multiuser X [Re: empty charset registry?]

[Malcolm Purvis]

>>>>> "Aidan" == Aidan Kehoe <kehoea at parhasard.net> writes:

Aidan>  Ar an tri? l? d?ag de m? na Samhain, scr?obh Ilya N. Golubev:

>> This again assumes personal computer (that is, totally controlled by single
>> person).  Random x server does not have to allow arbitrary `xset fp+',

Aidan> Which random X server does not?

In the late 80s to mid 90's there were devices called X-Terminals.  These were
boxes with a screen and keyboard that only ran the X server and quite popular
at the time.  The boot image, fonts and related data were fetched via TFTP
from a server, and that directory tree was typically owned by root.

These days similar systems aren't as common, but running an X server in a
locked-down PC thin client might produce similar constraints.

In general I'd advise against mucking about with the font path unless we
*really* need to do it, such as supplying our own fonts.

Malcolm

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		     Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp at xemacs.org>