| Re: IDl and fonts on an Xterminal [message #2604] |
Fri, 12 August 1994 13:47 |
ian
Messages: 26
Registered: February 1992
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Word has it that mcgraw@sunspot.noao.edu may have said:
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> When I run the following IDL commands
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> IDL> !p.font=0
> IDL> device,font="Times-Bold10"
> IDL>
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> on a SS10 running Solaris 2.x, IDL accepts the font name
> and it is available in text command.
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> If I run the same IDL command on an HP Xterminal I get
> the following:
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> IDL> !p.font=0
> IDL> device,font="Times-Bold10"
> % DEVICE: Requested font does not exist: Times-Bold10.
> % Execution halted at $MAIN$ (DEVICE).
> IDL>
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> Is there a way I can make the openwin bitmap fonts
> available to my Xterminals?
The problem is that your X-terminal can't find the font. If you
do an "xset q" command (at least on my NCD), you'll see a list of
paths that are searched for fonts. If you know where your Times-Bold10
font is stored, and if the X-terminal can understand it, then you can
do an "xset +fp <path to Times-Bold10>" to add that font path to the
*beginning* of the font search list. Then you can use it in IDL.
I tried your commands on my NCD, and I don't have Times-Bold10 in my
path either, but I used xfontsel to select an NCD font, and then got
IDL to work with it.
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