Re: Freetype problems under RH7.3

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Robert Young wrote:
> The current FreeType code relies on X providing a font path list, and on
> this list containing paths to TrueType and other fonts. Under RH7.3 the
> XFree86 supplied has the font paths specified correctly. It doesn't
> however, load the modules which enable XFree86 to interpret these fonts
> and hence XFree86 discards the paths to these fonts from the font path.
> Hence dia complains about not having any fonts, and the usual suspect,
> the font path, is not to blame.

But if you tell X to load the modules, won't it work?

> I note that other programs which use freetype have a list of hard coded,
> or user supplied, font paths. Should we look at this, or do a hack by
> looking for an xfs configuration file (/etc/X11/fs/config) and using the
> chkfontpath (a RH utility) code to extract font paths?

If it exists, we can use it.  In fact, we can include hard-coded common
font paths as well.  The more the merrier.

> I am concious that most RH7.x users will have the same troubles I have
> experienced when we make a release.
>
> I'm willing to cut some code if required.

That would be nice.  Using XGetFontPath was the quick and easy way.

-Lars

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