On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Mika Fischer wrote:
> ioncore/ioncore.c:275
> ----snip---
> #ifdef CF_UTF8
> static bool test_fallback_font(Display *dpy)
> {
> XFontStruct *fnt=XLoadQueryFont(dpy, CF_FALLBACK_FONT_NAME);
>
> if(fnt==NULL){
> warn("Failed to load fallback font \"%s\"", CF_FALLBACK_FONT_NAME);
> return FALSE;
> }
> ----snip---
>
> Why do you test using XLoadQueryFont when you later on in
>
> de/fonts.c:42
> ----snip----
> if(xfnt==NULL && strcmp(fontname, CF_FALLBACK_FONT_NAME)!=0){
> warn("Could not load font \"%s\", trying \"%s\"",
> fontname, CF_FALLBACK_FONT_NAME);
> #ifdef CF_UTF8
> xfnt=XCreateFontSet(wglobal.dpy, CF_FALLBACK_FONT_NAME,
> &dummy_missing,
> &dummy_missing_n,
> &dummy_def);
> ----snip----
>
> load it using the XCreateFontSet function?
>
> Is there a reason to this and if yes what is it?
Isn't it that in the first case, it checks whether the locale settings
work, and in the second case, it is used as a fallback font in case the
specified font doesn't load? It's two different things.
