Re: font info missing on X.org gtk 2.4.14

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>XLFD fonts have not been meaningfully supported for a *long* time
>in GTK+. I don't immediately what in your program no longer works,
>but it's not something we are going to fix.
>
>If you really have a pressing need for 1986-era font technology,
>use Xlib directly.

i don't believe this is an error in GTK/GDK ... it works just fine
using GTK1.2 on XFree86, but not GTK1.2 on X.org.

i entirely agree with you about the agedness of XLFD, but
GTK1.2/XFree86 systems don't allow us to use new font descriptions
without requiring a lot of work on the part of the user, and there is
no way i know of to describe a font that is unambiguous in both
worlds. 

we are moving to GTK2 shortly, and will be using newer names then; in
the meantime, i see no reason why the gtk rc file used on
gtk1.2/xfree86 should break on gtk1.2/X.org. do you?

perhaps by "we", you meant X.org, rather than the GTK project?

--p