On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:46:44 -0500 "Mike Polyakov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I've had this problem for a while and it would be nice to resolve it > once and for all. I am trying to install ProggyClean pcf font from > http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download. I've read a couple > of tutorials on how to do this, but still the font does not show up in > the font selection dialog of GVIM. These are the steps I have tried: > > $ cp ProggyClean.pcf.gz ~/.fonts > $ cd ~/.fonts > $ gzip -d ProggyClean.pcf.gz > $ mkfontdir > $ xset +fp $(pwd) > $ xset fp rehash > # /etc/init.d/xfs restart > Stopping X font server: xfs. > Setting up X font server socket directory /tmp/.font-unix...done. > Starting X font server: xfs. > $ xlsfonts | grep -i proggy > -windows-proggyclean-medium-r-normal--0-0-96-96-c-0-iso8859-1 > -windows-proggyclean-medium-r-normal--13-80-96-96-c-70-iso8859-1 > > So xlsfonts shows that the font is installed. I can even choose it > with xfontsel utility. However, the it is not shown in font selector > inside GVIM (or other text editors such as gedit or kedit). My GVIM is > the standard vim-gtk package, which uses GTK2 GUI. I was able to > resolve this in the past by compiling gvim on my own with gtk gui, > which is considerably different from gtk2. However, now I am running > into problems while compiling gvim, and ultimately I would like to use > this font with any gtk2 gui program without having to compile > anything. Please help me, this has been bothering me for a while. > > Thanks. > > Is this a bitmap font? Fontconfig (the font library used by GTK and QT) ignores bitmap fonts by default. To change this, run 'dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config' as root and answer yes to the question re. bitmap fonts. On sarge the command is 'dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig'. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
