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Re: Conundrum [message #11657 is a reply to message #11653]

Tue, 19 May 1998 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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J.D. Smith (jdsmith@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu) writes:

> Any ideas why the command:
>
> device,get_fontnames=df,font='*cour*bold-r-normal*--14*'
>
> causes a graphics window to open if one isn't yet? Any way around
> this?

I'm taking a stab in the dark. I suspect because there has
to be some kind of connection to the X display system to
get the fonts and that connection (e.g. choosing a visual
class) is not made until a graphics window is open in an
X environment. I'd try making a pixmap before I issued the
command to see if my thinking is correct.

> Thoughts on general cross-platform font selection schemes for
> widget fonts (not graphics fonts)?

Uh, let the end user worry about widget fonts. They are
going to change it anyway (or *can*, which often amounts
to the same thing), no matter what you choose. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Conundrum By: J.D. Smith on Tue, 19 May 1998 00:00
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