--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/25 10:54:54	1.144
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/26 14:26:49	1.147
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * File:	rxvtfont.C
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
  *				- original version.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -1298,14 +1298,8 @@
   int w = term->fwidth * len;
   int h = term->fheight;
 
-  /*
-   * Maybe make buffering into a resource flag? Compile time option doesn't seems like a
-   * good idea from the perspective of packaging for wide variety of user configs.
-   */
-  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent;
-#ifdef FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT
-  buffered = false;
-#endif
+  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent
+    && term->option (Opt_buffered);
 
   // cut trailing spaces
   while (len && text [len - 1] == ' ')