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Fix urxvt letter spacing
--- src/rxvtfont.C.bukind 2007-11-30 14:36:33.000000000 +0600
+++ src/rxvtfont.C 2007-11-30 14:39:29.000000000 +0600
@@ -1171,12 +1171,21 @@
XGlyphInfo g;
XftTextExtents16 (disp, f, &ch, 1, &g);
+/*
+ * bukind: don't use g.width as a width of a character!
+ * instead use g.xOff, see e.g.: http://keithp.com/~keithp/render/Xft.tutorial
+
g.width -= g.x;
int wcw = WCWIDTH (ch);
if (wcw > 0) g.width = (g.width + wcw - 1) / wcw;
if (width < g.width ) width = g.width;
+ */
+ int wcw = WCWIDTH (ch);
+ if (wcw > 1) g.xOff = g.xOff / wcw;
+ if (width < g.xOff) width = g.xOff;
+
if (height < g.height ) height = g.height;
if (glheight < g.height - g.y) glheight = g.height - g.y;
}
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