Re: [Vala] SDL TTF Bindings can't find font

[tarnyko tarnyko net]

Hi David, 

Do you have the following line at the beginning of your method : 

SDLTTF.init (); 


Regards, Tarnyko 



David Gomes writes: 

> Hello there, first of all here's the relevant part of my code: 
>
> using SDLTTF; 
>
> (...) 
>
> public void draw_string (string text, int x, int y, Color color) {
>     Rect destination = {};
>     Font pixel_font = new Font ("font.ttf", 20);
>     if (pixel_font == null) print ("Font not found\n"); 
>
>     (...)
> } 
>
> Basically, pixel_font is always null and I am sure font.ttf is on the
> same directory as the binary executable: 
>
> ~/src/thegame $ ls
> thegame Game.vala Cube.Vala font.ttf Makefile PlayState.vala State.vala
> ~/src/thegame $ ls 
>
> I also tried renaming the file, or putting the font in a special
> folder. Oh, and I'm calling the executable on the same directory as
> the font and the binary. 
>
> Here's my compile line on my Makefile: 
>
> valac --pkg gl --pkg sdl --pkg sdl-gfx --pkg gio-2.0 --pkg sdl-image
> --pkg sdl-ttf -X -lSDL_gfx -X lSDL_image -X lSDL_ttf
> --Xcc=-I/usr/include/SDL -o thegame Game.vala State.vala State.vala
> PlayState.vala 
>
> It compiles with 0 warnings and 0 errors too by the way. 
>
> --
> David Gomes
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