That, IIUC, means both that no VM changes is needed, and that no
incompatibility is caused, in which case, it's merely a matter of
creating another font package to put SM, and either should be
installable after the other. 

So, it's a mere matter of applying the nicest package that's on SM as
soon as we're ready to start rolling updates for 3.5.

Cool. I love Squeak. Thanks Andreas.

Daniel

Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Just to throw in an extra thought into this discussion: If you are concerned
> that switching the default encoding for fonts would prevent you from using
> any of the existing fonts you are wrong. The fonts in Squeak contain a
> character to glyph mapping so that any existing font (in any encoding) can
> be used even if the default character set is changed. In other words, all
> that's needed for all of the existing fonts is a WhateverWeDecide -> Mac
> Roman mapping and that's it. I have used this mechanism (for example) for
> the native font support on Windows.
> 
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> > [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Ian Piumarta
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:52 PM
> > To: Daniel Vainsencher
> > Cc: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> > Subject: Re: Adding Accufonts to the update stream (was Re: 
> > LicencesQuestion : Squeak-L Art 6.)
> > 
> > 
> > Daniel,
> > 
> > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:
> > > Ian, do you see a problem
> > 
> > I see only opportunities. ;)
> > 
> > > with loading AccuFonts to solve the license issues now
> > 
> > Somebody who has replaced (and lived with) the standard fonts entirely
> > with them would be a better judge.  But if the glyphs are in the right
> > places then the change should be completely transparent as far as the
> > image and VMs are concerned.
> > 
> > > and then doing as you guys propose as soon as we have
> > > everything lined up? the VMs, image enhancements like 
> > keyboard shortcut
> > > you proposed, and more (reasonable) amount of discussion to 
> > make sure we
> > > didn't miss anything?
> > 
> > The VM changes are minimal.  They'd take 15 minutes, tops.
> > 
> > The only thing we (I) missed was that most of the 
> > _fixed_-width X fonts
> > (e.g, xc/fonts/bdf/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.bdf) come with this copyright:
> > 
> >   Public domain font.  Share and enjoy.
> > 
> > whereas the proportional fonts (times, helvetica) and courrier are not
> > copyright-free, and come with this one (again snipped 
> > directly from a bdf
> > file; e.g., xc/fonts/bdf/75dpi/helvR10-ISO8859-1.bdf):
> > 
> >   Copyright 1984-1989, 1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
> >   Copyright 1988, 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation.
> >   
> >   Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be
> >   registered in certain jurisdictions.
> >   Permission to use these trademarks is hereby granted only in
> >   association with the images described in this file.
> >   
> >   Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
> >   and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
> >   granted, provided that the above copyright notices appear in all
> >   copies and that both those copyright notices and this permission
> >   notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of
> >   Adobe Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation not be used in
> >   advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
> >   without specific, written prior permission.  Adobe Systems and
> >   Digital Equipment Corporation make no representations about the
> >   suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as
> >   is" without express or implied warranty.
> > 
> > But that's just standard X boilerplate, entirely Squeak-friendly, and
> > as someone pointed out the other day requires only being tacked on the
> > end of the license file.
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> >