| Re: Font problems in Linux [message #21717] |
Mon, 11 September 2000 00:51 |
Nick Bower
Messages: 43
Registered: June 1999
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> I seem to recall a similar problem on Sun Solaris. In that case, the
> only way I could change the font in dialog_pickfile was to set the
> following resource in $HOME/.Xdefaults
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> Idl*fontlist: 7x13
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> This is the only X resource I normally set for IDL.
Didn't work. But here's the reason. According to the procedure,
device, font='*', get_fontnames=list_of_fonts
list_of_fonts doesn't contain entries such as "7x13", although the xlsfonts
command definately says they're there.
I tried subsitituting a type1 font name as I did for widget_control, but it
didn't work. My bet is that the .Xdefaults fontlist option no longer exists
- it's not mentioned *anywhere* in idlhelp.
nick
> Nick Bower <bowern@ses.curtin.edu.au> wrote in message
> news:39BB3167.47CBBD3D@ses.curtin.edu.au...
>> Hi. After upgrading to Mandrake 7.1 (using XFree86 v4.0.1), I've found
>> IDL is not displaying fonts properly on the faces of widgets. All the
>> characters look like empty squares.
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>> I was using:
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>> widget_control, default_font='8x13'
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>> So I changed this to use a specific font:
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>> widget_control, default_font = $
>> '-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-1 '
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>> This rectifies the problem for widget faces, but the text inside
>> dialog_pickfile dialogs is still garbled.
>>
>> Can anyone help me understanding this?
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> Cheers,
> Liam.
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| Re: Font problems in Linux [message #21718 is a reply to message #21717] |
Sun, 10 September 2000 11:11  |
Liam E. Gumley
Messages: 378
Registered: January 2000
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Nick Bower <bowern@ses.curtin.edu.au> wrote in message
news:39BB3167.47CBBD3D@ses.curtin.edu.au...
> Hi. After upgrading to Mandrake 7.1 (using XFree86 v4.0.1), I've found
> IDL is not displaying fonts properly on the faces of widgets. All the
> characters look like empty squares.
>
> I was using:
>
> widget_control, default_font='8x13'
>
> So I changed this to use a specific font:
>
> widget_control, default_font = $
> '-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-1 '
>
> This rectifies the problem for widget faces, but the text inside
> dialog_pickfile dialogs is still garbled.
>
> Can anyone help me understanding this?
I seem to recall a similar problem on Sun Solaris. In that case, the only
way I could change the font in dialog_pickfile was to set the following
resource in $HOME/.Xdefaults
Idl*fontlist: 7x13
This is the only X resource I normally set for IDL.
Cheers,
Liam.
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