Hi,
From a totally human and not technical POW, it would be great if use
of core fonts, especially *failing* use of core fonts, resulted in a
warning telling people to fontconfig-ify their apps.
I'd rather have users pester application authors/ISVs so they move to
the current millenium rather
The attached patch changes the current XServer behaviour
of using built-ins font by default only. But if the default
font 'fixed' is not found, it will automatically default
to use built-ins fonts.
I believe this is a far more reasonable default, and still
addresses the most common Xorg FAQ
+1 on concept.
I know some dists are using a simple patch such as:
diff --git a/dix/dixfonts.c b/dix/dixfonts.c
index 416adb3..719bca4 100644
--- a/dix/dixfonts.c
+++ b/dix/dixfonts.c
@@ -1907,12 +1907,9 @@ InitFonts (void)
{
patternCache = MakeFontPatternCache();
-#ifdef BUILTIN_FONTS
James Cloos wrote:
+1 on concept.
I know some dists are using a simple patch such as:
diff --git a/dix/dixfonts.c b/dix/dixfonts.c
index 416adb3..719bca4 100644
--- a/dix/dixfonts.c
+++ b/dix/dixfonts.c
@@ -1907,12 +1907,9 @@ InitFonts (void)
{
patternCache =
Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote:
[...]
A more complete patch is warranted, but perhaps just forcing built-ins
as the last entry of the fontpath is sufficient?
Updated, simpler and more reliable, patch attached.
(patch name also change)
Sorry for replying myself (twice).
There is
