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Re: [Bug-XBoard] [bug #34457] xboard: no fonts match pattern -*-helvetic
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Arun Persaud |
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Re: [Bug-XBoard] [bug #34457] xboard: no fonts match pattern -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |
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Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:55:40 -0700 |
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On 10/02/2011 08:18 AM, h.g. muller wrote:
> I guess this bug-report will keep recurring forever...
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> Install the font!
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> And make sure it is loaded in the X-server font cache.
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> This is the only solution. There is no way XBoard could possibly work
> if you have no fonts: all the menus and dialogs would be blank.
> So printing this error message is the only logical solution.
Since this seems to be a common problem, how about adding a more verbose
error message, e.g. "Possible solution: change font to a know font in
xboard.conf or install missing font (needs update of X-server font
cache). BTW: This is not a bug :)"
Arun