On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Gerard Ateshian wrote:
I've recompiled 1.5.1 with Qt 4.2.3 and here is what I find:
- The Times font shows up fine in Qt 4.2.3. It is not in sans-
serif typeface.
- Italics work properly in Qt 4.2.3 (but not in Qt 4.3.0).
- On my machine (PowerBook G4, PPC, 1.67 GHz, 1 GB rAM) I find no
speed penalty between Qt 4.2.3 and Qt 4.3.0, when paging through
the User's Guide (29 s for both).
- In relation to bug 3307: Copying from the Qt 4.2.3 version to
Word does not work. Copying from Qt 4.3.0 to Word works.
So, as far as I can tell, the basic trade-off between Qt 4.2.3 and
Qt 4.3.0 is visualizing onscreen italic fonts correctly, versus
ability to copy to Word.
By "Word" I assume you mean some external application, right? Or is
it really Word in particular? (What about Text Edit, or Mail e.g.?)
What about speed difference when typing in insets? Since you have a
relatively fast PPC Mac, it would be good to test while watching the
Activity Monitor for how much processor time is consumed by LyX while
typing.
Thanks for your efforts here.
Bennett
