Re: [ft] FreeType Debugging

[Ammar ul hassan]

> Try the FreeType demo programs (ftview, ftstring, etc.).

Thanks i will look into them.

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

> >> On Unix-like systems, tracing and error messages are sent to stderr
> >
> > I tried to compile the Freetype by putting some messages through
> > fprintf like putting this fprintf( stderr, "File cannot be opened
> > \n" ); under some obvious code which always runs, but i couldn't see
> > the output on screen.
>
> Well, *this* is definitely a problem on your side that you have to
> solve.  Are you sure that you are linking to the right FreeType
> library version?
>
> > One thing to make the picture clear to you my application which
> > prints any type1 or truetype styled font on screen uses Xft to show
> > output.  [...]
>
> I can't help here, but you might try the FreeType demo programs to
> check whether your extra debugging messages do appear on stderr.
>
> > Is there any direct test program which i can use to test type1 font
> > driver and print my error messages on terminal?
>
> Try the FreeType demo programs (ftview, ftstring, etc.).
>
>
>     Werner
>