>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:37:27 -0700 (MST) >>>>> "Alex" == Alex Belits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex> Alex> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: >> On 24 Jan 2002 09:26:13 +0100, Olivier Chapuis wrote: >> > >> > About the GetFont.c changes: you use *-fixed-* as fallback font. >> > What about using something like: >> > >> > #define FALLBACK_FONT >> > "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*-fixed-*" >> > >> > and we can add more fonts I think. The (small) problem with *-fixed-* is >> > that I get a bold large font. >> >> On my system, "*-fixed-*" gives >> >> -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0 >> >> that does not contain ascii glyphs at all (at least xterm -fn "*-fixed-*" >> ends up empty). There is a misc-14 variant of this font, also unusable. >> Probably it is safe to assume a user has >> >> -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 font. >> Alex> Alex> What all of you are talking about? Most X servers won't even start if Alex> the font alias "fixed" isn't defined, so "fixed", not "*-fixed-*" should Alex> be the last-resort fallback. Most of people have it set to the default Alex> fixed font with iso8859-1 charset, and some (me, for example) to the same Alex> with local charset (koi8-r in my case). *-fixed-* on my box also returns Alex> "-jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-jisx0208.1983-0", so it's Alex> hardly an uncommon setup.
Thpe problem is that 1. "fixed" is not a valid basename 2. "fixed" could be of not desired charset as "*-fixed-*" is for you. -- Alexander Kotelnikov Saint-Petersburg, Russia -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]