Victor Mote wrote: > Is it safe to assume that all *n*x > platforms have or could get an X environment? No. This is a FAQ. It seems to be quite common for servers to come without X libraries installed, search the FOP, Cocoon and Batik lists for "headless server". Also, there are providers out there who run Cocoon or a general servlet environment but make it difficult to install it as "headless", and some even refuse to install the X libraries for "security reasons" or whatever.
I personally had to go to some length to have my application server at work installed with PJA, even though a X server is running. The X security settings prevent the application server from accessing the X server, and the server staff just refused to change anything (I suspect they don't have a clue how to fiddle with the X security stuff). Well, FOP is already so tightly integrated with Batik that it wont run without X or PJA. However, I suspect that talking an ISP/ASP into installing additional fonts will be more often a major PITA than not, and this could easily be seen as significant drawback of the "use the system fonts" approach. And if I were a server provider, I'd be uneasy with customers dragging in heaps of fonts I have to install and manage. Apart from the potential to have clashes, getting the X font subsystem to perform with lots of fonts apparently requires some rather arcane knowledge. The problem with PJA OTOH is that it is sloooooow , and it only accepts one font file format (TTF IIRC, it is OSS though, someone out there to fix it?) J.Pietschmann --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
