2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:07:57 +0200 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New pharo-dev based on 10178 >> >> 2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > >> > >> >> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:36:14 +0200 >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New pharo-dev based on 10178 >> >> >> >> 2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > >> >> > If FFI is present, then FreeTypeFontProvider gets the windows font >> >> > folder >> >> > path with an API call. >> >> > see FreeTypeFontProvider>>getWindowsFontFolderPath >> >> > >> >> > If FFI is not present, then >> >> > FreeTypeFontProvider>>guessWindowsFontFolderPath >> >> > is executed, which attempts to guess the fonts folder location. >> >> > To do this it checks to see if c:\windows\fonts, d:\windows\fonts, >> >> > e:\windows\fonts, etc. exist. >> >> > >> >> >> >> use >> >> SHGetSpecialFolderPath ( NULL, buffer , 0x14 /* = CSIDL_FONTS , from >> >> <shlobj.h> */ , false) >> >> of shell32.dll to retrieve the location of fonts directory in windoze. >> >> >> >> Then you don't need to guess anymore where windoze fonts located :) >> > >> > I obviously didn't make myself clear, so I'll have another go :) >> > >> > The guessing only happens if FFI is not present. >> > >> > If FFI is present then it uses FFI to call SHGetFolderPathA in >> > shfolder.dll >> > to get the location. >> > >> > please refer to FreeTypeFontProvider>>getWindowsFontFolderPath for the >> > details. >> >> Aha. It not works, because there is no FFI package loaded into dev image. >> Once i loaded FFI it stopped bugging me about inserting disk in a drive. >> >> May i guess, that dev image should contain FFI package by default? > > I would vote for including FFI in the dev image. > And Alien, when it's ready. > >> >> > >> > SHGetSpecialFolderPath (or SHGetFolderPath) could be added to some >> > plugin, >> > rather than using FFI, but hasn't yet. >> > >> >> s/some plugin/freetype plugin >> >> :) > > Or make it a general purpose thing in the VM >
i don't think that font path is too general to be in VM. >> -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
