C@getsnappy.com> In-Reply-To: <1CED4E10-80D7-43AF-A040-6F6BDCB86F2C@getsnappy.com> from Brian Gardner at "Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:15:02 -0800" Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:21 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Cc: Stephen McKay , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openjdk6 b17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:47:59 -0000 On Tuesday, 3rd November 2009, Brian Gardner wrote: >I've found a solution for the ugly font issue. I'll be posting a new >preliminary port later today, but here is a blog entry explaining my >research and solution. > >http://www.getsnappy.com/tech-blog/freebsd-tips-tricks/freebsd-openjdk6-b17-font-issues/ Hi Brian! Thanks for all the work you are doing on the java ports! I'm keen to see the openjdk6 font problem solved and I've tried your preliminary b17 port. I've tried all the JDK ports available for FreeBSD (diablo-jdk1.6.0, jdk1.6.0, linux-sun-jdk1.6.0, openjdk6). All these except openjdk6 have the same fontconfig.properties. Openjdk6's is radically different, and it's the one with serious font issues. That could be a clue. Even after I duplicated (most of) the tweaks you did to get the fonts working with b17, there are still major font oddities. I'm trying Intellij on FreeBSD in an attempt to avoid using Linux for java development and openjdk6 (b16 and b17) selects different fonts to what I normally see and renders them poorly. Also, of the available JDKs, the clear winner for running Intellij on FreeBSD is the Linux JDK under the Linuxulator. It's so much better than the others, it's astounding. Running Intellij on the Sun Linux JDK feels 10x more responsive than any of the FreeBSD native JDK options. Just moving the cursor is a pain on the native JDKs. Puzzling, no? I may just start a thread about this. When I get a moment... Stephen.