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Subject: Re: SciTeXt (font problem)
To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:56:37 -0459 (CDT)
From: "Boyd R. Faulkner" <faulkner@asgard.bga.com>
Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de,
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In-Reply-To: <199608051307.GAA01517@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty" at Aug 5, 96 06:07:27 am
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The solution that comes with it is to copy the executable to 
/usr/local/scitext/bin/xscitext and use the script that untars 
into /usr/local/scitext/bin/scitext

> cat scitext
#!/bin/sh

export SCITEXT='/usr/local/scitext/'
export XAPPLRESDIR=$SCITEXT/etc/xpm
xset +fp $SCITEXT/fonts
xset fp rehash
exec $SCITEXT/bin/logo &
sleep 2
exec $SCITEXT/bin/xscitext &

the xset +fp solves the problem neatly.

Boyd

According to Amancio Hasty:
> 
> 
> 
> Given that scitext is *alpha* my choice is 1 and in fact I would keep it
> that way for a long time -- a good word processor will be very demanding
> on the server by way of possibly requesting all sorts of odd fonts.
> 
> However , it is not that difficult to add to your .xinitrc
> xset +fp /usr/local/scitext/fonts &
> 
> 
> I sure hope that scitext excites people enough to further develop it.
> 
> 
> 	Amancio
> 
> >From The Desk Of Chuck Robey :
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> > 
> > > > On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Desired Font not in Cache - loading !!!
> > > > > ERROR:Font could not be loaded by X-Server !bgate# 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The window pops up for the half of a second and then the app dies.
> > > > 
> > > > I had this problem at first too, just go into your XF86Config file and ad
> d
> > > > the directory /usr/local/scitext/dof to your fontpath list.  Don't worry
> > > > about mkfontdir, it already had a dir in the directory.
> > > 
> > > Which raises the question: Which is better policy for installing fonts
> > > under X:
> > > 
> > > 1) adding an arbitrary non-evident directory to the fontpath
> > > 
> > > 2) creating another directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
> > > 
> > > 3) putting the fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> > 
> > My personal answer?  A choice of either options 1 or three, depending on
> > how large the new fonts collection was.  For scitext, a new directory, and
> > a warning echoed to stdout telling folks what to do (also in DESCR).
> > 
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> > Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
> > chuckr@eng.umd.edu          | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
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> > 
> 
> 


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