tags 952408 patch
forwarded 952408 https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4203
thanks
On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 09:28:55PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> [...]
> Up until a relatively recent release of fontforge, if fontforge were
> run from a script without a GUI present, it would behave exactly like
> the non-GUI version. But this release breaks this behaviour: even
> running 'fontforge --help' bombs out with the error message:
> [...]
The current upstream version has fixed this (see the above URL). The
relevant patch backported to the current Debian version is attached.
Best wishes,
Julian
--- a/fontforgeexe/startui.c
+++ b/fontforgeexe/startui.c
@@ -1099,10 +1099,6 @@
CheckIsScript(argc,argv); /* Will run the script and exit if it is a
script */
/* If there is no UI, there is always a
script */
/* and we will never return from the
above */
-#ifdef FONTFORGE_CAN_USE_GDK
- gdk_init(&argc, &argv);
- gdk_set_allowed_backends("win32,quartz,x11");
-#endif
if ( load_prefs==NULL ||
(strcasecmp(load_prefs,"Always")!=0 && /* Already loaded */
strcasecmp(load_prefs,"Never")!=0 ))
@@ -1185,6 +1181,10 @@
}
#endif
}
+#ifdef FONTFORGE_CAN_USE_GDK
+ gdk_init(&argc, &argv);
+ gdk_set_allowed_backends("win32,quartz,x11");
+#endif
ensureDotFontForgeIsSetup();
#if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(_NO_LIBCAIRO)
