I just paid attention to this (sorry). So everything seems fine. But the dependency on a proprietary java stack to generate fonts isn't good. Does it happen to work with gcc java ?
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Vesa Jääskeläinen <ch...@nic.fi> wrote: > Colin D Bennett wrote: > > Well, I don't have time right now to rewrite the converter; not for a > > couple of weeks, at least. I'm certainly willing to do it, so I'll get > > to it when I can, and then we can replace the Java converter. > > While we wait for that I have here a counter patch for the font engine. > > If there are no comments about it in near term this will be committed to > SVN. > > To use automatic font conversion (unifont.bdf->ascii.pf2 and > unicode.pf2), install bf-utf-source (ubuntu and probably debian). Font > converter uses Java temporary. So when font compilation is enable font > converter will be compiled and executed. Otherwise Java is not needed in > anyway. Tested with Sun Java 1.6 on x86-64. > > grub-mkconfig should generate new grub.cfg with changed font commands. > > To convert custom fonts look for ascii.pf2 in Makefile.in and use > matching commands to convert your fonts. These will be documented on > Wiki once committed. > > 2008-12-28 Colin D Bennett <co...@gibibit.com> > > New font engine. > > Additional changes by Vesa Jääskeläinen <ch...@nic.fi> to adapt to > build system and fixed gfxterm.c to work with different sized fonts. > > * configure.ac: Changed UNIFONT_HEX to UNIFONT_BDF. > > * configure: Re-generated. > > * DISTLIST: Removed font/manager.c. > Added font/font.c. > Added font/font_cmd.c. > > * Makefile.in: Changed UNIFONT_HEX to UNIFONT_BDF. Added Font tool > compilation. > > * include/grub/misc.h (grub_utf8_to_ucs4): Changed prototype. > Changed > users. > > * kern/misc.c (grub_utf8_to_ucs4): Changed prototype. > > * kern/term.c: Changed users of grub_utf8_to_ucs4. > > * normal/menu.c: Likewise. > > * conf/common.rmk (font_mod_SOURCES): Removed font/manager.c. > (font_mod_SOURCES): Added font/font_cmd.c, font/font.c. > > * include/grub/font.h: Replaced with new file. > > * include/grub/video.h (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_ALPHA): Changed value. > (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_DOUBLE_BUFFERED): Likewise. > (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_COLOR_MASK): Likewise. > (GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_1BIT_BITMAP): Added. > (grub_video_blit_format): Added GRUB_VIDEO_BLIT_FORMAT_1BIT_PACKED. > (grub_video_mode_info): Added bg_red, bg_green, bg_blue, bg_alpha, > fg_red, fg_green, fg_blue, fg_alpha. > (grub_video_adapter): Removed blit_glyph. > (grub_video_blit_glyph): Removed. > > * font/manager.c: Removed file. > > * font/font.c: New file. > > * font/font_cmd.c: Likewise. > > * video/video.c (grub_video_blit_glyph): Removed. > > * video/i386/pc/vbe.c (grub_video_vbe_map_rgb): Added 1-bit support. > (grub_video_vbe_map_rgba): Likewise. > (grub_video_vbe_unmap_color_int): Likewise. > (grub_video_vbe_blit_glyph): Removed. > (grub_video_vbe_adapter): Removed blit_glyph. > > * video/i386/pc/vbeutil.c (get_data_ptr): Added 1-bit support. > (get_pixel): Likewise. > (set_pixel): Likewise. > > * commands/videotest.c (grub_cmd_videotest): Added more tests for > fonts. > > * term/gfxterm.c: Adapted to new font engine. > > * term/i386/pc/vesafb.c: Marked as deprecated. Made it compile. > > * term/i386/pc/vga.c: Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/BDFLoader.java: New file. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharDefs.java: Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharacterRange.java: > Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/CharacterRange.java: > Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Converter.java: Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Font.java: Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/Glyph.java: Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/PFF2Sections.java: > Likewise. > > * util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/PFF2Writer.java: Likewise. > > * util/grub.d/00_header.in: Changed to use new loadfont command. > > * util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in: Changed font extension. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >
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