Bug 321481

Summary:	Add an option to disable bytecode interpreter in systemsettings
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Dimitrios Glentadakis <dglent>
Component:	kcm_fonts	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	pulfer, unassigned-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.10.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mageia RPMs
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240
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Description Dimitrios Glentadakis 2013-06-22 05:26:59 UTC

As you can see here:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175

the bytecode interpreter breaks the font for a big number of users

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
I would like to ask if it is possible to add an option to disabled it
Actual Results:  
In systemsettings, there is the options about fonts, as to set the DPI or the subpixel settings but not to disable the bytecode interpreter

Expected Results:  
Have an option to disabled it

A developer in Rosa has made a patch for this:
https://abf.rosalinux.ru/import/kdebase4-workspace/raw/rosa2012.1/kde-workspace-4.9.4-fontconfig.patch

Comment 1 Pulfer 2014-01-17 16:01:58 UTC

As kde-workspace 4.x seems to be frozen for new features, perhaps there's no hope for this patch to be added in upstream. :-/

Comment 2 Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-18 14:39:22 UTC

I developed my own tool
http://pkgs.org/mageia-cauldron/mageia-core-release-i586/autohint-onoff-1.4-1.mga5.noarch.rpm.html