Re: Abysmal state of GTK build

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 23.08.2022 03:45, Po Lu wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov<dgutov@yandex.ru>  writes:
>
> > Don't forget HiDPI support.
> Lars says it works well enough on the Lucid build, at least as well as
> the rest of Emacs does at present.  Borders and box faces don't scale
> but there is nothing that can be done about that at present.

Huh, indeed. I guess my impression of it was old.

But the scrollbars look odd, and the icons and the grey background make 
the program look dated. Not a problem for me personally: I disable both.

> > We do want new users to try Emacs and decide to stick with it, don't we?
> Right, and one way to do that is to provide them with a build where the
> frame does not randomly resize itself upon entering a Dired buffer, or
> where the `scroll-bar-width' frame parameter actually behaves as
> documented instead of just flickering, or where an X disconnect does not
> crash Emacs.

Well, yes, but also better looks.