Re: TrueType fonts for xvile

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 08:43:48PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> 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?
> > > 
> > > 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
> > 
> > ... and it fails (after compiling quite a lot) with:-
> > 
> >     make: *** No rule to make target 'x11fancy.c', needed by 'x11fancy.o'.  
> > Stop.
> > 
> OK, found the problem, remove the --enable-fontsets and it compiles OK
> now. However I'm not sure how to select fonts.
> 
... and maybe I'm just hoping for something that's not there yet!
It's just that I spotted the 'xft' option for $cfgopts and thought
that it meant something had happened on the truetype/freetype front.

-- 
Chris Green