Re: [Denemo-devel] binreloc for mingw builds?

[Richard Shann]

Jeremiah,

I have pushed a slightly modified version to git (without the trailing
NULL it can fail sometimes). If you can post up a new version built from
git master that will be good news for Ellen too as she has trouble with
staff selection by mouse in the current version which I fixed yesterday.

Richard

On Wed, 2015-01-14 at 23:13 -0600, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> This may not be necessary. I have created a patch that allows the
> fonts to show for me in XP. I didn't even need to run the utility.
> 
> diff --git a/src/core/utils.c b/src/core/utils.c
> index f1c107e..7c04963 100644
> --- a/src/core/utils.c
> +++ b/src/core/utils.c
> @@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ find_denemo_file (DenemoDirectory dir, gchar*
> filename)
>    dirs = g_list_append(dirs, g_build_filename(get_executable_dir (),
> "..", get_local_dir (dir), NULL));
>    dirs = g_list_append(dirs, g_build_filename(get_user_data_dir
> (TRUE), get_local_dir (dir), NULL));
>    dirs = g_list_append(dirs, g_strdup(get_system_dir(dir)));
> -
> +  dirs = g_list_append(dirs, g_build_filename(get_executable_dir (),
> "..", "share/fonts/truetype/denemo/"));
>    return find_path_for_file (filename, dirs);
>  }
> 
> 
> Would you like me to apply the patch or would you do it differently?
> 
> Jeremiah
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Richard Shann
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>         I haven't been able to locate the source code on that site
>         though. The
>         toplevel http://www.marshwiggle.net says they had a server
>         crash and to
>         contact the author... Shall I do that or would you like to?
>         
>         Richard
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2015-01-14 at 06:08 -0600, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
>         > http://www.marshwiggle.net/regfont/
>         >
>         > It was in my previous email.
>         >
>         > Jeremiah
>         >
>         > On Jan 14, 2015 5:55 AM, "Richard Shann"
>         <address@hidden>
>         > wrote:
>         >         The README says that regfont is GPL, do you have the
>         source
>         >         code? I
>         >         didn't find it in a google search ... it will be
>         good to
>         >         re-use the code
>         >         inside Denemo rather than launching an external
>         process, I'm
>         >         sure I can
>         >         do that if you have the source code.
>         >
>         >         Richard
>         >
>         >         On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 22:10 -0600, Jeremiah Benham
>         wrote:
>         >         > I have created a new mingw that contains usr\bin
>         \regont:
>         >         >
>         >
>          
> http://denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/denemo-1.2.0-win_font_test.zip
>         >         > regfont -a font.ttf needs to be fun before denemo
>         starts in
>         >         order for
>         >         > the fonts to show. I have tested this a little and
>         the fonts
>         >         show in
>         >         > Windows7 but not XP.
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         > Jeremiah
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Jeremiah Benham
>         >         > <address@hidden> wrote:
>         >         >         The patch I created needs a little work.
>         There is
>         >         something
>         >         >         suspicious with that error message at the
>         beginning.
>         >         I had
>         >         >         trouble testing it in windows. I will try
>         to debug
>         >         that in
>         >         >         Linux first.
>         >         >
>         >         >         I also found this utility for registering
>         fonts in
>         >         Windows. It
>         >         >         is written in c and is under the GPL.
>         >         >         http://www.marshwiggle.net/regfont/
>         >         >
>         >         >         So if it works we need to add this utility
>         into the
>         >         bin
>         >         >         directory or make it part of denemo if it
>         is a
>         >         Windows build.
>         >         >
>         >         >         Jeremiah
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         On Jan 10, 2015 11:06 PM, "Jeremiah
>         Benham"
>         >         >         <address@hidden> wrote:
>         >         >                 I found documentation for
>         AddFontResource
>         >         here:
>         >         >
>         >
>         
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183326%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
>         >         >
>         >         >                 I see it called in
>         add_font_directory() and
>         >         >                 add_font_file()
>         >         >
>         >         >                 I always see this error when
>         launching
>         >         denemo no
>         >         >                 matter if the fonts show up or
>         not!:
>         >         >
>         >         >                 Denemo - CRITICAL: Could not find
>         feta.ttf
>         >         >                 Denemo - CRITICAL: Could not find
>         Denemo.ttf
>         >         >                 Denemo - CRITICAL: Could not find
>         >         emmentaler.ttf
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >                 I just created a patch in attempt
>         to remedy
>         >         the above.
>         >         >                 I will rebuild now and test it.
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >                 Jeremiah
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >                 On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:10 PM,
>         Richard
>         >         Shann
>         >         >                 <address@hidden> wrote:
>         >         >                         On Fri, 2015-01-09 at
>         23:12 -0600,
>         >         Jeremiah
>         >         >                         Benham wrote:
>         >         >                         > I found that mingw build
>         was
>         >         already
>         >         >                         relocatable.
>         >         >                         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         
> http://denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/denemo-1.2.0-win_rococ_test.zip
>         >         >                         >
>         >         >                         >
>         >         >                         > I tested it in windows 7
>         >         >
>         >         >                         I've tested it in Vista on
>         a machine
>         >         that
>         >         >                         previously had Denemo
>         >         >                         installed, and it was able
>         to find
>         >         the fonts
>         >         >                         from the previous
>         >         >                         installation (presumably
>         in C:
>         >         \Windows\Fonts)
>         >         >
>         >         >                         Is there a standard
>         install-a-font
>         >         thing in
>         >         >                         windows? I don't know of
>         >         >                         one, but I think if a user
>         clicks on
>         >         a font
>         >         >                         then windows might offer
>         to
>         >         >                         install it (???)
>         >         >                         Is there a
>         private-to-the-user font
>         >         thing on
>         >         >                         windows? There is the code
>         >         >
>         >         >                         #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
>         >         >                           AddFontResource
>         (fontpath);
>         >         >                         #endif
>         >         >                         which is in utils.c does
>         this set
>         >         fontpath to
>         >         >                         the USB memory stick if
>         >         >                         that is where the binary
>         is?
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >                         Richard
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