Re: TrueType fonts for xvile

[Thomas Dickey]

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"

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net

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