Add some information about subpixel sampling on LCD displays under

XFree86 4.X.

PR:		docs/30284
Submitted by:	Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Murray Stokely 2001-09-03 23:59:58 +00:00
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@ -733,6 +733,20 @@ match any family == "LuciduxMono" edit family =+ "Lucidux Mono";</programl
files. To do this, add a last line:</para>
<programlisting>includeif "~/.xftconfig"</programlisting>
<para>One last point: if you are using an LCD screen, you may
want to enable sub-pixel sampling. This basically treats the
(horizontally separated) red, green and blue components
separately to improve the horizontal resolution; the results can
be dramatic. To enable this, add the line somewhere in your
XftConfig file</para>
<programlisting>match edit rgba=rgb;</programlisting>
<para>(depending on what sort of display you have, you may
need to change that last word from ``rgb'' to ``bgr'', ``vrgb''
or ``vbgr'': experiment and see which works best.)</para>
<para>That's all; anti-aliasing should be enabled the next
time you start the X server. However, note that your programs must