On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 06:45:30AM -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > On 30-05-2015 22:31, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:47:37PM -0000, BLFS Trac wrote: > >> #6550: more short descriptions > >> -------------------------+--------------------- > >> Reporter: myou | Owner: fo > >> Type: enhancement | Status: closed > >> Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.8 > >> Component: BOOK | Version: SVN > >> Severity: normal | Resolution: fixed > >> Keywords: | > >> -------------------------+--------------------- > >> Changes (by fo): > >> > >> * status: reopened => closed > >> * resolution: => fixed > >> > >> > >> Comment: > >> > >> Fixed at r16055. > >> > > So you removed the explanations, even though for one of those > > commands I gave you a better example of how to use it and told you > > how to find the minimal explanation of the options. I am > > severely over-committed for things to do in my total available > > time, but on this occasion I wasted 15 minutes doing some > > research. > > > > You always use very-polite words, perhaps Portuguese lends itself to > > less-terse replies, but I am disappointed and reluctant to spend > > more time on anything you raise. > > > > ĸen > > > > Please, let me try to clarify: I have not received the post with your > example. I also spent perhaps over one hour trying to do what was in the > book, so if I had received your post, would be much more than happy to > use your example. > > I only received a post from you to dev, replying to Denis, and it seemed > to me that you were suggesting to remove the explanations. I removed > yesterday, not today, because when I went to bed, started thinking that > it would be wrong to let the book be rendered with two probable mistakes. > > I still cannot find this post you are referring to. >
I put it in the ticket, but it looks as if I never managed to commit it. So, I apologise for what I said earlier. Sometimes, trac can be a bitch. Let me try again: The guidelines on how to use hb-view are (only) in 'hb-view --help'. If you specify an output file, you can get a graphic and the format will be derived from the file extension (or, you can specify it). Sending the output to stdout is not particularly pleasant (blocky output), and a short string is better than a long one (the output is visually large). The following just about works: hb-view --output-file=hello.png \ /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf "Hello World." This also works, but some pdf viewers (such as mupdf-1.6) will not let you scroll across: hb-view --output-file=hello.bis --output-format=pdf /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf "Hello World." The real use-case is probably to check the kerning, or else to review interactions in other writing systems. Again, my apologies. I'm afraid I'm generally grumpy, particularly when I'm doing things in latex. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
