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by kunai 4823 days ago
Why don't you try Qt Jambi or GTK+ if Swing on Linux is awful? GTK integrates perfectly with Linux if you're using GNOME.

Just a thought.
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ultimoo 4823 days ago
I use GNOME. How would one go about switching out Swing for GTK while running a JetBrains IDE (or another application)?
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kunai 4822 days ago
Simple. Switch to VIM. Or, just write GTK code from scratch directly in the IDE.

It's not too hard. I currently use Swing in Java, all written from scratch - no IDEs to be found. I've also dabbled around with simple GTK+ apps. They aren't as easy, nor as efficient, to work with as the standard Java toolkit, but you get used to it.

I switched back to Swing because I wanted as few dependencies as possible.

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duaneb 4822 days ago
So--I'm still missing something. Are you saying that the way to get good font rendering in IntelliJ is to write GTK+ apps? It sounds like you misread the OP.
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kunai 4822 days ago
Ah, I see. I'm sorry about that, but I don't think that there's a solution to fix Swing font rendering in IntelliJ itself. Unless, of course, you dive into the source code.
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lucian1900 4822 days ago
How would one magically make Intellij or any other Java IDE that isn't Eclipse use one of those?
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