Thanks for the thoughts! Now another question or two:
Keith Packard wrote: > Around 8 o'clock on Mar 6, Brett Granger wrote: > >>2) tiny-x and xfs -- can tiny-x use a font server, should one be on the >>network somewhere? Based on a couple web pages, it appears that I can >>#define FontServerAccess YES even for a tiny-x build. Does that define >>mean that tiny-x can use xfs and that it should "just work" with a -fp >>in the command line? If not, since I got the impression that there is >>no config file for tiny-x where I can set the FontPath, how do I have >>tiny-x find and use a font server? Just use xset? >> > > Yes, font servers work just fine, and the standard X server -fp option > works as expected. Note that kdrive also uses the built-in fonts so you > can fallback to those in the absence of a functional font server > (-fp built-ins,foo/:7100). While kdrive doesn't provide any configuration > file, it does have a lot of command line options that provide similar > functionality. I end up putting the "normal" X server startup into a > shell script that passes all of the appropriate options to the X server. For tiny-x to work with a font server do I need to define FontServerAccess to YES? I notice that TinyX.cf just defines it to NO with no #ifndef check... so do I need to define it YES in host.def or not? >>So if all of my X client apps are based on GTK+-2.0 or other toolkits that >>utilize Xft/render, or I write my own apps that use Xft, might I possibly >>be able to get away without both server-side font support and xfs entirely? >> > > Yes, except for 'cursor' and 'fixed'. Those are both provided inside the X > server with the built-ins font path; no external files are required at all. > So theoretically I can define BuildFonts to NO and set my DefaultFontPath to just be "built-ins"? If I define BuildFonts to NO, does that override BuildBuiltinFonts? (I know, I should just try it, and I will... but as long as I'm in question asking mode...) Thanks again! --Brett _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
