RE: setting default font path

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

the path /usr/X11R6 is hardcoded in cygwin.cf, during compilation.
You need /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, unless you compile your own binaries
and change the XROOT to whatever you like.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Michael Genisio [mailto:genisiob@pilot.msu.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:38 AM
> To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: setting default font path
> 
> 
> Ok, I have tried that also.  (That was my first try)  But, there is no
> /usr/X11R6 directory.  The fonts are in the same directory as 
> the X server
> application.  So, I call :
> 
> XWin -screen 0 800x600 -depth 32 -engine 4 -ac -terminate -co rgb -fp
> fonts/misc
> 
> and get the error :
> 
> _FontTransOpen: Unable to Parse address fonts/misc
> Could not init font path element fonts/misc, removing from list!
> 
> The same is true if I use a path of ./fonts/misc and 
> /xserver/fonts/misc .
> 
> However, If I do not set a font path, and make a directory on 
> the machine
> called /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, and put the fonts there, The 
> X server works as
> planned!!!  Worst case scenario, I can do this, but I would 
> like to try to keep
> it confined to a single directory struct.
> 
> Thanks!
> Brian
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Brain,
> >
> > You must use forward slashes and the fullpath for example
> >
> > Xwin -screen 0 800x600 -depth 32 -engine 4 -ac -terminate -co
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb  -fp
> > 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> /:/usr/X11R6/l
> > ib/X11/fonts/Type1/:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:/usr/X11R6
> > /lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
> >
> >
> > Xwin is a cygwin application and understands UNIX stayles paths.
> >
> > I hope this help
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian Michael Genisio [mailto:genisiob@pilot.msu.edu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:10 AM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > Subject: setting default font path
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I am trying to strip down the X server to only everything I
> > > need to run the X
> > > server and a window manager from a dos prompt.  From there, I
> > > will have clients
> > > on other machines connect to me, so I do not need full cygwin.
> > >
> > > What I have done so far, is copy the Cygwin DLLs, all the X
> > > DLLs needed, the
> > > window manager (fvwm2), the rgb.txt file and the fonts 
> directories.
> > >
> > > The problem I am having is with the default font path.  At
> > > the same level as
> > > Xwin, I have a fonts directory that has 100dpi, misc, pex,
> > > etc.  So, on the
> > > command line in the batch file, I use the following :
> > >
> > > Xwin -screen 0 800x600 -depth 32 -engine 4 -ac -terminate 
> -co rgb -fp
> > > fonts\misc,fonts\pex
> > >
> > > My problem is that the font paths do not work.  I have tried
> > > every combination
> > > of relitave and absolute file paths with / and \ with no
> > > avail.  I get the
> > > error :
> > >
> > > Could not init font path element fonts\misc, removing from list!
> > > Could not init font path element fonts\pex, removing from list!
> > >
> > > Following is my full .bat file.  Keep in mind, the machine
> > > does not have
> > > cygwin... only what is necessary to run the X server :
> > >
> > > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> > > SET PATH=.;%PATH%
> > > mkdir \tmp
> > >
> > > start /m fvwm2
> > > XWin -screen 0 800x600 -depth 32 -engine 4 -ac -terminate 
> -co rgb -fp
> > > fonts\misc,fonts\pex
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
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