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

[David Gomes <david elementaryos org>]

Oh, I forgot, thank you tons, that was it!

On 9/15/12, tarnyko tarnyko net <tarnyko tarnyko net> wrote:
> 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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