Bug 321481

Summary: Add an option to disable bytecode interpreter in systemsettings
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Dimitrios Glentadakis <dglent>
Component: kcm_fontsAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: pulfer, unassigned-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.10.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mageia RPMs   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

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