Re: TrueType fonts for xvile

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 05:56:54PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 09:49:11PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 04:00:29PM -0500, Thomas Dickey 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?
> > > 
> > > 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).
> > > 
> > Yes, I have just configured and compiled with the options you
> > attached and I see the same 'too much horizontal space', that's a
> > pity. 
> > 
> > How does one specify a font in this case? I have tried things like
> > "xvile -fn 'Liberation Mono Regular 20'" but it just says:-
> > 
> >     Warning: Cannot convert string "Liberation Mono Regular 20" to type 
> > FontStruct
> > 
> > "Liberation Mono Regular 20" does exist on my system, I can select it
> > in xfce4-terminal.
> 
> It's looking for the "fontFamily" resource (like xfd and xterm, though
> there's no "-fa" command-line option at present).
> 
> I just checked with this:
> 
>       FONT='Noto Sans Mono-10'
>       FONT='Liberation Mono Regular 20'
>       ./xvile -xrm  "*fontFamily:$FONT"
>       #xfd -fa  "$FONT"
> 
Ah, yes, I have my XVile resources in ~/.app_defaults/XVile and
putting the fontFamily entry there works, still too wide though. I
might just try some other ones to see what happens.


-- 
Chris Green