Re: TrueType fonts for xvile

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 08:07:51PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 05:50:01PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > I see that xvile can now be built to use TrueType fonts.
> > 
> > Is this straightforward?  The xvile that comes in Debian 12 isn't
> > built for TrueType so I'll need to build it myself. I've built and
> > compiled it before so that's not a big problem but are there any
> > particular issues I should be aware of?
> > 
> > Also, will it just allow me to select all the fonts I can see in the
> > rest of my GUI?

not really - it needs more work.

I mentioned it to Brendan O'Dea a couple of years ago, and he reported that
there was some problem repainting the screen.

actually, in a quick check, it does run for me, but my configuration has
too much horizontal space (a second problem).

> > The reason for all this is that I have just bought myself a new 4k
> > monitor so I need to make everything use bigger fonts! :-)
> > 
> I have just tried:-
> 
>     ./configure --with-x --with-screen=X11 --with-freetype-config 
> --enable-fontsets --with-perl

probably this:
        --with-screen=Xaw

(attaching logs for comparison)

> 
> ... and it fails (after compiling quite a lot) with:-
> 
>     make: *** No rule to make target 'x11fancy.c', needed by 'x11fancy.o'.  
> Stop.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green
> 
> 

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